Tag: reading
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Black History Month Reading Recs
Literature offers a path to understanding different worlds, places, people, and experiences; it has the ability to inform, connect, and spark empathy. As humans, we have the responsibility to seek understanding of other perspectives and do what we can to make the world better. We have to listen to the experiences of others, and I…
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Gilmore Girl’s Witty Woman, Lauren Graham, Reads and Breathes Her Life
“But life doesn’t often spell things out for you or give you what you want exactly when you want it, otherwise it wouldn’t be called life, it would be called vending machine.” Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) – Lauren Graham My Rating In Summary…
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The Glamourous and the Gory – Mexican Gothic is a Gem
“‘Noemí, just because there are no ghosts it doesn’t mean you can’t be haunted. Nor that you shouldn’t fear the haunting. You are too fearless.’” Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia My Rating In Summary of Mexican Gothic In this spine-chilling Gothic novel, the reader is immediately immersed into Noemí’s glamorous, 1950’s life in urban Mexico.…
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10 WAYS TO READ MORE BOOKS
The Problem Questions I often receive are: “How have you been reading so many books? How can I read more? How can I possibly read when I don’t have the time?” To put it simply, I make the time. Today, I will provide you with 10 ways you can read more books, so that you…
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Graced by The Grace Year: A Must Read
“‘In the county, there’s nothing more dangerous than a woman who speaks her mind… We’re dangerous creatures. Full of devil charms.‘” The Grace Year – Kim Liggett My Rating In Summary of The Grace Year Kim Liggett’s coming-of-age novel imagines a society that condemns their young women to complete isolation in the wilderness for a…
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People Like Her, but Unfortunately Not Everybody
“… that was when I knew. When I knew that I had been lying to myself… That I had not forgiven you, could never forgive you. That was when I knew what I was going to do. All I had to work out was how and where and when.” People Like Her – Ellery Lloyd…
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Connecting… through reading books!
Ah, yes. The never-ending struggle of the modern reader. Reading for fun may seem daunting and isolating these days, but it is actually the opposite. It is enjoyable; it connects. It enhances; it reflects. I would like to call myself a literary connoisseur, but perhaps quirky, an introvert with my extroverted bursts, and book-obsessed are…
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