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September Reading Wrap-Up

September 30, 2024

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Having binged the final two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this was the only possible graphic I could use for my September recap. Plus, it's been quite chilly and grey here. So many big book releases this month and I didn’t read most of them. I’m embracing the new normal of my reading—whatever keeps me turning the pages. In this case, it was lots of fantasy with a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: contemporary, literary, mini-reviews, mystery

The Dreaded DNF: Summer Edition

July 28, 2017

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What can I say? 2017 is halfway over and my reading has been bipolar all year. I might think it was me, but I know too many other readers who report the same thing—high highs and low lows. And then the blahs in-between. Sadly, either the books are getting worse or my patience is waning because I’m moving from blah to nah. Here are two books I gave up on this month. I'm hoping ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, Little Brown and Company, mini-reviews, Riverhead Books, social issues

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