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Losing Thrones steam
So as you may have noticed, I’m totes into Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire. I started the fifth book of the series, A Dance with Dragons, about a month ago. The fourth book, A Feast for Crows, was...
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Happy place
Sometimes when I’m feeling a little overwhelmed with my to do list I forget about my happy place. Right now my happy place is wearing a soft old tshirt over my bikini. My legs are in the pool and I’m...
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2013 goals, revisited
Last night at church we lit the pink Advent candle. Even though purple is my color, the pink candle is always extra special. It’s like we’re almost there, but we have two more weeks to sing Silent...
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Second Annual Book Swap
Last year, we started a family tradition of swapping our favorite books of the year for the family to read. I contributed Gone Girl and it was a hit. This year dad got in on the action, too. We swapped...
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I don’t have too much to say, but I have done some reading this week. I’m in the middle of a slooooooow book I’m determined to finish. Divergent (+2) had me a on a reading kick and now I’ve taken a...
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Lauren tagged me on Facebook this weekend for a trend I can jump on (thank you for not involving a bucket of ice). It’s to name ten books/series that are important or have made a lasting impression...
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2014 reading list
At the beginning of the year I challenged myself to read 30 books. Last year I completed my goal of 25 by the skin on my teeth. This year I thought I would struggle to add five more, but I crushed it....
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took the words right out of my mouth
(of course, that’s a MeatLoaf reference) Don’t you hate it when someone beats you to the punch? I take it personally when I see something and think, “Why didn’t I think of that?” I’m not very...
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summer reading list
I don’t think I read any more or less in the summer than during regular months. Just the same, I loved summer reading in high school (except for you, Walden!). My mixture of Catholic guilt and...
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Have you seen this interview from the NYTimes with Mindy Kaling? I can’t get enough of the Mindy Project and I liked her book Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me? She’s a strong writer who effortlessly...
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what i read in 2015
I know I should have had these end of the year posts wrapped up the last week of December, but I was still reading! So here’s what I read in 2015 and what I recommend. I don’t want to pick on books I...
View Articlethe sweet spot between books and movies
You know I’m strict about my books before movie belief. I have to read prior to watching. This is why I didn’t see Jurassic Park until I was in high school and why I cried like a baby on a eight hour...
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Yesterday I finished Love, Nina and picked up Me Before You. Both wonderful (so far) and I recommend them for some pool/beach/couch reading. They are both set in Britain and have me feeling like I...
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very “busy”
This week I’ve been tied up in too many things to count. Embarrassingly, I’ve second guessed actual commitments to devote more time to these increasingly important happenings. First thing, the...
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This week I finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It’s the new Harry Potter play that takes place 20ish years after the end of the seventh book. They published the script instead of traditional...
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Get out of my head, Emma Gannon. I’ve followed Emma’s blog for a bit now and when she released her book, I ordered it from across the pond. She delivered her usual blunt perspective with British charm....
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Books of 2016
Tis the season for the best books of 2016 lists. Browsing them makes me feel like an underachiever, but I see a couple on there from my list. My goal for 2016 was to read 35 books and I hit 44! Nothing...
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I’m so embarrassed that at the ripe age of 28 I read my first Jane Austen. Where have I been? When Erin found out, she told me to get a refund on my all-girls school education. I managed to escape Jane...
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2017 Reading
I had a great year in the books department. Thanks to lots of long plane ride, too much time in airports and not having a roommate for two months, I turned a lot of pages. According to Goodreads (which...
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2018 Reading
Hi old blog, I haven’t missed writing on you all the time. I realized that I missed putting together my yearly reading post. Then I remembered that I’m the boss of this blog. So here’s what I read and...
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