Category: summer reading
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14 Page-Turner books to read this summer!
I’m delighted today to be participating in this mini blog collaboration with Gina, Rachelle, Anne, and Kristen!! Today we’re all sharing some pageturners to read this summer due to the fact that many of us voracious readers get asked for book recommendations around this time of the year. We’ll all have another post up next Friday,…
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14 “Older” books for your summer reading
I’ve been busy with mom life and getting stuff sorted out for our summer and doing my own thing, so the blog has taken a spot on the back burner again but it’s pretty much summer reading time!! I love seeing a million “books to read this summer” lists pop up at this time of…
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3 Good Things: Happiness for Beginners
Last month, I revisited one of my favourite books from last year, Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center. If you haven’t read it and you are looking for a good summer read that is quite light-hearted but SO fun, I would absolutely recommend it. I love book that I can think back on. Some of…
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Semi-Charmed Summer Reading Challenge: Completed!
I think this is the first time I’ve tried to do 2 reading challenges at once. One thing I love about Erin’s challenge is that it is 4 months long, so I really don’t feel super rushed to finish the books right away (and this is why I also prioritized my reading for the summer…
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Read My Books Challenge: How’d it go??
The very idea of Erin and Dani’s Read My Books challenge for the month of June really appealed to me. I have about 5 books that I keep “meaning” to get to that I just haven’t prioritized because I own them and they aren’t due back anytime soon. I made it a goal to get…
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Summer Reading Challenges – SCSBC16 picks
I’ve written a few times about reading challenges and how I feel about them. Since becoming active on Goodreads, my TBR list is out of control, and I feel like I really need to “organize” my reading life. By this, I mean, I keep a shelf called “check out soon” and place a book or…
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Literary Ladies Summer Reading Challenge Final Link Up
When I first saw the info about this summer reading challenge on Kristen’s blog, I immediately went to work writing down possible books for the categories. I did end up changing my mind a bit, but my final list was as follows: YA Book – Sloppy Firsts 4/5 Stars A book with a one word title – Cinder 4.5/5 stars …
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Literary Ladies Update #2 and current reads
I’ve drafted several posts lately and then I haven’t had enough time to edit them or add pictures, so they’re left sitting as drafts and the moment has passed. BUT here I am today, so that counts for something?? We have had an insanely busy past few weeks. Stressful moments at work followed by nights…
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Update: Literary Ladies Summer Reading Challenge
I think I read more books this month than I have in years! I loved the break from watching TV in the evenings. I love having an audiobook and a regular book on the go, because sometimes it is just easier to listen to a book (i.e. walking to work, on the bus sometimes, going…
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Literary Ladies Book Club & Summer Reading Challenge!
Hi there! It’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted in this space! However, as you may remember, I LOVE to read and I am finding a lot more time for it lately on my commute to work and now that I have children who mostly sleep all night 😉 Last week I came across an…
The Maritime Reader 