Tag: reading
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March 2024 Reading Wrap-Up: My Slow Reading Season Amidst Major Life Changes
It’s been a while since I wrote a monthly reading summary. In fact, I haven’t written one since wrapping up my January reads a couple of months ago. To be honest, I simply didn’t have the capacity for reading or writing over the past couple of months, but that’s beginning to change and I couldn’t…
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Book Review: Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour
I’ll admit it: I picked up Yerba Buena because I thought it had a really pretty cover. I’d seen it around on bookstagram here and there, but because it’s pretty far outside of my usual reading preferences, I didn’t pick it up until I found it for $3 at a used book sale. As soon…
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Book Review: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
In January I was getting ready to make a lengthy solo road trip when I realized that I didn’t currently have an audiobook on loan. I quickly went to my library’s Available Now selection and right at the top of my suggestions sat Iron Widow. The premise of this book had intrigued me in the…
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January 2024 Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR Lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
I had big plans for January. Over the holidays, I had three full weeks off and I spent a lot of it getting organized and preparing for a hyper-productive, focused 2024. I was excited and motivated and ready to go. Then my health took a deep dive and everything went up in smoke.
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Book Review: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Title: The Year of Magical ThinkingAuthor: Joan DidionGenre: Memoir, autobiography, non-fictionPublisher: Highbridge AudioPublication Date: October 5, 2005Format: AudiobookLength: 5 hours Read if you like: stories of grief and mourning, journalistic writing, trying to make sense of tragedy, processing of trauma, research on grief Rating: Sometimes a book comes to you at exactly the right time,…
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2023 December Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
What a cup-filling month December was. I spent roughly half of it on vacation, which was exactly what I needed to come into 2024 feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. I love the holiday season. My family has so many traditions and this year, we spent a great amount of time just being together and enjoying each…
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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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Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Like many, I was obsessed with The Hunger Games when I was younger. I can vividly remember reading all three books in a marathon fever dream in my dorm room while I ignored every paper and academic responsibility I had until I’d finished. I put off reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes because frankly,…
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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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