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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: Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the…
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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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planning out a “tbr”
November/December [and let’s face it /January] TBR I don’t normally set a specific monthly to be read (tbr) list (except for when I check out a ton of books from the library), but I’ve been thinking of reading these books a lot. So I’m going to put these on my radar for the remainder of…
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october wrap-up
📚October Wrap-up📚 last month’s reading and thoughts However I am perceived and deceivedHowever my ignorance and conceits,lay aside your fears that I will be undone,for I shall not be moved.Maya Angelou, Our Grandmothers My favorite excerpt from Maya Angelo’s book of 4 poems that I read on a quiet night last week. What a lovely…
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nothing but blackened teeth and buying books based on covers
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw – Review A group of “friends” who seek haunted corners of the earth decide to host a wedding in a haunted mansion. A trip for a fun wedding, of which, goes terribly wrong. I liked the premise, this was scary at first. But after a while, Overall, I’m…
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continuous library hauls
I planned on checking 3 books out of the library; I took 6. And I was sarcastically told that I “don’t have a problem” when I handed my fiance my books when we left the library. Hey, they’re free and I find some of my favorite books there. Now I must get off of my…
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musings 10.23.22
I posted a reel of a few seconds on my bookstagram, because that was really all that I had had the bandwidth for tonight. But I had also really wanted to post. I have so many reviews that I need to complete that I’ve started and so many reel ideas that I either really want…
