Tag: reading
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Book Review: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility is one of those books I remember seeing on a lot of best-of lists, but I never got around to picking it up. Maternity leave felt like the perfect time to knock it out and I’m glad I finally got to it now that it’s done.
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September 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR List, and What I’m Loving Right Now
At the risk of saying this for probably the eleventh month in a row, I genuinely can’t believe how quickly time is moving. September feels like a fever dream that I’m not certain even happened which makes for some unique challenges when it comes to reflection.
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Book Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
I’d seen exclusively good things about A Psalm for the Wild Built so when I saw it at my library, I grabbed it without knowing much about it and wow, this book was like a warm hug in literary form. I loved how optimistic it was, how introspective, and ultimately, how heart-warming it felt. It…
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Book Review: A Fate Inked in Blook by Danielle L. Jensen
I’ve been feeling a little burned out on romantasy lately. I’ve read a lot of good stories over the past few years, but for whatever reason, the last few fantasy’s featuring a heavy romance component that I’ve picked up have left me feeling very lukewarm, to the degree that I’d begun to wonder if the…
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August 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
What an unbelievably sweet summer we had here on the east coast. I’m always tempted to note how fast it felt like the time passed in retrospect, but this month, I feel like we actually got to savour it a little more than usual.
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Book Review: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Samantha Shannon became one of my favourite authors through The Bone Season series, so it may seem odd that I’m only getting to The Roots of Chaos series now. I’ll be honest, I waited as long as I did because this series is truly intimidating in both size and scope. The books are thicker than…
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Book Review: The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
I’m typically not a mystery reader, but wow, do I ever love the Molly the Maid series. I picked up the first book at my local library primarily because it was available immediately, but this cozy mystery series has quickly stolen my heart.
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June and July 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR Lists, and What I’m Loving
It feels like I blinked and suddenly, I hadn’t written a blog post in months. I knew that returning to work after parental leave would be a significant shift, particularly as we adjusted as a family to this new normal, but I (very naively) thought it would have little impact on my reading life. Wow,…
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Book Review: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season is one of those books that’s been in the back of my mind for years. I’ve only ever seen good things about it, but it never reached the top of my to-read list. When I saw it was available immediately at my library, I took it as a sign that I needed…
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May 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR Lists, What I’m Loving Right Now
Wow, what an epic month for reading. May was my last full month of maternity leave, and fittingly, it was probably my best month for total books read in a long time. We’ve had an incredibly rainy Spring, which is likely why I’ve managed to get through so many books lately. Baby girl and I…
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