Jas Being Jas

The Winter of the Wolf by Martha Hunt Handler is 'a tragic mystery blending sleuthing and spirituality." When I received the offer for th...

Please Note: The following blog post was planned as a finale to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. However, in solidari...

Spring has sprung! What a wild spring it has been. I was incredibly excited to kick off Women's History Month in March, followed by Sikh...

There's no secret that I love books and cooking. And as you can tell from our Year of the Pancake, we love breakfast in this house, and ...

Like most people, I loved Harry Potter when I was young and it was probably the first fandom I was a part of.  I love magic, fantasy, an...

Normally we have a strict no food in bed policy. Especially with these luxury sheets. We are not risking any crumbs or spills. But most...

Winter can be cruel, especially in the Greater Chicago Area. But it's not all bad! For a while our little home full of love was a winter...

I remember once telling my little sister how I'm so tired of all these Indian dramas that have the same exact story. Tough, serious male...

When I first moved to Illinois, I was bracing myself for a cold winter. Sure, New Jersey gets snow, but I had been warned. This would d...

Imagine Fight Club. Imagine Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter’s characters meeting while crashing support groups. Now imagine that ...

I have really got to stop agreeing to blog tours where the book does not sound like my kind of thing. But I want to be a more adventurou...

It's that time of year again! But first! Looking back at 2019: There was a lot of new in 2019. New home, new job, new relationships, and...

As mentioned in my previous post, I do not have the patience for flipping pancakes. I know, how could I have made it through the Year of ...

It's the holidays! Bloggers every where are posting their cookie recipes and for a few days now I've seen 12 days of cookies, so I though...

Ahhh, Fall. Autumn. Golden Hour of Seasons. I absolutely love it. It's my favorite time of year. There's Halloween and Thanksgiving. ...

It was the perfect marriage… until they fell in love. That's the tag line for A Convenient Marriage by Jeevani Charika. It had me so exci...

Long ago I came across this picture on Twitter and I thought it would be so much fun to do this book challenge. Usually I'll pin some rea...

Oh. My. Goodness. To put it lightly, I enjoyed reading this book. To be a little more honest, I devoured it! It was such a fun read! Keep...

Summer is probably my least favorite season, but I love the energy for summer reading. Beach reads. Summer reading programs. Reading ou...

These pancakes were desert more than they were breakfast. They were so good. Most weeks we worry about how we're going to finish the pan...