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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
memoir / review

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I will say up front I never really watched Friends, have no real interest in Friends, and even when it was first airing I felt it was an oddly retrograde throwback show to an imaginary all-white NYC where no one really had to work to live. That said, it was impossible to avoid reading about … Continue reading →

What I Read in October
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What I Read in October

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Brief thoughts on all the books I read this month! Continue reading →

Weaving Rag Rugs: A Women’s Craft in Western Maryland by Geraldine Niva Johnson
crafts / nonfiction / review

Weaving Rag Rugs: A Women’s Craft in Western Maryland by Geraldine Niva Johnson

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I enjoyed Weaving Rag Rugs, I think it was her PhD thesis, but I never felt like she answered why rag rug weaving has/had such a stronghold in this particular county in Maryland. Or if it’s not more popular there than in other areas, why chose to focus here? I did get a feel of … Continue reading →

What I read in September
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What I read in September

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Brief thoughts on all the books I read this month! Continue reading →

The Year of the Horses: A Memoir by Courtney Maum
memoir / review

The Year of the Horses: A Memoir by Courtney Maum

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I was never a horse girl but I love reading books about people and niche interests. I felt like this was a little flat. Despite her talks about therapy, I felt like there was very little introspection. How did she grow up to be a fatphobic woman with an eating disorder, depression, stagnant marriage who … Continue reading →

Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor
fiction / mystery / review

Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

Dirt Creek did one of the best jobs of keeping all the characters in this tiny interrelated town straight and reminding us who they were all the time in a helpful yet unobtrusive manner I’ve seen! I really can’t say enough about how rare that is! There were a lot of characters, a lot of … Continue reading →

What I Read in August
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What I Read in August

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Brief thoughts on all the books I read this month! Continue reading →

Dear Fran, Love Dulcie: Life and Death in the Hills and Hollows of Bygone Australia published by Victoria Twead
letters / review

Dear Fran, Love Dulcie: Life and Death in the Hills and Hollows of Bygone Australia published by Victoria Twead

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

This was a wild ride. Someone on a message board had said they read it and I was intrigued because I watch and read a lot of Australian content but it’s all fictional. I thought it would be interesting to see what life was really like back in rural Australia 70 or so years ago. … Continue reading →

What I Read in July
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What I Read in July

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Brief thoughts on all the books I read this month! Continue reading →

This Is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan
memoir / review

This Is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

This Is Not a Pity Memoir was, instead, a slightly meandering but interesting memoir. I truly don’t know how she managed to produce and write a tv show during all this. I can’t imagine what it would be like to have your partner come out of a coma and insist that you are an imposter. … Continue reading →

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