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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 15, 20203 min read
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General Fiction: The Margot Affair, If We Were Villains
I loved If We Were Villains, and I liked The Margot Affair quite alot. I started and stopped two other books in this category; it's a...
Dec 11, 20203 min read
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2021 reading goals: taking it easy
I don’t usually set reading goals, because I’m always reading anyway. I’ve found that if I set many restrictions on my book choices, it...
Dec 5, 20204 min read
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Mystery and Suspense: The Truants, The Thursday Murder Club, and Only Truth
The Truants- Kate Weinberg
The Thursday Murder Club- Richard Osman
Only Truth- Julie Cameron
Nov 22, 20203 min read
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Fantasy and Sci-fi: Piranesi, Hench, The Once and Future Witches
What a great group of books from this autumn. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke This book blew my mind. I almost didn't read it. The reviews...
Nov 12, 20205 min read
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Scary books read in October 2020
The House of Whispers- Laura Purcell Uncle Silas- Sheridan Le Fanu Let the Right One In- John Ajvide Lindqvist The Invited- Jennifer...
Nov 1, 20204 min read
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DNF early fall: some pretty good books that I just could not get through
Wow, No Thank You, Samantha Irby Somewhere in the Dark, R. J. Jacobs The 2084 Report, James Laurence Powell To Sleep in a Sea of Stars,...
Oct 20, 20203 min read
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Some favorite scary reads
some favorite scary books that I highly recommend.
Oct 12, 20204 min read
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