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sunday musings 1.15.22
I’ve been thinking of re-organizing my books for the past few months; I’ve gone back and forth on keeping my books exactly where they are and reorganizing them completely. As I was dusting today, I first looked at the few books I brought here from my parents’ house. When I was in high school, I…
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letter to my daughter by maya angelou
“I love love and I love loving love” Letter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou The quotes from Letter to My Daughter that I loved and made me think the most while reading Angelou’s profound essays. “‘Macon, Georgia is down south, New York City is up south.’ Blithering ignorance can be found wherever you choose to…
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2022 wrap-up
2022 All Wrapped Up What an amazing year for me, including my reading life! 2022 was filled with fulfillment, enjoyment, love, and further gained knowledge. I’ve traveled (physically as I was reading but more so mentally through my books), I’ve learned, I’ve engaged and analyzed what I’ve read more than any year before. I learned…
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december wrap-up
What an incredible reading month for me. I read so much, learned an exponential amount (mostly about myself) and really enjoyed a ton of these books this month. And I’m so happy I got some Christmas books in there, too. My favorites from this month: Christmas books: Also Read: Currently reading: Read on and happy…
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Christmas books 2022
I am SO SO SO thankful for the gifts I received for Christmas, especially the books that I received Now I’m on a combined book buying and library ban. We’ll see how long that lasts, especially with the library because I love my random art and foliage books. But I’m doing this little personal ban…
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november wrap-up
November Wrap-up This month I traveled around the world without leaving the state. Reading is beautiful in that way – it provides me with a cheaper way to travel to lands close and far, real and mythical. Absolute favorites from this month: What made me think this month: Also read: Currently reading: Great Expectations by…
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do we get into reading slumps or does life get busy?
Great Expectations is putting me into a reading slump. I was doing great and really liking it. And then around page 150 the other day I hit a wall and I can’t get back into it – I do a few pages a day and I can’t focus and am disinterested. So is it that…
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What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri – Thoughts There are so many stories to tell in this world. There is the sleeping girl, the old man with regrets, the captive princess. There is vengeance on parents; there are star-crossed lovers, adventurous youth, and all different kinds of lonely people. There are…
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The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander
The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander – Review Jess is faced with a tough decision to change her life when her grandmother passes away and she loses her job. One fateful day she takes a leap of faith and finds herself in a new very welcoming village that she fits right into. Though her new…
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God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison – Review “You still believe heartbreak should burn like a star?” “I do.” Toni Morrison, God Help the Child God Help the Child is poetry describing the utmost of unspoken traumas. [The above is literally all that I can say. I’m in love, this is a favorite of all…
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