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The sun finally emerges!
I was supposed to write you all a review for Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail yesterday, but the day was so tiring I didn’t. Instead, I told myself I’d write it today. Then I woke up with a mild migraine and decided today is not the day either. So, you get a rambling post instead. Hahaha. At least I have been keeping up better with posts, and it’s feeling rather good to be honest. Although we’re due for another rainstorm soon, this week has been blessedly sunny. Yesterday the temperature even got up into the low 70s, and I was like…
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Top Ten Tuesday: New-To-Me Authors I Discovered in 2022
Happy Tuesday friends! Here is hoping that your Monday went smoothly, and you’re entering today with an overall good vibe. This is the last week of my current position and so I’m struggling a bit. But next week will smooth things out, and so I’m keeping it positive! Feeling pretty good about how well this blog is going too. But let’s get down to the prompt for today, shall we? Time to talk about some books! New-To-Me Authors in 2022 Anna E. Collins – Love At First SpiteI started off the year with a brand-new-to-me author, by way of Love…
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Book Review: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
Hart Ralston is a demigod and a marshal, tasked with patrolling the wasteland of Tanria. The realm the exiled old gods once called home is now a forsaken place where humans with no better options or no better sense come seeking adventure or spoils, but more often end up as drudges: reanimated corpses inhabited by the souls of those who’ve died in Tanria before. Hart tells himself that his job is simple: neutralize the drudges with a quick zap to the appendix and deliver them back to polite society at the nearest undertaker’s, leaving the whys and hows of the…
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Work Stuff and Exhaustion
Man, this week got away from me. I was so proud because I managed to post on Monday and then suddenly I blinked and it was Friday. It’s just been one of those kinds of weeks where the days blend in to one another, and I’m just helplessly dragged along. My transition at work is going smoothly, but it has also been a lot to deal with. Training someone else, while simultaneously being trained? Well, it’s a lot. I’m not even surprised that my brain pushed all things about the blog out. Hahaha. Happily though, I have been reading! It’s…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Happy Monday, and happy day off to anyone else who was able to have one today! I’m having a mild heart attack that it’s already the middle of the month. As a quick life update, I got a promotion! But the month of January was reserved for training my replacement and I can’t believe how quickly time has flown. Phew. At least it has been productive! I can even say the same for my reading. I’m actually on track this year, and reading things that I enjoy as well. It’s been so nice. That being said, let’s take a look…
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Book Review: The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer
A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. THE LIBRARIAN OF CROOKED LANE is an intriguing new fantasy from C.J. Archer, the USA Today bestselling author of the Glass and Steele series. Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she’s descended from magicians, she’s skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she’s just an ordinary girl who loves books. She seeks the truth from a member…
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Yes, this is a post about the rain.
If you’re on Twitter you’ve probably seen that #LARain and #flooding have been trending like mad, and that’s totally warranted. We’re on our third week of pretty consistent rain and, today in particular, has been a straight up DELUGE. (I love that word.) Living in a place that constantly bemoans the lack of rain, and then is never prepared for large quantities of rain, will never cease to crack me up. *sigh* This is basically our personality now. LA people love/hate rain with their whole souls. Luckily I was able to work from home today, because (see earlier infrastructure notes)…
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Graphic Novel Review: Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about leaving her friends for Bahía de la Luna, but Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the cool, salty air that blows in from the sea. As the girls explore their new home, a neighbor lets them in on a secret: There are ghosts in Bahía de la Luna. Maya is determined to meet one, but Cat wants nothing to do with them. As the time of year when ghosts reunite with their loved ones approaches,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books of 2022
Happy Tuesday friends! I hope that your New Year’s celebrations were wonderful (or quiet is good too) and that you’re starting this year off well! I’m pretty pleased with easily I slipped into this new year, and how motivated I actually feel this time around. I think it helps that I’m not holding myself to any insane level of productivity. Just moseying along, and hoping that I can keep this fire lit even when it wanes a bit. But I digress, I’m here to talk about books! So without further ado, here’s this week’s prompt. Top Ten Books of 2022…
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Blog Goals for 2023
It’s that time. The time to set goals that I will try valiantly to stick to, and might actually partially succeed at hahaha. I always think of goals as more of a rough plan than anything else. Life happens. You can’t always prioritize what you want! But I still like to try to at least plan things out. So, here we go. Blog goals for 2023. — Post a review a weekI don’t think this one is going to be too hard, because I actually have been reading! Just…. not reviewing what I read. I’m out of practice. — Finish…
