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Everything I Read in March 2025
All 12 books I read in March 2025 Continue reading
You Belong Here by Megan Miranda
You can always count on Miranda to have a busy plot with a lot of characters but to tie up loose ends. This book was no different. I enjoyed the townie vs college dynamics and how she touched on being a relatively young mother of a college student when some of her peers have elementary … Continue reading
Everything I Read in February 2025
All 15 books I read in Feb 2025 Continue reading
Everything I Read in January 2025
All 15 books I read (or listened to) in Jan 2025 Continue reading
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman’s fixation with weight is in full effect in Murder Takes a Vacation. It was brought up so many times. It was a major feature of her Tess Monaghan books as well but it seems to have escalated. Who talks about their weight that much to strangers? And friends? She had virtually no other … Continue reading
2024
It was a rough year but I did manage to read. Continue reading
Everything I Read in December 2024
Slow month for no real reason. The Shelley Burr books were good but somehow took me days to read. The Trials of Lila Dalton by L.J. Shepherd (the ending! Why? So much work up for something about cancel culture??) Wake by Shelley Burr (great!) Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica … Continue reading
Everything I Read in November 2024
Sort of a slow month! Only 20 books. I had a few duds that slowed me down and my husband had surgery which derails life a bit even though it went well. Joe Country by Mick Herron (high body count!) The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins (interesting) The Catch by Mick Herron (a little slow) … Continue reading
Books I Read October 2024
Brief thoughts on all 23 books I read in October 2024 Continue reading
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