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(continued from this post) After a fitful night of sleep, I woke up before my alarm on the 14th filled with anticipation. Most things were set: everything I needed to bring with me was in a bag, my questions were written down, all things I didn't want destroyed by a dog were thrown in my … Continue reading Ella’s Gotcha Day
One year ago two very significant events occurred on the same day: it was the last day I worked at the office, and it's the day I saw Ella for the first time. We'd heard about this coronavirus thing but it was still new and still seemed to only be far away in coastal cities. … Continue reading The Day Things Changed
In 2020 I set a goal to write a blog post for each book I read. My intent was to keep myself writing and to try a new style I hadn't ventured into before: book reviews. While for a few books I really enjoyed this practice, for the majority it simply became a chore. To … Continue reading No more book reviews…sort of
My original goal for 2020 was 40 books. I thought it clever that 20 + 20 = 40 so that was my goal. Then a pandemic hit and I suddenly was spending a lot more time at home. At the end of the year I ended up reading 52 books. In 2020 I also set … Continue reading What I read in 2020
I'd seen The Guest List by Lucy Foley everywhere for a while. Holds were backed up on Libby forever. Then a friend got it for me for Christmas and I devoured it in a couple of days. What I loved most about this book were the characters and the setting. It takes place on an … Continue reading “The Guest List”
A woman driving over a bridge stops a man from jumping off of it and ending his life. This premise made picking my December Book of the Month very easy. This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith was a delightful read of some heavy stuff. Obvious trigger warning for suicide, though it's not discussed in … Continue reading “This Close to Okay”
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn has been in and out of my Libby library since the summer. I'd add it, then decide I didn't want to read it, check it out again just to let it sit (my apologies to anyone who was waiting on it because of me). I finally picked … Continue reading “The Woman in the Window”
I'm going to start this post by saying how much I loved Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I was so excited to dive into the sequel, Ready Player Two. It started slow, and I wasn't quite sure where Cline was going to take us on this next journey of Wade Watts. The book kicked … Continue reading “Ready Player Two”
I picked Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam for one of my Book of the Month books. It sounded interesting and I'd seen it get some good hype on different book blogs. It took me a while to read this book. I picked it up in September and finished it in late November. The … Continue reading “Leave the World Behind”
After reading The Last Time I Lied I knew any time I wanted an un-put-down-able thriller full of unexpected twists I just needed to pick up any book by Riley Sager. That led me to Final Girls. I'm not a scary movie watcher so the concept of a "final girl" was new to me. If … Continue reading “Final Girls”
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