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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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Tag Archives: travel
SC: Favorite Photos of Vacation
I know I haven’t finished posting my trip stuff yet, but I’m going to take a moment to highlight my favorite photos of the trip for today’s Sunday Coffee. Somehow, I managed to choose 17 photos – out of the … Continue reading
Glacier Day: Endicott Arm and Juneau
Our three stops in Alaska were all back to back days. Unfortunately, the middle day was the day when I was sickest, and the lack of sleep I got the night before didn’t help. I’m not sure why I was … Continue reading
Ketchikan, Alaska
I have to admit, this was the most intimidating post of all the trip posts I wanted to write. Why? Because Ketchikan was so wonderful, so expansive, that I’m struggling to put it into words. Jason and I took a … Continue reading
Seattle and the Solstice
I have been so ridiculously busy over the last week between dealing with kittens and trying to sort through and edit around 500 photos. Oy. It hasn’t left me a lot of time for putting down my thoughts on this … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – And we’re back!
Obviously this photo isn’t from today, but it was too good not to use! We are back from our week-long adventure to Alaska, and I’m in the process of unpacking and catching up from my week away. I have so … Continue reading
A Bloggers’ Night Out
It’s been almost six years since I last got to meet up with a blogger friend. I mean, to be fair, I’ve hardly traveled at all since that meetup in autumn 2018. There was a trip to Wisconsin in the … Continue reading
Strawberry Fields
This weekend, my photo circle had a belated Galentine’s shoot scheduled at a local café and bakery. I did all the legwork to prepare for the shoot – going to the business to check out the different seating and light … Continue reading
Sunday Coffee – Muslim Culture Fest
Last weekend was my first proper girls’ day out in quite some time, and a great way to kick off October! October is generally a busy time for me. There are a lot of events going on that I love, … Continue reading
A Day of Irony
I wrote yesterday about my ambivalence toward Mother’s Day – my ongoing troubled relationship with motherhood, not to mention the strained relationship I’ve had with my mom since her bout with covid, and then there’s that whole canceled vacation thing, … Continue reading
The Zen Leaf 