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Mini Book Reviews January 2026
In addition to my monthly short stories, this year, I’m going to post some mini book reviews about what I’m reading. This year, I’ve already read 5 books! Here’s what I’ve read so far in 2026: 1. White Night Author: Jim Butcher Genre: Fantasy Thoughts: This is like the 9th book in Continue reading
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Reading Quotes Mid-Year 2025
So far this year, I’ve already read 41 books. I am crushing my reading goals! And having a great time doing it! While I’m reading, I like to underline quotes and copy them down into a separate notebook that I flip through sometimes. Here are some from this year that I’ve really liked: There are Continue reading
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A New Favorite!
If you’re like me, you pretty much like most books you read. That’s not saying that every book is my favorite, but I rarely regret reading a book. That being said, I do have a handful of favorites. Before this month, my five favorite books haven’t changed in around 20 years. Here they are: However, Continue reading
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Read So Far…
What is everyone reading right now? Anything you’re really excited about? I’m almost half way to my reading goal for the year! Here is what I’ve read so far this year, plus some small comments/highlights: Overall, I haven’t read a book I didn’t like this year. It’s been a great year, looking forward to the Continue reading
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Books about Science Gone Wrong!
Recently I read Upgrade by Blake Crouch. I loved it! I don’t want to give away too much, but it’s an action packed, scientists act like gods, and then things go wrong kind of story. Definitely a page turner. It got me to thinking about other books that I love that are about gene editing Continue reading
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Exciting news and a book review
The purpose of this post is two fold. One, I am happy to report that I think I have finally broken through my writer’s block, and two, I want to write about some of the books that helped me get through it. First, this year I’ve been having the worst motivational block I’ve ever had Continue reading
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Mid-year reading update
This year I decided to do something different to pick my reading list. I am doing an A to Z reading challenge. I’m reading a book that starts with each letter of the alphabet and then when I’m finished with that, I’m going to read a book by an author with a last name that Continue reading
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Book Review: Ordinary Monsters
Okay, so I don’t do this very often on my blog, but I want to write about a book I finished reading this week. (If you talk to me in person or on the phone, I talk about the books I’m reading ALL THE TIME, but on my blog, I try to focus on my Continue reading
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Books about Books
If you’re like me, you might like all things related to books. And like me, you’ve been like this since you were little. I get it. I love to read. I love adding books to my shelves. I love going to bookstores and libraries. And, I love writing my own books. If you’re like me, Continue reading
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Quotes of the Year
I started a new thing this year. (New for me anyway). As I read, I make a list of quotes I like for whatever reason, and then when I finish the book, I copy the quotes into a notebook that I have just for quotes. It’s really fun to flip through the book and re-read Continue reading
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