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Sep 13, 20234 min read
Am I getting too persnickety about what I read?
I've recently DNF'd three books that I'd been very excited to read, and two of them were just today, so I'm starting to wonder. Am I gettin
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Aug 31, 20232 min read
A ways back list: 2003
I like to take a look back to book lists of past years and remember covers that I haven't seen in a while, or books that I loved years ago.
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Aug 23, 20232 min read
Books from the Future: The September House
I wasn't crazy about this book, but it got a starred review, so ? I don't know. If you like ghosts, but it's funny, this might be for you.
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Jul 30, 20233 min read
Backlist Books: 2020
Why I like visiting the backlist and two titles I read this year that came out three years ago, The City We Became and My Dark Vanessa.
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Jul 21, 20233 min read
The Joy of Re-reading: Emily of New Moon
Revisiting LM Montgomery's Prince Edward Island, this time in an audiobook narrated by Megan Follows.
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Jun 29, 20233 min read
Well, that was weird: a short book list
Each of these books has something weird in it, except Lost Places, which is a story collection, and each story has something weird. The wei
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Jun 18, 20234 min read
My 2023 reading challenge check-in
I thought that I'd set the easiest challenge in the world this year. Since starting this blog, I'm always making book lists; often of...
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May 22, 20232 min read
In the footsteps of Jane Austen and L. M. Montgomery: books about their homes
Two books, one about the homes of Jane Austen in England, and one about L. M. Mongomery's homes in Canada, and the Green Gables house.
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May 9, 20232 min read
Victorian children being cured by being allowed to run out of doors
I know that I've read this in more than these books, but I'm going to write about Heidi by Johanna Spyri and The Secret Garden by Frances...
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Apr 30, 20233 min read
What books do you like to read in Spring?
Some books are tied to the time of the year or the time in my life when I read them. In winter, I often want to read something...
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