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Celebrating the nerd life, being a huge dork, and geekery.
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A ways back list: 2014
Just a list of books from 2014.
Feb 29, 20241 min read
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A Ways Back List to 2019: otherwise known as The Before Times
A list of titles that were new in 2019, in the semi-golden age before the pestilence.
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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New year, newish goals, new books!
I considered not setting any reading goals for the year but when I was going over my reading log for last year, I saw soooo many DNFs and...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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Best of 2023- my favorite reads
Zuravleff, Mary Kay - American Ending Lockwood, Patricia- No One is Talking About This Wilkerson, Charmaine- Black Cake Pinsker, Sarah-...
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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The joy of re-reading: Stories of Your Life
I recently re-read Stories of Your Life and others even though I had Covid and my brain stopped working. It was as good as the first read.
Dec 7, 20232 min read
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Sometimes books and movies help!
I've written before about needing to read an easy book after a hard book, but this time, the movie I was watching to co
Nov 15, 20234 min read
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Spooky season reads (and movies, and more)
what I've read, watched, and listened to this spooky season.
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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Finally read a challenge book: The Mill on the Floss
I don't know if any two characters I've come across in the hundreds of books that I've read in my life have made me half as tired as Tom Tul
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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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
Sep 13, 20234 min read
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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.
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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