Am I getting too persnickety about what I read?
I've recently DNF'd three books that I'd been very excited to read, and two of them were just today, so I'm starting to wonder. Am I gettin
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- Aug 31
- 2 min
A ways back list: 2003
I like to take a look back to book lists of past years and remember covers that I haven't seen in a while, or books that I loved years ago.
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- Aug 23
- 2 min
Books from the Future: The September House
I wasn't crazy about this book, but it got a starred review, so ? I don't know. If you like ghosts, but it's funny, this might be for you.
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- Jul 30
- 3 min
Backlist Books: 2020
Why I like visiting the backlist and two titles I read this year that came out three years ago, The City We Became and My Dark Vanessa.
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- Jul 22
- 3 min
The Joy of Re-reading: Emily of New Moon
Revisiting LM Montgomery's Prince Edward Island, this time in an audiobook narrated by Megan Follows.
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- Jun 29
- 3 min
Well, that was weird: a short book list
Each of these books has something weird in it, except Lost Places, which is a story collection, and each story has something weird. The wei
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- Jun 18
- 4 min
My 2023 reading challenge check-in
I thought that I'd set the easiest challenge in the world this year. Since starting this blog, I'm always making book lists; often of...
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- May 22
- 2 min
In the footsteps of Jane Austen and L. M. Montgomery: books about their homes
Two books, one about the homes of Jane Austen in England, and one about L. M. Mongomery's homes in Canada, and the Green Gables house.
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- May 9
- 2 min
Victorian children being cured by being allowed to run out of doors
I know that I've read this in more than these books, but I'm going to write about Heidi by Johanna Spyri and The Secret Garden by Frances...
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- Apr 30
- 3 min
What books do you like to read in Spring?
Some books are tied to the time of the year or the time in my life when I read them. In winter, I often want to read something...
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