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What I Read — April and May 2023
What I Read — April and May 2023

Entering into the first few days of June, I feel like April and May flew by… so much so that I missed the April book blog…

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What I Read — March 2023
What I Read — March 2023

Germany seems to be hanging onto winter with every fiber of its being. As is usual with the winter months, all of these cozy nights have me fighting between my two favorite hobbies…

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What I Read — February 2023
What I Read — February 2023

Somehow I (unintentionally) managed to find a bunch of short books for the shortest month. I also physically read more books than normal this month since we spent an entire week traveling through Scotland…

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What I Read — January 2023
What I Read — January 2023

A brand new year and so many books to read! As I was sitting down to write my goals this year, I decided to be a little bit looser with my reading goals…

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What I Read — April 2022
What I Read — April 2022

This month was pretty light on the reading front due to a decent amount of travel. That said, I still had a few good reads this month while taking the trains and planes to-and-fro…

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What I Read — March 2022
What I Read — March 2022

This month did not go as expected. After two years of avoidance, I finally tested positive for COVID halfway through March…

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What I read — February 2021
What I read — February 2021

Even though February is the shortest month, I still managed to tackle quite a few pages, which is great because I love having books on the ready for recommendations.

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What I read this fall
What I read this fall

Since this year has felt never-ending, I decided to give my brain a break for most of fall. Here is everything I read in September, October and November…

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What I read this summer
What I read this summer

You may scroll through this one and get the impression that I give stars like Oprah gives away cars. This is not the case at all. I just hit a summer of literary awesomeness…

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The Reading List - 2019
The Reading List - 2019

Enter 2019 and a whole slew of new goals, with reading 19 books in 2019 at the very top of the list! Last year, I learned having an active reading list made me much more likely to start a new book immediately. Here is the stack I’m entering 2019 with…

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The Reading List - 2018
The Reading List - 2018

February, oh February! This frigid month was christened Read Month in my Plans & Projects. The rules for Read Month are simple...

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