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Challenge check-in: mid-Feb 21
Goodreads list: Haig, Matthew- The Midnight Library Nonfiction: Didion, Joan- Let Me Tell You What I Mean Stretch: Dickens, Charles-...
Feb 20, 20214 min read
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A DNF list for the winter. Just couldn't do it.
Five books that I tried out and why they weren't for me.
Feb 9, 20212 min read
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Childhood favorites and Newberys of old
I've been thinking about some award-winners that I've read, a few as a kid and then more as a librarian.
Feb 3, 20213 min read
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Reading challenge 2021 Check-in: January
Alphabet challenge "A": Attenberg, Jami- All This Could Be Yours "B": Berg, Elizabeth- Tapestry of Fortunes Nonfic: Cheever, Susan-...
Feb 1, 20214 min read
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Longbourn and Nelly Dean
Nelly Dean: a Return to Wuthering Heights- Alison Case Longbourn- Jo Baker I read these two books pretty close together last year by...
Jan 25, 20213 min read
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The joy of re-reading: Narnia and The Magicians
Prince Caspian, The Silver Chair, The Final Battle, by C. S. Lewis The Magician King, The Magician's Land, by Lev Grossman I listened to...
Jan 18, 20213 min read
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There's alot going on out there.
I was going to write about my favorite books of last year. I wrote a post with ten favorites, but there were so many other good books...
Jan 14, 20213 min read
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Mystery and suspense: One by One, Moonflower Murders, Crooked House
One by One, by Ruth Ware
Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz
Crooked House, by Agatha Christie
Jan 14, 20212 min read
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Sci-fi and Fantasy: Ready Player 2, Crossings
Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline Crossings, Alex Landragin Ready Player Two: If you liked Ready Player One, which I think was better, then...
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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General fiction: Older, The Glass Hotel, Perestroika in Paris
Older, Patricia Redmond The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel Perestroika in Paris, Jane Smiley Older: This was cute. It's a sequel to...
Jan 2, 20212 min read
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