Our Missing Books
Bradbury, Ray- Fahrenheit 451 (read by Tim Robbins) Ng, Celeste- Our Missing Hearts House, Silas- Lark Ascending Once again, I'm pulling...
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- Jan 22
- 3 min
Some Gen-X books: Into the Wild and The Hours
Cunningham, Michael- The Hours Krakauer, Jon- Into The Wild (read by Phillip Franklin) My reading goal for the year is to read some of...
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- May 31, 2022
- 5 min
Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy
Liu, Cixin- The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death's End A quote from The New Yorker on the cover of the 3rd book reads "[Liu's]...
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- Apr 26, 2022
- 3 min
A short YA fantasy list
Levine, Gail Carson- Fairest Levine, Gail Carson- Ella Enchanted Novik, Naomi- A Deadly Education Novik, Naomi- The Last Graduate and...
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- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
Watch it or read it: Belgravia
A couple of months ago, I saw Belgravia on DVD at the library and wondered how I had missed it. I'd read the book when it was fairly new...
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- Mar 10, 2022
- 5 min
Audiobook round-up
I'm completely addicted to having audiobooks on my phone all the time so I can listen in the car and while I'm doing my kitchen work. ...
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- Mar 2, 2022
- 4 min
Language studies and survival skills
The Latinist, The Lake of Dead Languages, A Dangerous Education By chance, I've read three books this month that are set in schools in...
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- Jan 9, 2022
- 3 min
Nonfiction
Harmon, Claire- Jane's Fame Worley, Jeff (ed.)- What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets Zinsser, William- Writing Places...
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- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
Alphabet Reading Challenge: s, t, u, w
Strong, Anthony M- The Haunting of Willow House Tarkington, Booth- The Magnificent Ambersons Unsworth, Emma Jane- Grown Ups Walker,...
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- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Scary books, fall 2021
Garcia Moreno, Silvia- Certain Dark Things Montell, William Lynwood- Tales of Kentucky Ghosts Strong, Anthony M- The Haunting of Willow...
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- Oct 16, 2021
- 4 min
Scary stories
A mix of two stories that you can read for free online, a print book, a story that you can listen to for free online, and two...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Goodreads list challenge: August and September
Yang, Susie- White Ivy Mascarenhas, Kate- The Psychology of Time Travel McDermid, Val- Northanger Abbey Moreno-Garcia, Silvia- Velvet Was...
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- Sep 19, 2021
- 3 min
Just because reading
Because, ooh, that sounds good right now is reason enough to go off my reading challenges. I'm really beginning to wish that hadn't set...
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- Aug 1, 2021
- 5 min
What I've learned from my Goodreads challenge, and summer check-in
I already had a StoryGraph account when I began this challenge, but I didn't import my Goodreads list for two reasons: one, I was pretty...
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- Jun 3, 2021
- 3 min
May 2021 readings
Two books from my Goodreads challenge, one for my alphabet challenge, and a nonfic.
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- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
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.
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