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What Star Wars Does Right. . .
Okay, hear me out whether you are a Star Wars fan or not, the Star Wars novels are works of art. Why, you might ask? Let me tell you, there are MANY reasons they are works of art and in many ways far superior to the movies and shows (with the exception of The Clone […]
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Audiobooks are Books Too!
This blog post is going to turn into a mini rant, so I apologize in advance…I am going to touch on something that I think some of us still struggle with – AUDIOBOOKS! I am dyslexic and one of my favorite past times is listening to audiobooks, as reading a physical book can take me […]
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Fishing for a Good Book?
I have always loved fishing and I adore watching River Monsters, These Dark Waters and literally anything with Jeremy Wade fishing in it. I grew up on and around water, so anything dealing with swimming, boating or fishing is a literal part of my DNA. This past winter I had been dealing with some anxiety […]
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An Ancestral Home
Recently I attended an in person book event for the launch of the book Downton Shabby by author Hopwood Depree. I happened upon the event through social media (Facebook) and signed up immediately. As someone who loves history and all things England this sounded incredibly interesting. Upon signing up for the event I discovered that […]
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A Sweet Swap Part #2
Well, it’s the first official day of the book swap I am participating in and I received Loveless by Alice Oseman as my first book to read through and annotate. Now, I do not know A LOT about this book but I do know that Alice Oseman’s books (Heartstopper) have taken off via their series […]
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Book Club Prep
I hosted my book club for the first time ever and I was so incredibly excited! We had our first meeting as a book club last month and I can’t tell you how much I love this group. My book club consists of my 2 sisters-in-law, my mother-in-law and her sister (or my aunt-in-law I […]
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Summer Reads and Refreshments
Since when did summer get here? Seriously though, I feel like it was just kind of blah by us for so long and all of a sudden it is BEAUTIFUL out and Summer has arrived! With summer’s approach I have a few iced beverages that I absolutely love, so I thought I would pair those […]
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#stealinginfinity
I was incredibly surprised and excited to receive this promotional package from my friends over at Entangled Teen yesterday!! I always love getting ARC (Advanced Reader Copies) in the mail, it never fails to put a smile on my face, but this BEAUTIFUL box went above and beyond! To start with, It was in a […]
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Vacation Packing
I’m sitting here this morning going through my mental packing check-list and I can’t help but go through what books I have. This vacation I am flying. I would usually prefer driving places, but driving from Michigan to California is a no go! As I go through my packing list I am thinking about clothing […]
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A Sweet Swap Part #1
A few weeks ago I saw a post on Facebook for one of my favorite small bookshops https://www.bluestockingbookshop.com/ and I just couldn’t say no to what they were offering. They proposed a book swap and in this swap each person would be sorted into a group of 4. Each of these groups would have a […]