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Weekly Update for July 10, 2022
Welcome to my weekly update for July 10, 2022! My husband and I spent last weekend in Helena, the state capital of Montana. We took a boat tour of the “Gates of the Mountains,” a small canyon on the Missouri River that was named by Merriwether Lewis. We didn’t intend to follow so heavily in Continue Reading…
Anticipated Books Releasing in Late 2022
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our ten most anticipated books releasing in late 2022. If you’ve been around here long, you know that I mostly read backlist books. Someone has to keep them fresh in readers’ minds, rights? But I did peek through the publication calendar on Publishers Weekly and Continue Reading…
Weekly Update for July 3, 2022
Welcome to my weekly update for July 3, 2022! Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans! The current political situation makes this one feel…Bittersweet? Ironic? Fraught? but I hope you still spend time safely celebrating with your loved ones. We’ve had a busy week. I reported in my last update that the southern loop of Continue Reading…
Ten Books on My Summer 2022 To-Read List
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “ten books on my summer 2022 to-read list.” I tend to be a mood reader so this is more a list of possibilities than definite choices. I mostly compiled this post by planning for my reading challenges. I’ve indicated which challenge(s) those books are for. Continue Reading…
Weekly Update for June 26, 2022
Welcome to my weekly update for June 26, 2022! The employees and volunteers at Yellowstone National Park seem to be in the business of performing miracles. If you stopped by last week or if you’ve paid much attention to the news, you’ll know that Yellowstone was completely closed due to devastating floods. I’m glad no Continue Reading…
Books I Wish Had an Epilogue
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “ten books I wish had an epilogue.” This is a great topic! I’m happy with the endings of each of these books, but part of me would like to see where the characters are several years later. I’m also a little hesitant to wish for Continue Reading…
2022 Reading Challenges
I’m tracking my 2022 reading challenge progress here. I signed up for eight fabulous challenges last year and completed all of them. But it took a lot of time to track that many books, especially for challenges that didn’t really, well, challenge me. I read about 50 books for a couple of them! I’m limiting Continue Reading…
Ten Covers That Made Me Want to Read the Book
The Top Ten Tuesday prompt this week is “ten covers that made me want to read the book.” I have a whole shelf of covers that I love on GoodReads so this was a relatively easy post. The only problem was trying to remember which ones I picked up based solely on the cover, rather Continue Reading…
Weekly Update for August 1, 2021
Welcome to my weekly update for August 1, 2021! One of my friends visited us here in Alaska from July 18 – 26 and we were so busy that I missed posting last week. She hasn’t been on a real vacation since 2014 so she wanted to make this one count. She sure did! We both love to hike so that’s what we […]
Top Ten Romantic Books
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share a Valentine’s Day/Love Freebie this week. I’m not a big romance reader but I do pick up the genre occasionally. I also don’t object if books in other genres have a strong romance angle. So here are my top ten romantic books. (Links go to Continue Reading…
2020 Reading by the Numbers
I used to write this post on my first turn at blogging and I enjoyed taking a deep dive into my reading trends. I also like sharing favorite books from various genres that might not make it into my “Top Ten Books of the Year” post. This is always long so bear with me as Continue Reading…