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I can't read when I have a headache, and I can't stop having headaches
I had to call in sick, and I watched 3 movies. All this free time, and I'm watching TV like a dummy. I just can't read when my head aches.
Jul 31, 20242 min read
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Climbing out of my slump, and I am doing just fine
Reading with brain fog.
Mar 28, 20243 min read
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Sometimes books and movies help!
I've written before about needing to read an easy book after a hard book, but this time, the movie I was watching to co
Nov 15, 20234 min read
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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
Sep 13, 20234 min read
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Book recovery: following up a hard book with an easy book
Markley, Stephen- The Deluge Gallico, Paul- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Yeah, I'm really pairing these two books. Bear with me, and I'll...
Feb 26, 20234 min read
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The Reading Life: Trying and Failing to Keep Up
Reading is my favorite thing. It's fun, it's solace, it's instruction, it's inspiration. But I'm about to write the third post in a...
Oct 8, 20223 min read
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The Reading Life: the Trouble With Holds
As librarian and a life-long enthusiastic library user, I love putting holds on books at the library. You don’t have to try to catch the...
Sep 25, 20224 min read
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The Reading Life: When and why to ditch a book
When I was a kid- not just a little kid, but all through school, and probably all through college- I completed every book that I started....
Aug 13, 20225 min read
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