Category: Books
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Spring 2026 Books in Review
A recap of my spring reading. These books carried me through my son’s wedding in Texas, and my new travel teaching job outside L.A. Books have continued to bring me peace, solace and escape. 1. Aftertaste, Daria Lavelle – (AnotherJordy’s Book Club rec) – This is an extremely original premise, with many twists and turns…
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2026 Winter Quarter Books in Review
Reading in Winter Winter seems to be the time I read the most. I’m sure that’s a natural “nesting”, “hibernation” thing to do. I didn’t expect, as I unexpectedly became a full time special ed teacher for the first time, that I’d find so much time to read! The high paced job lends itself to…
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2025 Year End Books in Review
FOURTH QUARTER FALL 2025 I “only” read nine books this final three months of fall/autumn 2025. This makes a grand total of 58 in 2025 (see the earlier book reviews of 2025, links below). My love of reading and books is only growing as time goes on. I geek out over autographed copies (Malala!), of…
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My Favorite Books to Heal From Divorce and Heartbreak
If you want to find books on divorce for yourself, or for a loved one, here are my top picks to heal from heartbreak, betrayal, loss, and to rediscover yourself. Some of these are simply full of great advice. Others feel like commiserating with a close friend. Whatever you’re needing, dive on in, and find…
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Summer Book Review 2025
In the Summer Book Review for 2025, this group of books (which takes me to 49 of my goal of 50 for the year!) kept me company from California to London, Guatemala to El Salvador, and poolside in Cancun, Mexico. From glorious tangible books, to audiobooks. BOOKS 1. The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan …
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Spring 2025 Books in Review
Spring 2025 Books in Review – I read 21 books from April thru June, 2025. From London to California, Texas to Guatemala! Kindle, Audible, hardcover, paperbacks. Attended book festivals in both London and Los Angeles. Read lots of fiction, literary and good ol’ airport chick lit, nonfiction (love memoirs), and more. What have you read?…
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Books in Review – First Quarter 2025
Books – The Winter Edition Books in Review – I’m well on my way to my goal of fifty books for 2025. As mentioned, I “lost” the ability to focus on reading books during the pandemic and divorce, so this is pure joy to be able to get so lost in a book. I carry…
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2024 Year End Book Review
Books – Fourth Quarter Review 2024 – the Autumn Edition I managed to read a total of 46 books this year – on Audible, my Kindle, and many many “real” books! On Tubes, in pubs, on trains, planes, curled up on sofas, laying in bed, poolside, at the beach… oh to read a book! What…
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THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024
“The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best sustained work of fiction written in English and published in the UK…
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2024 3rd quarter Book Review
Books – Third Quarter Review 2024 – the Summer Edition Most of this period was back “home” in California, visiting family, staying with my parents in the shadow of my family home where Ex and T2 reside, organizing and packing/repacking in my storage unit. But I found time for my beloved books! Summer Reading The…