First of all, I would like to say a big ‘Thank You!’ to Gillian over at Writer Of Wrongs whose own introductory ‘getting to know you’ Birthday Post inspired this one. I’m using a similar format with her gracious permission. This post wouldn’t have been possible without her! So, today is my birthday! I’m officially

The time has come for me to take a little break from Pop! Goes The Reader. Not a particularly long one, mind you, but this is something I feel I have to do for myself. For a little while now I’ve been struggling with feelings of stress, guilt, and a general sense of feeling overextended

Happy New Year, everyone! While I had every intention of posting this prior to 2014, real life intervened and I was forced to complete this a little later than I had initially hoped. You know what they say about the best laid plans. Better late than never, though, right? Right!? But I digress. Below you’ll

It’s difficult to imagine that there are only two more days until Christmas, isn’t it? I know I can hardly believe it! 2013 seems to have flown by in the blink of an eye and now I can only sit and wonder as to what 2014 might bring. Christmas is my absolute favourite time of

I wish I didn’t have to do this. In fact, I’ve wracked my brain over the last week to think of any way it could be avoided. Unfortunately, at this point is seems inescapable. As you might have noticed, Pop! Goes The Reader was strangely silent last week. While this was primarily because I was