Author: merynmade
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AUGUST 2022 READING WRAP UP
It’s giving chaotic reader and genre diversity. It’s historical fiction, Greek retellings, campus thriller, book in translation, contemporary fiction, and humor nonfiction about what else but birds. Stand out favorite from the month was The It Girl by Ruth Ware followed by Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 14
The Song of AchillesAuthor: Madeline MillerPublication Date: August 2012Genre: historical fiction, fantasyMethod: audiobook via TPL Look, it pains me that I’m not rating this 5 stars. Mentally, I was ready to cry, I wanted that for me. I was ready and willing. But we just didn’t get there, bestie. It…
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JULY 2022 READING WRAP UP
The variety of my reading within a single month is astounding, and impressive, if I do say so myself: a couple romances, a couple of thrillers, a YA non-fiction about racism, my first ever graphic novel, a book of haiku, and even a humous field guide about birds. Top tier,…
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LIFE LATELY // Q2 2022
Reading Planning house hunting, trip to meet riley sager Watching mudhens home opener, walleye play off games Cooking homemade chicken pot pie, zucchini mac and cheese, tomato basil frittatas, smoking chickens Eating gideon owen wine company in port clinton Drinking brewdog (cin), barrel house (cin), buffalo rock (waterville), clag brewing…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 13
Eating Salad Drunk: Haikus for the Burnout Age by Comedy GreatsAuthor: Gabe HenryPublication Date: February 2022Genre: poetry, humorMethod: hardcover borrowed from TPL At the end of June, I took a look at the genre related goals and intentions I set for the year of 2022 and realized I hadn’t yet…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 12
My MonticelloAuthor: Jocelyn Nicole JohnsonPublication Date: October 2021Genre: short stories, historical fictionMethod: audiobook via TPL Ugh, it’s hard to rate a collection of stories. This collection starts out this a bang with Control Negro, performed live by LeVar Burton (yes, from Reading Rainbow). It was incredible, so gripping, eerie, and…
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NEW HOUSE, NEW LIFE
Less than 2 weeks until we move into our first home. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of everything I’m excited for, and the idyllic, perfect life I think homeownership will bring I’m excited to: → just listen to and have music playing[ can’t tell you the last time I’ve listen to…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP – VOLUME 3 ISSUE 11
The House Across the LakeAuthor: Riley SagerPublication Date: June 2022Genre: thriller, mysteryMethod: signed hardcover Regardless of rating, this book will always have a very special place in my heart. I will read anything and everything Riley Sager writes and I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet…
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BOOK REVIEW ROUND UP // 2022 Q2 UPDATE
Two quarters down, two to go! General stats Fiction: 36Nonfiction: 16 Audiobooks: 27Physical books: 25 Borrowed books: 29 → Library savings $612.81Personal collection: 23 2022 TBR: 162022 Release: 16Book of the Month: 11Buzzword Readathon challenge: 15Debut Work: 16 5 stars: 144 stars: 173 stars: 9Not rated: 12 General Goals ☐…
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LIFE UPDATE: WE BOUGHT A HOUSE
The last week of June 2021, we announced our resignations from our full time jobs with a plan to travel the US for 3 months, embarking on what affectionately became known as our National Park road trip One year later, during the last week of June 2022, we closed on…
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