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I don’t know about you, but the coronavirus has me feeling glum. The Safer-At-Home policy in California forces me to act like a depressed...

Happy Wordy Wednesday! Today’s words come from the YA novel Dread Nation by Justina Ireland. I chose it to fulfill the Reading Women Chal...

“To tell her own story, a writer must make herself a character. To tell another person’s story, a writer must make that person some versi...

I recently started reading a novel that won the Booker prize. That none of the characters had proper names, instead being called “Oldest ...

Hello Readers! At the end of each month I like to take an afternoon to reflect on what I read. I hope what I share shapes your own though...

Welcome to Wordy Wednesday! Today I bring you three words from Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado ...

This week’s words come from the novel The Confusion of Languages by Siobhan Fallon. Two women, army wives living in Jordan, become friend...

Throughout my learning of the novel coronavirus and the illness it causes, COVID-19, I keep returning to the novel Severance by Ling Ma. ...

Hello! I hope you are having a happy reading life amidst social distancing. Along the theme of upending normalcy, this week I picked up a...

Hello and welcome to Wordy Wednesday! Today I have just one word that comes from a graphic novel anthology entitled This Place: 150 Years...

This week’s words are mien, dilettante, and obviate.

Today I want to share about a book that blindsided me, a book I didn’t expect to love, a book that captivated me through to the last sent...

Hi and happy Friday! My week was packed with extra appointments and extra volunteer shifts on top of my usual activities. I’m thankful I w...

In addition to Followers by Megan Angelo, I finished four other books in February, including my first Native Literature Challenge book of...

Welcome back to Wordy Wednesday! The words I found for today come from the book I’m currently reading, Future Home of the Living God by L...

My husband Mark had the flu this past weekend. He spent most of his time wrapped up in a blanket on the couch, curtains drawn, with a fan...

I can’t believe it’s already Wednesday! And that I haven’t posted since LAST Wednesday. 😬 This week I’ve not been reading (or writing) a...

Yesterday I began reading Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino. The first essay entitled “The I in Internet” is full of strong writing… and word...

I have lots of books from January to talk about today: books I read, one I stopped reading, my current reads, and two I’m looking forward...

Join me in a 2020 reading challenge! Download a copy of the reading tracker I created for your own personal use.