Books
Book Review – The Whalebone Theatre
It’s time for another book review! This review is on a gorgeous novel that covers a lot of ground – THE WHALEBONE THEATRE by Joanna Quinn. I read a preview copy of this book during the summer and was so excited about it I started talking it up to friends right away. As booksellers do,…
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Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry is of my favorite books of 2022. It’s laugh-out-loud funny, infuriating, smart, surprising, heartbreaking and hopeful. I hope you like it as much as I do!
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Book Review: How to Love the World
HOW TO LOVE THE WORLD: POEMS OF GRATITUDE AND HOPE is a delightful collection of poems that is perfect for when I need a pick-me-up.
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Book Review: Love & Saffron
I love a good book about friendships. I love books about food. And books that give me a glimpse of history. And books about love. So it’s no surprise that I absolutely adore the wonderful new novel, Love & Saffron by Kim Fay. This book came out in February of this year and was my…
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Book Review: Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, All through the month, Content Bookstore, the bookstore where I work, featured staff picks from our favorite Asian American and Pacific Islander authors. I had the fun of reading an excellent Children’s Midgrade novel by a Minnesota author, Nina Hamza. I don’t know Nina but she…
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Writing and Reading – Goals for 2022
Oh my! We’re well into 2022 but I haven’t posted about my Writing and Reading Goals for 2022. I set writing goals back at a writing retreat in February (led by my wonderful friend, writing mentor and coach, Kate Hopper) and I got to work on them. But I didn’t formally announce what they are…
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Books Read in 2021
I read a total of 40 books in 2021, up 10 from last year with more memoir and romances than in years past. The upswing in my romance reading is largely due to the fatigue of living in a pandemic resulting in a desire to read books with happy endings. That and the fact that…
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Book Review: London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency
2021 was a good year for me for reading books. I read more books than in years past, which was quite nice. Soon I’ll be writing up my Books Read of 2021 blog post but since I don’t have that done quite yet, I will share a review of one of my favorite books of…
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Books Read in 2020
I can’t believe we’re already over halfway through 2020 and I haven’t posted my listing of the books I read in the past year. I guess time got away with me, as it has for most people in this last year of COVID life, but it’s not too late to post my list so here…
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Miss Benson’s Beetle Book Review
The Indie Bookstore where I work, Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota, has started a Staff Picks Saturday feature on our social media sites. I’ve had four of my favorite books featured thus far and am going to share many of my staff picks here on my blog. First to feature? Well it’s Miss Benson’s Beetle,…
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