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I had a quiet reading month. For most of the month I had a hard time settling into any stories. I picked up a few and moved on quickly. I seemed to get back to my normal more towards the […]

I read 15 books this month. There are: 4 audiobooks 5 nonfiction 5 books with LGBT main characters 7 books by POC authors Set in U.S., England, China, South Korea Nothing for my South of the Equator challenge. I’ve been […]

I’m exactly sure how I ended up having a huge reading month. I did go on a weekend trip at the beginning of the month that gave me some uninterrupted reading time but it kept going after that. I obviously […]

Remember my amazing 22 books-read December? Yeah, that didn’t happen again. I made some reading plans for the new year and I got off to a good start. Slooooowly. I got a lot of paper books from the library. I’ve […]

Every year I tell myself that I’m going to read more South American books. Every year I don’t. Here are the issues: I’m such a mood reader that I’m rubbish at sticking to a plan Most of the books in […]

I pick up so many books that I never actually end up reading. Even if I do I don’t always remember why I chose to get them. I decided to highlight some books that sounded good enough to get just […]

I used to talk to nurses who brought their pets into the clinic as fellow educated medical professionals. I can’t do that anymore. What happened? Over the last few years the people who declare themselves to be nurses have started […]

It was another slow reading month for me. I blame my coworkers for getting me started playing Stardew Valley. That game draws you in and makes you play it a lot. I also have been picking up and putting down […]

There are times when I wonder if I read and watch too much urban fantasy for a person in my line of work. I’ll see patients sometimes and the owner will start talking about how suddenly their pet is agitated […]

I did the Fantasy version of this tag last month and now I want to do the original romance-based tag created by Bree Hill. What is your romance origin story? (How you came to read your first romance novel) My […]

I read 10 books in May.  I also played along with Wyrd and Wonder, a fantasy celebration month.     European Reading Challenge I’m adding the Czech Republic based on a story in Rebuilding Tomorrow. Escape with DollyCas – Countries Palestine […]

Imyril @ One More shared Jess @ Jessticulates‘ completed tag. Originally created by Bree Hill as the Get to Know the Romance Reader Tag, The Book Pusher adapted it for fantasy readers. 1) What is your fantasy origin story? (the […]

What fantasy books are on my TBR right now? The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu “When a child goes missing in Edinburgh’s darkest streets, young Ropa investigates. She’ll need to call on Zimbabwean magic as well as her […]

I read 18 books in April. I added France and Greece. Literary Escapes With Dolly Cas – Countries Added Cuba, France, Guyana, Greece, and China States Added Maine, Ohio, and Washington POC authors LGBT authors/characters What An Animal Audiobook Foodies […]

Remember a few weeks ago when I totally overloaded myself at the library? Of that stack, so far I’ve read Winter’s Orbit and When You Look Like Us. I started The Kindest Lie but it was due back first so […]

OMG, guys! I did a thing. It started out innocently enough. I love my @akronlibrary. Every book that I was interested in on this list they have ordered except for those that don’t come out for a while yet. 15 […]

I’m all over the place with my reading this week. Here’s some of what I have in progress. Nnedi Okorafor is one of my auto-buy authors. This novella is set in Ghana and follows a young girl who finds a […]

In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean [A Cookbook] by Hawa Hassan, Julia Turshen Published on October 6, 2020 Grandmothers from eight eastern African countries welcome you into […]

I felt like didn’t read a lot in November but what I read was all quite good. I’m a bit surprised that I didn’t read more. After all, I went on vacation so that should give some good reading time. […]

I’ve been a blog slacker recently so I didn’t really think much about participating in any events.  I briefly looked at Blackathon because it is an event I have liked in the past.  Everything I saw about seems to show […]