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Dear Committee Members
I’m a big fan of the idea of satire, but I find myself reluctant to seek it out. When I heard Julie Schumacher on the Folger Library podcast discussing her latest book, The Shakespeare Requirement, though, my interest was peaked.
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January 2019 Releases
2019 is going to be a HUGE year for books and I’m so excited.
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23 Books I Read in 2018 But Didn’t Review and Why
I created this blog with the sole purpose of reviewing what I read so I’ll remember it and can help others decide where to best spend their reading time, but I’m not perfect.
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Author Spotlight: Gretchen Rubin
Now, the new year is upon us and we’re making resolutions that will make us better, happier, healthier, people, so why not learn from Rubin?
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Lies We Told
In my quest to finish all of my BOTM books and because I love the color purple, I finally picked up Lies We Told and wow, was I engrossed.
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The Library Book
As a student in a graduate program of library science, I felt weirdly called to pick up this book. I’d heard a lot of chatter about it, so I downloaded the audiobook and started off on my adventure into the Los Angeles Central Library.
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Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
I am unsure of why I waited so long to read (listen to) this memoir by the Bush twins, but wow, it has saved me from an audiobook slump and crops are growing
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Bonfire
It’s part legal thriller, part corruption case, part typical drunk-woman-dealing-with-issues-mystery, and I loved it. I read it in one foul swoop.
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Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel
I’m a sucker for a good musical, but I won’t even pretend I wasn’t absolutely ANGRY when Dear Evan Hansen beat out Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 for Best Musical at the Tony Awards. F
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Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating
I needed something I could binge-read and that would make me FEEL things and wow, the writing duo that is Christina Lauren did not let me down.
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The Last Equation of Isaac Severy
In a quest to finally catch up on my Book of the Month TBR pile, I settled in to read the book I selected back in March 2018 when it was billed as an adult version of the Westing Game and while I’m not sure the descriptor is perfect, I really enjoyed this book.
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29 Dates
Set against the backdrop of a Korean exchange student moving countries and going on dates, there’s a lot to love here
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