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January Reading Wrap-Up

February 1, 2024

january

Anyone else have a tough reading month in January? Who knows whether it was because I had so much amazing backlist reading over the holidays or the fact that none of the new January books panned out for me. Either way, I’m not sorry to say goodbye to this first month of 2024. Let’s go February!   Tricia joins her husband in Saigon as the Vietnam War begins and has to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: historical, Ireland, literary, mini-reviews

November Reading Wrap-Up

December 1, 2023

november

  It’s odd to say, but for the most part November felt like a normal month. So, either I’m acclimating to chaos or my memory has blanked out the month. What I do know is that it was a Wild West rodeo for my reading. There was the fun of getting to read whatever I felt like and the not-so-fun inability to settle down into books I’d expected to love. Instead I was ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: fantasy, horror, mini-reviews

October Reading

October 31, 2023

October

October, what a month. So much chaos in the world and the U.S. and none of it is positive. For your sakes, I’ll stick with books here. Suffice it to say, all the madness in the world in the last two weeks of the month left me with the attention span of a gnat  so I have fewer low rated books and more I didn’t finish. But even with that, there were some real standouts this ... Read More...

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

September Reading Wrap-Up

October 2, 2023

september

September has come and gone and with it, the last weak bits of Seattle summer. Shorts and tees have been packed away and I’m back to layering clothes and wearing fuzzy socks. No complaints, I love all things soft and warm—in my clothes. In my books, not so much. Still, September was a month of reading as steady and stable as our weather which is a welcome state of affairs. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, historical fiction, memoir, mini-reviews

August Reading Wrap-Up

September 8, 2023

august

August has followed  summer out the door, but the weather was as lovely as the majority of my reading, with more highs than lows. The first week of September is about to end so I thought I ought to check in with what worked and what didn’t before I head into all the new fall releases.   The Postcard is historical fiction based on a real family history that encompasses ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: biography, historical fiction, mini-reviews, thriller

July Reading Wrap-Up

August 1, 2023

July

Goodbye, July. It was a busy month of travel, family reunion, and not-so-fun adulting, but overall there was some great reading to be had amongst the gorgeous weather here in Seattle. I’m sorry for you lovelies who struggled with sweltering. One week in Colorado in the 90s was enough to make me overjoyed to return to days in the 70s and nights in the 50s. My favorite kind of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: essays, literary, magical realism, mini-reviews, mystery

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