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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 2, 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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2021 reading goals: challenge level
When I was in my last year of college, I decided that I was reading too many old books (I really liked Victorian novels), so I made...
Dec 27, 20204 min read
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Favorite reads of the year, 2020
Some of the links are to the book in Bookshop.org, and some are to blog posts. I didn't find Nelly Dean in Bookshop, so you'll have to...
Dec 22, 20202 min read
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Christmas chapters
A bookish Christmas tradition that I go back to every few years is to read Christmas chapters from books that I love. My favorite ones...
Dec 16, 20203 min read
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