Category Archives: Reading

Reading Report: March-Into-April

Posted on 04/04/2022 by chick

I finished The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Frasier. In this romance, a soon-to-be-divorced woman from Sussex inherits a home in Scotland and sets up a whole new life for herself there, including a job at a the local … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: March Violets

Posted on 03/30/2022 by chick

I recently finished reading The Violets of March by Sarah Jio (Grade: B+). I chose the book because I love violets, and I picked this month to read it, because that made sense given the title. March is on the … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Mid-March

Posted on 03/21/2022 by chick

I watched both versions of The Goodbye Girl. The two screenplays were virtually the same, making the second film feel like a weird echo of the first. Richard Dreyfuss really plumbed the extremes of the role. He was intensely dislikable … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: End of February 2022

Posted on 02/28/2022 by chick

I’m still working on Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler (216/406 pages) and On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sells by Leigh Michaels (62/246 pages). I finished Attachments by Rainbow Rowell; Grade A-: Coworkers Beth and … Continue reading →

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Big Stack o’ Books

Posted on 02/17/2022 by chick
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Reading Report: Mid-February 2022

Posted on 02/12/2022 by chick

I finished reading The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding (Grade: B+) near the end of January, allowing me to get started on my February reading a little early (hooray!). In this story, twelve-year-old Prosper Redding, born into a powerful and … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Late January 2022

Posted on 01/27/2022 by chick

I finished two books in January: House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune and The Walker in Shadows by Barbara Michaels. I am currently reading The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexander Bracken. February is Black History Month, … Continue reading →

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English Is So Weird

Posted on 01/15/2022 by chick

One of the things I love about the English language is how interrelated so many of its words are. For example, when I was looking up the meaning of “kenspeckle” (a Scots word that means “well-known” or “conspicuous”), I was … Continue reading →

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How I Met My Book: Part IV

Posted on 01/13/2022 by chick

Previously in How I Met My Book I told you about some of my hand-me-downs, unexpected loaners, and permanently “borrowed” books. This time I want to tell you about my treasure trove of old paperbacks. I keep most of them … Continue reading →

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I Read Them All

Posted on 01/11/2022 by chick

I have finally finished reading all 29 of Barbara Michaels’s novels! I finished up the last one (The Walker in Shadows) last week, and I gave it a B-. The benefits of finishing this reading challenge include…. I will never … Continue reading →

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