Category: Fiction

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: , , , ,

Reading Wrap-Up: September 2023

Posted on October 10, 2023 by

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Hello readers! Here’s my monthly review for everything I read in September. I’ll be back again on October 15th with the TBR Pile Challenge checkpoint! In the meantime, our first contemplative read has begun. You’re welcome to join us as we read Ed Yong’s… Continue Reading “Reading Wrap-Up: September 2023”

Category: Biography, Buddhism, Christopher Isherwood, Diane Seuss, Fantasy, Fiction, Gavin Edwards, Graphic Novel, History, Horror, James Baldwin, James Clear, John Brehm, lgbtq, Mary Oliver, Middle Grade, Mindfulness, Monthly Review, Mr. Rogers, Mythology, Naomi Kanakia, Personal Growth, Poetry, Race, Readers Imbibing Peril, Rick Riordan, RIP, S.L. Coney, Short Story, Stephen King, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thriller, Tillie Walden, Young Adult

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

What I Read in January

Posted on February 6, 2021 by

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Somehow, I managed to read (or finish reading) nine books in the month of January (2021). I wasn’t expecting such a high number, but I think the fact that I was on vacation for ten days at the start of the month helped. I… Continue Reading “What I Read in January”

Category: Andrew Eliopolous, August Wilson, Buddhism, Drama, Essay, Fantasy, Fiction, Joan Didion, Joan Duncan Oliver, John Keats, Lao Tzu, Lawrence Weinstein, LGBT, Magical Realism, Native American, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Tommy Orange, V.E. Schwab, writing

Thoughts: Felix Ever After

Posted on June 25, 2020 by

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I have said many times that the best kind of book, even those within a genre we often dismissively label “pleasure reading,” is the book that teaches while it entertains. Perhaps not surprisingly, Young Adult novels tend to fall into this category. They make… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Felix Ever After”

Category: black lives matter, Fiction, Kacen Callender, LGBT, Transgender, Young Adult

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