Category: life update
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Reflections on one year of book blogging
2023 is now finished and wow, what a year it was. I’ve had ups and downs, new jobs, new friends, international and local travel, anniversary celebrations, milestone birthdays, time spent with family, time spent grieving, and so much more, but easily one of the most consistent highlights for me has been diving head-first into this…
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Best Books Read in 2023
2023 was a record-breaker for me. I read a full 100 books and so many of them were amazing. While I read more new releases this year than I have in years past, I’m still making my way through a TBR list that’s several years long, so not every book I read was released in…
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November Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
I feel like I say this every month, but wow, I can’t believe how fast November flew. Feels like it was just yesterday that we were carving pumpkins for Halloween and somehow now we’re heading straight into Christmas.
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October Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
We were so lucky to have a warm and beautiful October that allowed us to spend more time than usual outside, but as I write this, it seems that luck has come to an end. Our first snowfall arrived on October 30, just in time for Halloween.
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Reading goals and rediscovering the joys of reading
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a competitive person. I like setting goals, I like working towards them, and I love the dopamine hit I get when I feel like I’ve achieved what I set out for. This competitiveness manifests in my reading life in several ways.
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September Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
I’m writing this while cozily wrapped in a big, plush robe, sipping a cappuccino, and staring out at the changing leaves on the trees in my backyard. Fall is upon us my friends, and I could not be happier about it.
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An Ode To Travel (And To Coming Home)
Like most people, I barely travelled at all between 2020-2022. This is a sharp contrast to how I’d been living my life before the pandemic. I’m fortunate to work in a job that has helped me see the world, above and beyond the travel I’ve prioritized in my personal life, which was not insignificant. When…
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