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Celebrate Summer: Making the Most of Your Staycation
Summer is here, and it’s time to embrace the season and make the most of your time outside the office. If you’re a newly single empty-nester like myself, vacations abroad, long-distance travel, or even a road trip might not be feasible. This is where the staycation comes in and makes perfect sense! You can use…
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3 Must-Read Titles for March
I’m always adding to my To Be Read List (TBR List). Sometimes, I read new releases while other times I pick out titles from previous years’ popular titles. If you, like me, are always looking for the next best read, then check out these five titles and see if they garner your interest:
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A Five Star Book to Add to Your List
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was surprised by how much I enjoyed listening to Big Little Lies . I don’t think it was simply because of the Australian accent of the narrator, although that did not hurt. This story and its characters pulled me in immediately and…
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Book Challenge 2018 — On Fire
I decided to give audio books a try this year. Given that I can devour podcast upon podcast during a week’s time, it seemed to follow that I could listen to books just as well. I had to get over my initial idea that if I weren’t actually using my eyeballs to read the book,…
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If It’s Good Enough for Stephen King…
Final Girls by Riley Sager My rating: 5 of 5 stars If I am willing to stay awake until 2 a.m. on a Sunday night to finish a book, then you know I think it’s a good book. (Of course, the visit to the coffeehouse at 6:30 p.m. may have contributed to my ability to…
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Are You a Mystery Buff?
Still Life by Louise Penny My rating: 4 of 5 stars I learned about this book through the “What Should I Read Next” podcast. The idea of the book intrigued me because I have always loved a good detective story, especially if the author has created a series of books involving the same detective. I…
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Reading Challenge Continues…
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have found myself reading quite a few women-during-wars books lately. Historical fiction draws me in every time, but not every book makes the deep impression that the Alice Network made. Wonder if this book could be for you? I enjoyed the Lilac…
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7 Habits of Highly Voracious Reading
Did you challenge yourself again this year to read a certain number of books? Are you determined to do so even though previous attempts did not go so well? Join the club! I have changed some longstanding habits to increase my book consumption. Maybe some of them will work for you!
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What Are You Reading?
I stumbled upon a great podcast that asks and answers the quintessential question of all readers–What Should I Read Next? By listening to some episodes, I easily added several titles I had never heard of to the list of books I plan to read in 2017. I’m keeping the list in my bullet journal (something else…
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June Book Club Choice
My Pure Barre studio’s Book Club has provided me a reason to put “reading” on my to-do list. It’s sad that reading for pleasure makes me feel guilty, but it does. It requires me to sit comfortably somewhere and do nothing else. So, I rarely do it. But, if it is an ASSIGNMENT with a…