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Favorite Reviews:
I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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Category Archives: Personal
Sunday Coffee – Thanksgiving
I’m back! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday week. My break was both busy and relaxing, consisting of: – Oathbringer! The release of Oathbringer is of course why I decided to take a mini-blog break in the first place, … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday – Financial Stress
The biggest source of stress in my world right now is money. The whole situation is stupid and ironic, and all down to a bad decision we made in 2014 that at the time we thought was a good decision. … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday – October
October is one of those very contradictory months for me. With it comes great energy and a feeling of being hyper-alive. In feeling that way, I make a lot of plans, and then end up canceling half the plans because … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Life in Photos
I tire of those memes that show up talking about how we’re all addicted to phones and so we’re not actually paying attention to the world around us. Looking at our phones does not mean we’re not engaging in the … Continue reading
Wellness Wednesday – Eighteen Years
My oldest son turns 17 today (happy birthday, Morrigan!), which means that I’ve spent nearly 18 years as a mother (including pregnancy time). You learn a lot about yourself and about motherhood in that number of years. Here are a … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – New Goals
This year has been a weird one. I made goals for myself back in December, only to immediately have a bunch of them thwarted when an MRI revealed that I had a broken foot and thus I couldn’t really exercise … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Settling In (Again)
It’s taken me much longer than usual to get settled into this house (unpacked, furniture arranged, decorations up, etc). Usually that’s a three-to-five day job. It’s just such a relief to get everything out of boxes and to know where … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – And After a Year…
Two weeks after our ill-fated move to Wisconsin last summer, my nephew Rory was born. September 9th, 2016. And of course, I was too far away to meet him in person, and too broke to travel back for a visit … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Turning Point
As I mentioned last week, the turning point of the summer came on July 31st. Three major things happened that day. First, I got a call about a job I’d applied and interviewed for at CVS and was offered the … Continue reading
Basement – Before and After
Back in April, when we began our basement remodel, we began with an eye toward putting our house on the market by the end of the summer. It takes time for houses to sell in this rural an area, and … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 