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Tag Archives: book blog
The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Montillo – a Book Review
Still working through my reviews from 2021, I come to the Biography for the reading challenge. This is an interesting one in that, while it does surround the life of Mary Shelley, it puts a particular focus on the influences … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Nonfiction, Biography
Tagged book review, Book, book blog, reading, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Science
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The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary – a Book Review
Still catching up on my 2021 reviews, so bear with me. This is one I finished back in November, I think. Yikes. Not long before that I read my first Beth O’Leary novel, The Flatshare. I positively loved its charm … Continue reading
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty – a Book Review
This book was quite fittingly the October book pick for Read Between the Wines. Let’s face it, this is a classic horror novel. Though, if I’m being honest, I hear a lot more about the movie than I do the … Continue reading
Final Reading Challenge Update – December 31, 2021
Well, while I definitely struggled and still haven ‘t gotten my reviews up, I did manage to complete my reading challenge. This week I will be quickly cranking out my reviews and getting started on my 2022 reads. I will … Continue reading
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Tagged book blog, book review, books, fiction, reading, reading challenge
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Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty – a Book Review
This was probably my most anticipated book of 2021. Moriarty manages to deliver effortlessly every time. While some of her books I didn’t like as much as others, there hasn’t been one I didn’t enjoy at least on some level. … Continue reading
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones – a Book Review
I will try to do this review justice, as I read it back in October and then fell off the face of the Earth and made no progress with reviews. It’s not because I didn’t enjoy this book, because I … Continue reading
WWW Wednesday – October 27, 2021
Welcome to another week of WWW Wednesday, in which I do have more progress to report but I am still wildly behind on reviews. Life has been really hectic lately and, admittedly, the stress of everything has been getting to … Continue reading
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Tagged book blog, book review, books, fiction, reading, reading challenge, WWW Wednesday
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How do you handle the irate commenter?
So I just had a thing happen. It was the first time on one of my book reviews I received a really scathing, insulting and utterly hateful comment. This was a long comment, one the reader really put some thought … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, book blog, Book reviews, bullies, reading, trolls
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WWW Wednesday – October 20, 2021
Oh my! I missed more than a week! Yikes! And I still have two of my reviews to write. It’s been a difficult month for me, but I’m slowly getting back into things. WWW Wednesday is a weekly series hosted … Continue reading
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Tagged book blog, books, reading, reading challenge, WWW Wednesday
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The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris – a Book Review
If you are a lover of historical fiction, commit the name Nathan Harris to memory, because you will be hearing from him again. Harris is an alumnus of the Michener Center for Writers out of The University of Texas at … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged book blog, book review, books, fiction, reading
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A Librarian and Her Books 