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4 Books to (Z)ap that Reading Slump [Vol. 2]
Reading slumps are the worst, aren’t they? Once you get out of the habit of reading regularly it can be hard to get back in to it. Luckily we’ve found a few books that have worked great for zapping those reading slumps and reigniting that excitement for page turning! – KIM – Thrillers One thing…
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6 Of Our Favorite (Y)oung Adult (YA) Stand Alone Fantasy Books
A while back we shared 6 Amazing (Y)oung Adult Stand Alone Novels that you should check out. Both of us read lots of speculative fiction, so we thought we’d also share some of our favorite Fantasy (Y)oung Adult novels as well. TANYA PATRICE Uprooted, Naomi Novik Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the…
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Books That Got the A(X)e This Year (So Far)
The decision to not finish a book is not an easy one for us, and we certainly don’t mean any disrespect to the authors. There can be many reasons, we’re not into reading that type of book right now, it’s not a category that we like, we just can’t understand where the book is heading,…
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Booked Out [August 2022]
How was your month in books? Which book was your favorite? Did you participate in any reading events? Work on any of your reading challenges? Here’s a look at what we’ve read this month. KIM August is always crazy with transitions between summer and the school year. I taught a couple sections of summer courses…
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10 Things This Week
How was your week? For me, back to back traveling and sleeping issues left me feeling exhausted and sick. I’m actually canceling my next 2 trips. I need to re-center myself. Here’s a few things I bookmarked since last time. ONE+ We put in an offer on a cute little house! This is MUCH sooner…
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Functional Digital (W)eekly Plan With Me
Since last year, I’ve been sharing some of monthly reset and planning, like Functional #PlanWithMe Monthly Reset [July 2022] but a lot of planning is done on a weekly level too. I haven’t had a great system, and have just been doing it on the fly, so I’m trying to improve on that, and decided…
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4 More Favorite Books Told From Multiple Points of View (POV)
Books that tell the story from multiple points of view can sometimes give so much more than if we see it from the eyes of a single person – when done well! When it’s not, then it’s a confusing mess. We have shared in the past 4 Favorite Multiple Point of View AudioBooks, and now,…
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August (U)pdate on Yearly Goals
Welcome back to the planner series where I share how I’m getting myself together and organized for the month or months ahead. The last one I did was the July #PlanWithMe and since we’re mid-month in August – a bit too late for a #planwithme, I’m going to share an update on the goals I…
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3 Dual (T)imeline Novels to Get Lost In
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of books told with dual timelines. Kind of a weird coincidence. These are all new releases too. In any case, I enjoyed them all and recommend them if you like this format. Our Crooked Hearts, Melissa Albert If you loved The Hazelwood then definitely check out this new release…
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3 YA (S)peculative Fiction Books To Read This Fall
It’s August but all I can think about it Spooky Season. Yep, it’s capitalized because it’s that important. I am so excited for the best reading season of the year! Tanya already posted the Book Bingo for Wicked Good Reads and I have been thinking about all the books I want to read this Fall.…
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