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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 23, 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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Halloween scary reading 2020!
The scary reading I have lined up for this year. I love Halloween! The Only Good Indians, Uncle Silas, The Invited, and more...
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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How to use WorldCat to search all the libraries
Use WorldCat to search multiple library catalogs at once!
Sep 27, 20202 min read
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The love of re-reading: Persuasion
I just revisited one of my all-time favorites: Jane Austen's Persuasion. I had new questions, thoughts that had never occurred to me...
Sep 16, 20203 min read
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The love of re-reading: The Secret History
The Secret History is one of my favorite books. I missed it when it was new- I was in college and not keeping up with new books.
Aug 30, 20203 min read
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