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What I Am Reading 6/20/25
Read more: What I Am Reading 6/20/25I am back to reading at a terrific pace, and I’m so happy about that. There’s something horrible about not being able to do one of your favorite activities when you’re not feeling well. I just knew that if I kept pushing it that things would get better. But it didn’t. So I just kept…
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What I Am Reading 6/13/25
Read more: What I Am Reading 6/13/25Things have been pretty awful, and yet I’m still reading. I think that in dark places, the most rebellious thing you can do is create moments of joy. And maybe that’s where my focus has been lately. I’m building a fairy garden for my daughter. When the world feels bleak, I add to the fairy…
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What I Am Reading 6/6/25
Read more: What I Am Reading 6/6/25I have my mojo back, and I’m reading again. It seriously bummed me out that I just fell flat last month. I was starting to think it was going to be a rough climb out of it. But then, like a switch, things turned back on. And I’ve been chugging along ever since. My house…
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What I Am Reading 5/30/25
Read more: What I Am Reading 5/30/25It’s been a hot second and alas, I have not been reading much. I thought I’d gotten out of a depression episode. Instead, I was just managing to be high functioning. That worked super well for awhile. Things that I deemed important got done. But I wasn’t looking paying much attention to the things that…
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What I Am Reading 8/30/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 8/30/24The past two weeks have not been good for reading. It started a week ago Monday when my daughter woke up with a fever. She’s a toddler. These things happen. So I prioritized her when she was awake and completed work while she slept. That worked well on Monday and Tuesday. But then I woke…
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What I Am Reading 8/9/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 8/9/24This was book club week, which is always a chaotic week of me trying to read two books in one week so everything is fresh in my mind for the meet up. That means I chose reading over housework. No regrets on that at all, as I scramble to get caught up on everything I…
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What I Am Reading 8/2/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 8/2/24Next week is bookclub week, which means that I throw away that lazy way I have been reading and go all-in on manic reading. This is particularly fun with a toddler who is in feral mode. If there’s chance for a mess, she’s gonna take it. If there is an opportunity to push my buttons,…
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What I Am Reading 7/26/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 7/26/24We’re in the heart of summer, but it somehow feels like summer is ending. I’m making all of these plans for fall and trying to get in every last activity. Despite all of this, I’ve been in an excellent rhythm with my reading. I’m not overdoing it in a rush for once, and it feels…
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What I Am Reading 7/19/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 7/19/24I don’t know how it is in your neck of the woods, but it is hot here. Normally that would bode well for reading, but it’s also a super busy time in my toddler’s social life. Those last three words would have made me laugh in a past life. But the fact is that I…
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What I Am Reading 7/5/24
Read more: What I Am Reading 7/5/24We are heading into a holiday weekend which normally means I take every chance to escape into whatever book I’m reading. Except my daughter’s second birthday weekend is also here! I have two books to read by Wednesday for book club, so obviously my planning skills for reading are still stellar. But I’ll get there…
