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Month: October 2018

stephen king novels for readers who don't like horror
Book Recommendations

5 Stephen King Novels For People Who Don’t Like Horror

October 25, 2018

Admittedly, I’m not a fan of the horror genre, be it books, movies, or tv. I can’t handle gratuitous violence and gore, or torture and suffering. Yet I am a fan of Stephen King and his extraordinary catalog of work. As I’ve said before, there’s […]

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10 of the Best Books About Witches

October 23, 2018

Continuing on with my scary books theme, in honor of Halloween, today I give you reading recommendations on a topic that’s creepy in an entirely different way. I’m kind of surprised I haven’t read any of these books. I’ve heard of most of them before […]

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10 of the Best Books About Serial Killers

October 21, 2018

With Halloween quickly approaching, I figure it’s time to suggest some scary books!     Horror is definitely not my jam. So, I turned to GoodReads and Google to learn about books on the subject of serial killers and their popularity, in order to come […]

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Bookish Advice

5 Book to Movie Adaptations I’m Planning to Skip

October 19, 2018

It’s every book lover’s worst nightmare: Going to see a film adaptation of a beloved novel and absolutely hating it. It’s happened to me more times than I can count. These days I generally only watch the movie version of a book  if I didn’t […]

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Miscellaneous

The How & Why of Establishing a Gratitude Practice

October 16, 2018

For all my local readers, I have a wonderful opportunity for you! In a little less than three weeks, I’ll be teaching a workshop with my dear friend Amber King, owner of Kingfish Coaching and Retreats. As we enter into the season of being thankful, […]

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My LIfe, Reading Challenge

Reading Challenge Check In

October 14, 2018

In a couple days, we’ll officially be halfway through October already. That gives us exactly two and a half months to accomplish all our 2018 goals. We’ve got this!     Earlier this week, I dug my list of 2018 Goals from my Passion Planner […]

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Book Reviews

What I Read in September

October 2, 2018

I finished a whopping 17 books in September, putting me at a total of 111 books for the year so far. I can attribute my surge partly to the fact that a week or so into the month, I realized that I had A LOT […]

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Dark Matter
liked it
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch
What if you were able to go back in life and take the path not taken? It's a fascinating concept. It took a little while to get into, and I got bogged down by the heavy science in the middle but otherwise this is a pretty good book. It's...
The Silent Wife
liked it
The Silent Wife
by A. S. A. Harrison
This is a thriller that unravels gradually. The twists aren't sharp but they are there. Every single character is unlikable, their behavior deplorable, but I couldn't help rooting for them at times. I went back and forth between the audi...
A Separation
liked it
A Separation
by Katie Kitamura
Three and a half stars. This book wasn't what I expected from reading the dust jacket, it's not an intense thriller. There is a mystery gradually unfolding, which we learn about from the first person narration of a wife who reluctantly a...
Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
liked it
Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
by Elizabeth Vargas
Three and a half stars. I was not familiar with Elizabeth Vargas prior to reading this, but I admire her greatly now. This is a brutally honesty memoir, written with grace and good intentions. The writing is a bit superficial at times, I...
Into the Water
did not like it
Into the Water
by Paula Hawkins
I pushed myself through this book because I thought it *had* to get better. The last 25 pages were the best part because I got resolution of open issues, but otherwise reading this was a waste of time. The story was sloooow and felt supe...

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