The Reading Life: When and why to ditch a book
When I was a kid- not just a little kid, but all through school, and probably all through college- I completed every book that I started....
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Emily
- Jul 24
- 3 min
The Joy of Re-reading: Circe
If you love to read: -about a woman telling a bully who is much bigger than she is, "You don't know what I can do," -or, if you love...
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Emily
- Jul 10
- 4 min
How I use my planners, digital edition
Last week, I wrote about my paper planners: one for work, one for this, and one notebook to track information like how I've slept and...
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Emily
- Jul 3
- 6 min
How I use my planners, paper edition
At my proper job At the end of June, I sat down with my planners at the library (one paper and one digital) and just checked-in. Half of...
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Emily
- Jun 27
- 3 min
The mid-year reading challenge check-in
Last December, I set myself what seemed like an easy challenge: each month, I'd read one book from my own shelves. I thought I'd ace...
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Emily
- Jun 19
- 3 min
Some good DNFs
When I was young, I would never put a book down without finishing it. I once spent four months plowing through Martin Chuzzlewit when I...
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Emily
- Jun 14
- 2 min
A Gen X Book List
Not that we care or anything, but Gen X seems to be the ignored middle child of all the generations. There's no way to make an...
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Emily
- Jun 5
- 2 min
I don't know who to root for in Civilizations
Binet, Laurent- Civilizations The premise of this book is a fascinating what-if. It begins with Viking exploration of Canada. A woman,...
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Emily
- May 31
- 5 min
Remembrance of Earth's Past triology
Liu, Cixin- The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death's End A quote from The New Yorker on the cover of the 3rd book reads "[Liu's]...
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Emily
- May 21
- 3 min
Off the Edge: trying to understand conspiracy theorists
Weill, Kelly- Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything I was a little worried that this book...
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Emily
- May 15
- 1 min
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Scalzi, John- The Kaiju Preservation Society This was a quick, fun read. I was slightly annoyed that all the characters had very similar...
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Emily
- May 7
- 2 min
Ambitious people problems
Korelitz, Jean Hanff- The Plot Sathian, Sanjena- Gold Diggers These two books don't have anything to do with each other, really, but both...
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Emily
- Apr 26
- 3 min
A short YA fantasy list
Levine, Gail Carson- Fairest Levine, Gail Carson- Ella Enchanted Novik, Naomi- A Deadly Education Novik, Naomi- The Last Graduate and...
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Emily
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Time Travel Titles
I've read a few really good time travel books in the past few years. I decided that I need to make a list. I'd love to get...
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Emily
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Watch it or read it: Belgravia
A couple of months ago, I saw Belgravia on DVD at the library and wondered how I had missed it. I'd read the book when it was fairly new...
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Emily
- Mar 10
- 5 min
Audiobook round-up
I'm completely addicted to having audiobooks on my phone all the time so I can listen in the car and while I'm doing my kitchen work. ...
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Emily
- Mar 2
- 4 min
Language studies and survival skills
By chance, I've read three books this month that are set in schools in which students are studying languages and are in some kind of...
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Emily
- Feb 10
- 2 min
The Paradox Hotel
I didn't read many galleys last year because I was reading four or five books a month for my reading challenges. This year, I only have...
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Emily
- Jan 26
- 2 min
2022 reading challenge: read my own shelves
I've seen this come up on other book blogs, so it seems to be a pretty popular resolution. I decided last summer, when I got my books...
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Emily
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Best reading of 2021
When I first thought about this post, I drew a blank. Was it possible that I'd gone a whole year without reading anything that I really...
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