Category: BL Manga

2023 Reading Year in Review

Posted on December 27, 2023 by

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Hello, Fellow Travelers! Near the end of 2020, I told myself I would slow down my reading in 2021. That didn’t happen. So, at the end of 2021, I said I’d try again next year. Guess what? It didn’t happen. Surely, 2023 was the… Continue Reading “2023 Reading Year in Review”

Category: BL Manga, Books, Buddhism, Christianity, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Manga, Nonfiction, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Year In Review, Young AdultTags: , , , ,

August 2023 Reading Review!

Posted on September 1, 2023 by

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Fiction Wolfsong by T.J. Klune: I’ve had so much to say about this incredible fantasy novel by popular author Klune. I’ve read one other book by this writer, House in the Cerulean Sea, and I enjoyed it but did not think it lived up… Continue Reading “August 2023 Reading Review!”

Category: Afghanistan, Alice Oseman, BL Manga, British Literature, Buddhism, D.H. Lawrence, erotica, Fantasy, Khaled Hosseini, Manga, Memoir, Monthly Review, Natasha Trethewey, Nonfiction, Poetry, Sexuality, Simon James Green, T.J Klune, Walpola Rahula

Everything I read in July, 2023!

Posted on August 2, 2023 by

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This year, I set my Goodreads reading goal at 80 books. I expected to have an average-to-slower reading year for some reason. As it turns out, I’ve already passed my first goal of 80 and so I’ve readjusted to 120. Considering I’m on sabbatical… Continue Reading “Everything I read in July, 2023!”

Category: Ada Limon, Adam Cesare, Alice Oseman, BL Manga, Buddhism, Chuck Tingle, Craig Davidson, David Ferraro, Grant Chemidlin, Heartstopper, Horror, Kurt Vonnegut, Manga, Mary E. Jones Parrish, Mitch Albom, Monthly Review, Patrick Ness, Randy Ribay, Tara Brach, W.S. Merwin

June 2023 Reading Wrap-Up

Posted on July 6, 2023 by

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I’ve been in a bit of a writing slump lately, though I’ve been trucking along with my reading. (“Discovering” BL manga has been a big help. It’s so much fun – humor, hyperbole, art, drama, sweetness. The genre has it all!) In any case,… Continue Reading “June 2023 Reading Wrap-Up”

Category: 2023 TBR Pile Challenge, BL Manga, Classics, Eckhart Tolle, Elizabeth Gaskell, Erin Skye Kelly, Fantasy, Fiction, Grant Sabatier, Manga, Mysticism, Nonfiction, Personal Finance, Self-Transformation, TBRYear10, V.E. Schwab

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