Tag: Books
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Life Lately: Closing Out 2025

There were a lot of things that occurred in 2025 that were NOT on my bingo card. Looking back however, the year is full to the brim with so much joy, connection, life, and love.
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Book Lover’s Paradise: Reviews, Recommendations, and Must-Have Items

For better or worse, my personality is more than 50% comprised of the last book I read. I’ve read 55 books so far this year. Read on for a recent round up and some favorite reading accessories.
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What I’m Reading: 2024 thus far

Am I bombarding you with book updates and recommendations? Making up for lost time? Moderately manic in my writing as of late? Obviously, yes. Check out my latest must reads for this year.
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2023 Reading Recap (really really late)

My safety net has and will always be books. So even though I haven’t published reading recaps in quite some time, I’ve had many a one-off conversation about recommendations. I will always come back to books. They are my home. They are safety. They are comfort. And when I can’t write, I will read.
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Fernweh: My 2023 travels

Fernweh means an ache to get away and travel to a distant place. It literally translates to “distance-sickness.” For three years, I did not travel. I knew I missed travel; I just didn’t know how much until, with each trip this year, I found a bit of me.
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Ann Patchett Made My Mind Race

There are books that are fun to read, easy to read, escapism. Then there are books that showcase the brilliance of the writer, the mastery that is writing. Thank you, Ann Patchett for shaping my feelings into clear ideas, for reigniting memories and nostalgic reverie, and for being an unparalleled storyteller.
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What I’m Reading: August 2022

I’m way late to the game, but I got this recap in before the end of the month so it still counts!
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What I’m Reading: July 2022

June was fast and furious reading hard cover books, e-books and audio, one after the other. It felt like finding myself again or returning home.
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What I’m Reading: June 2022

Books and reading are my escape but especially from emotional turmoil and difficult times.
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What I’m Reading: May 2022

Get yourself a friend who knows you, cares about you AND brings coffee and books on a Saturday morning. Here’s a recap of my latest picks.