Tag: Mysteries
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Life Update and Book Reviews: March Highlights
“Written in Secret” by Crystal Caudill review and a life update Wow, it’s March already? When did that happen? I meant to post more often but life has been busy here on my little island. I fell into a bit of a reading slump but I’m back up and reading again. I went and found…
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Saturday Afternoon Reflections
Sitting here on a rainy Kodiak afternoon just thinking about how I love spending my time on days like this. When it is sunny on Kodiak Island, we all avoid inside chores, or being inside generally at all. I’ve been fishing, going for walks, hanging with our chickens and ducks, and watching my tomatoes grow.…
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My 2024 TBR List
What am I starting my year off with and what are my plans? I am starting off the year with 3 very different books. One is a women’s lit that feels like a Gilmore Girls season, one is my absolute, al-time favorite book, and one is book club read that reminds me of Kodiak.I also…
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My Favorite Books of 2023
This was my year to read! I read 53 books, a personal best, some were audiobooks, a few were e-books but most were paper books. Here are my 5 favorites from this year. (This post contains affiliate links) I started off my year in a funk. I was stressing about classes I had signed up to…
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Can I Finish 52 Books by the End of the Year?
As of tonight, I have read 48 books according to Goodreads. I wonder if I can finish 4 books by the end of 2023. Post contains affiliate links When I signed up this year for Goodreads Book Challenge I wasn’t real sure if I would actually finish it. I am usually pretty bad at tracking…
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Ghosts, Dinosaurs and Tea
Met with a few writer friends this morning in our local bookstore that just reopened in a beautiful new spot. I am sitting in the new Islander Bookshop here on Kodiak enjoying the view and the pot of English Breakfast tea. I was invited to meet up with a couple of local writers. I am…
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My Fall Books for 2023
A short list of a few good books for Fall 2023 This post contains affiliate links. Summer has always been my favorite season because of how much I love the heat, Fourth of July, and my birthday. But Fall, oh the colors, the smell of cranberries in the woods, crunchy leaves on the ground, and…
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Graduation, Cruises,Planes, and My Books
Sorry for the hiatus but between the graduation and our vacation, I chose to focus on my family rather than stress about writing and pushing out a post that wasn’t my best work. And I really didn’t want to lug my laptop across the country knowing I wouldn’t open it once I was in the…
A Bookish Life In AK 