August 18, 2020 – August 20, 2020 Oooo middle school pseudo dystopia fiction! I had heard of this book forever and thought I would read it – still trying to build up a good list for my kids and different ages. It was good.
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Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson, Edenbrooke #1
July 30, 2018 – July 30, 2018 August 4, 2018 – August 8, 2018 August 16, 2020 – August 17, 2020 I’ve read this book so many times… I just need to buy it. ❤️ May 20, 2021 – May 21, 2021 Update: this is the fifth time I’ve read this book, and yes I …
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Japanese Fairy Book by Yei Theodora Ozaki (Compiler) and Kazuko Fujiyama (Illustrator)
July 29, 2020 – August, 16, 2020 I am attempting to sleep better. I know, shocking. It will ruin the title of this blog. I tried a hardcore sleep routine that involved earlier bed times and candle lit baths, but what I found truly was the difference between success and failure was simply not to …
Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal, Glamourist Histories #3
August 14, 2020 – August 15, 2020 I thought I would throw up several times while reading this. I hate feeling helpless. The worst times in my life were when I had no control over what was happening to me, and watching – no – experiencing with the characters their own traps created almost more …
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Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal, Glamourist Histories #2
August 12, 2020 – August 14, 2020 I have no words. Update August 15, 2020:One of the most wonderful periods of my life was the summer between my senior and super senior year (why do I suddenly feel a surge of shame saying that? I thought I was over this.) Amit would meet me at …
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Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal, Glamourist Histories #1
August 10, 2020 – August 12, 2020 This book was fun and I was glad for how it turned out. I honestly felt like the fun tension between her and perceived jerk guy who turned out to just be impassioned artist guy have the strongest hint for who her true love would be, but the …
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A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch, Charles Lenox Mysteries #1
July 30, 2020 – August 9, 2020 Oh my gosh it’s DONE! A friend once told me that I shouldn’t spend life on books that didn’t really do it for me and though I followed through on this advice for the Sheepfarmer’s Daughter I felt like I had to finish this one. I told myself …
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The Mysterious Moonstone by Eric Luper, #1 Key Hunters
July 30, 2020 – July 30, 2020 Yay that was fun! I’m trying to find more chapter books for my third grader, and it’s proving harder than I thought it would. This one seems great though! Especially as it seems like he likes mysteries.
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
July 10, 2020 – July 29, 2020 I did it! I finished this book before book club tomorrow night! And man, this wasn’t just a non-fiction book, this was a GIANT non-fiction book. In the book/program I’m using to teach my daughter reading there is a picture of a book twice the size of a …
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Supernova by Marissa Meyer, #3 Renegades
July 25, 2020 – July 27, 2020 When I started this book I knew it was going to be a commitment. I’ve been trying to sleep better, which means no phone after a certain point at night, but I knew that once I started this book I was going to have to throw that out …
Reading Responses at 2am - SPOILER ALERT! 