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My Rainy Day Books: Books I Reread When All Else Fails
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. This week’s topic is “April Showers,” which is super loose and open. After… Continue reading
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Sunday Post: Back Shelf Books 3/31/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books for another Sunday Post! Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates! I hope you all have been able to have a good weekend with family and friends. I was able to go book shopping today, and book shopping always makes for a good day. As always, I’m linking up with… Continue reading
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Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett – REVIEW
Welcome back to Back Shelf Saturdays, where I review backlist titles I didn’t get to read when they were first published. I do this (almost) every week to ensure I’m reading more than just newly released and forthcoming titles. For my purposes, a backlist title is at least one year past its release date. This… Continue reading
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Draw Down the Moon by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast – REVIEW
Have you ever read a book solely because of how beautiful the cover looks? The cover of Draw Down the Moon completely captured me. I went into the book entirely blind. Well, almost entirely. I didn’t even read the blurb! Facebook promoted an ad to me for the book, and I immediately knew I needed… Continue reading
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Sunday Post: Back Shelf Books 3/24/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books for another Sunday Post! Thanks so much to everyone who wished me well last week with my health issues! I’ve been taking things easier this week, which has been nice! I’m so excited for gardening season. My little tomato sprouts already need to be put in larger containers and… Continue reading
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Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura – REVIEW
Like Happiness is wildly out of my comfort zone. Ursula Villarreal-Moura’s debut novel isn’t a book I would typically pick up, but I am so glad I did. Like Happiness mostly takes place in New York City and follows the multi-year friendship between a recent college graduate and a literary legend. Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2024 TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. This week’s topic is “Books On My Spring 2024 TBR.” I’m always up… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Scared to Reread
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. After being off topic for my last two Top Ten Tuesday posts, I… Continue reading
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Sunday Post: Back Shelf Books 3/10/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books for another Sunday Post! It definitely feels like Spring is upon us now. It’s cold here, but we’ve been busy preparing for our 2024 garden. This weekend we finally started seeds for our tomatoes and herbs. Next week it’s pepper seeds. We plant tons of tomatoes, as many varieties… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Feel-Good Books on My 2024 TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. These past two weeks I’ve completely gone off topic for my Top Ten… Continue reading