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Back at the beginning of the oh so wonderful year 2020, I came up with a list of monthly book themes to help me pick which books to read. While I never quite read as many books for each theme as I thought I might, I did find it useful …

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November’s update is late and December’s is early, that should even it out, don’t you think? It’s been quite a year, to say the least. But in good news, I hit my Goodreads goal of reading 90 books a few days ago – I’m actually going to see if I …

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The spooky season is over now and while I didn’t read quite as many books as I thought I might, I did finish three, plus watched one adaptation. I am going to count that as a success. The first title I read this month was Henry James’ The Turn of …

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At the beginning of September, I was hyped. I was going to catch up with my pre-orders and feel better about the money I spent on them, since too often these books languish on the shelves for much too long. And then this happened…   Yes, that is sixteen library …

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I found this summer to both be very long and also very short, especially August. So it’s probably not surprising that I’m only now getting around to posting an update. Because June’s theme had to be extended, I’ve got three to touch upon, so let’s get down to business to …

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June 2020 is a month I’m not going to soon forget. Because of this, I never quite found the right time to put together a post looking back at my May theme, next/first book in a series, so I’ll do that now. The June theme however didn’t really come together, …

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As a white woman, the best thing I feel like I can do right now is amplify BIPOC voices, so here are some books that I really enjoyed that I think people should check out.   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas An obvious choice, as this book was …

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The biggest thing I’m struggling with during this pandemic is focus. This has had a few big effects on my life. As far as books go, it means that I have ended up reading up to six titles at the same time, jumping between them as my mood dictates. The …

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Well … it’s been a month. However, amidst all the general messiness of life in March, I was able to keep going with my monthly reading themes. The theme for March was Canadian reads. I had hoped to get more read than I did, but I did manage to finish …

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I have completed the second month of my monthly reading themes! In February, I dedicated myself to reading romance. A great hardship, it’s true, but one I was willing to undertake. It took me a bit longer than expected to get going with these theme. This was mostly because I …

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