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Ratings :: 2025-2026 (aka Book Club recs)

A History of Loneliness
Book Reviews, Books, Justice Posted onSeptember 10, 2018

Book Review :: A History of Loneliness

The History of Loneliness by John Boyne was an interesting book to be reading right now. Boyne is best known for The Boy in the Striped […] Read More

Forx cheese
Cooking, Out and About, Things I Love Posted onAugust 25, 2018August 25, 2018

Field Trip :: Forx Farm Artesian Cheese Creamery

Last weekend while my husband and I were away celebrating our wedding anniversary, we stumbled upon a wonderful gem – Forx Farm. We were attracted […] Read More

In the Dark Podcast
Podcast, Things I Love Posted onAugust 16, 2018

Podcasts :: Recommendations, Part 2

I wrote a year or so ago about some podcast recommendations and how listening to them had cut into my time for audio books. This […] Read More

Thunderstruck
Book Reviews, Books Posted onAugust 3, 2018August 3, 2018

Book Review :: Thunderstruck and other Stories

I don’t read short stories often enough. I wrote about this several years ago when I picked up a collection by Alice Munro. Thunderstruck and other […] Read More

Stoner by John Williams
Book Reviews, Books Posted onJuly 23, 2018September 28, 2018

Book Review :: Stoner

The New Yorker calls Stoner “the Greatest American Novel you’ve never heard of.” Despite my ravings, it took three years for me to convince my book […] Read More

stack of books
Book Clubs, Books Posted onJuly 17, 2018July 14, 2018

Book Clubs :: On Book Keeping Records

I love a good milestone and earlier this week I realized that as of this month, our book club has a book record keeping spreadsheet […] Read More

Ann Patchett Happy Marriage
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJuly 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Book Review :: This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

I’m an Ann Patchett fan. So when I traveled to Nashville for a conference earlier this year, I intentionally carved out time to make a […] Read More

Kristin-Hannah-Great-Alone
Book Reviews, Books, Headline Posted onJuly 1, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Review :: The Great Alone

I had such high hopes. I’ve been reading Kristin Hannah for a long time – or maybe I should say, I’ve been listening to her […] Read More

My Beach Reads for 2018
Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJune 23, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Review :: 2018 Beach Reads

Last month I wrote about my penchant for the dark when it comes to beach reads. Earlier this month when we headed out for our annual trip […] Read More

Ann Tyler Clock Dance
Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJune 19, 2018March 2, 2019

Book Review :: Clock Dance

Fans of Anne Tyler will recognize all the things they love about her in Tyler’s latest novel, Clock Dance: quirky – but very real – characters, […] Read More

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