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Reading Challenge update – July 30, 2021

Posted on July 30, 2021 by libgirlbooks

It’s the last Friday of July, so it’s a great time to check in with my reading challenge progress. I find myself in really great shape at this point, as I’m crushing my 52 book goal. I’m doubling up on … Continue reading →

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Radiant: The Dancer, the Scientist, and a Friendship Forged in Light by Liz Heinecke: a Book Review

Posted on July 29, 2021 by libgirlbooks

This is the first adult book for author Liz Heinecke whose background is in molecular biology and bacteriology. She has written some in the past in the sciences for children, specifically in experiments parents and children can do at home … Continue reading →

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TBR Thursday – Episode 8: July 29, 2021

Posted on July 29, 2021 by libgirlbooks

Welcome to a new week of my TBR cleanup. I evidently added a couple, which I don’t remember doing, so perhaps I’ve been doing some sleep perusing of goodreads. Anyway, I’m currently at 501, so let’s get started! 216 The … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – July 28, 2021 #wwwwednesday #bookishmemes

Posted on July 28, 2021 by libgirlbooks

Greetings book lovers! Welcome to a new week of WWW Wednesday, a weekly series hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. In it, we share our reading progress for the week by answering three questions beginning with … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Desert Island Books

Posted on July 27, 2021 by libgirlbooks

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. In it, each week there’s a new topic in which each blogger picks books that fit into that category for them. This week, I positively love the topic. … Continue reading →

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The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar – a Book Review

Posted on July 26, 2021 by libgirlbooks

Instead of counting objects and days and hours, if people would simply rub their palms together just once, and comprehend that mysterious skin to skin contact fully, their understanding of the world would be better. Or if just once they … Continue reading →

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In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce – a Book Review

Posted on July 26, 2021 by libgirlbooks

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, a woman by the name of Belle Gunness, a Norwegian immigrant born Brynhild Paulsdatter Storset, quietly terrorized Chicago and La Porte, Indiana. It is now thought Gunness may have been responsible for the … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – July 21, 2021 – #wwwwednesday #bookishmemes

Posted on July 21, 2021 by libgirlbooks

Welcome to a new week of WWW Wednesday, a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. In it, we answer three questions and leave a link in the comments sharing our own posts for other bloggers … Continue reading →

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TBR Thursday – Episode 7: July 15, 2021

Posted on July 15, 2021 by libgirlbooks

This week on TBR Thursday, I’m starting with a much higher number as I did a big giveaway entrance spree and wound up with a lot of new potential reads. I’m now at 500, up from 488 at the end … Continue reading →

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How Lucky by Will Leitch- a Book Review

Posted on July 14, 2021 by libgirlbooks

I stumbled upon this book in the overdrive app and thought the cover looked quite appealing and enigmatic. I’m glad I read it, because it was a nice engaging read, and it was very short so it served as an … Continue reading →

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