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Tag Archives: fiction
Country People – a book review
Country People by Daniel Mason My rating: 4 of 5 stars A family of four travel from the comfort of liberal California to the country, Vermont when Kate, the mom, takes the opportunity to be the visiting English professor at … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, books, fiction, life, random, reading, writing
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Birthday Boy
I don’t feature much about the most important person in my life. He’s quite private, he’s low-key, very hard to buy for because he doesn’t like “stuff”, and the stuff that he does like, he is quite particular about. He’s … Continue reading
RIP Sophie Kinsella
I learned some sad news today. Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic series of Chick-lit, passed away. I read “Confessions of a Shopaholic” when it came out in 2001. It was such a fun read, I was hooked, and promptly … Continue reading
Scattershot Saturday
What is the perfect amount of stress, I’d like to know? We all need some, it’s a prime motivator, gets me off my tush, makes me think – but what is the optimal intensity? I struggle a bit with that, … Continue reading
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Tagged black friday, blog, book-review, books, fiction, life, NaBloPoMo, random, reading, shopping, writing
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E-readers or Paper?
I reached my Goodreads Reading Challenge for 2025 with 66 days to spare. I had a lower goal this year, to be realistic at two books a month. I’ve been fortunate to discover some excellent choices through Netgalley, which also … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, books, fiction, life, NaBloPoMo, question, reading, sleep
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Scattershot Saturday – a week in the life
Wow, a busy week! It went by in a flash, and I have to admit, thank goodness for public transit, I had a meeting downtown and having the option to take a train and avoid dealing with rush hour traffic … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, bloghop, daily life, It's all about me, memmories, NaBloPoMo, scattered, this and that, week in the life
Tagged blog, city, dance, downtown, Family, fiction, life, music, NaBloPoMo, random, writing
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The Book of Guilt – a book review
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s 1979 England. Thirteen-year-old Vincent and his two brothers, are orphaned triplets, living in a children’s home together. They are cared for and monitored around the clock … Continue reading
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Our Last Wild Days – A book review
Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Loyal May has returned home, the small town of Jackknife in rural Louisiana, to care for her ailing mother. Loyal, a successful journalist, left home at 18 … Continue reading
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The Girl with Nowhere to Go – a book review
The Girl With Nowhere To Go by Louise Guy My rating: 4 of 5 stars A story about unresolved trauma, divided families, buried family secrets that starts out with a mysterious 16 year old orphan girl, with nowhere to go. … Continue reading →