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🌟Mid-Year Favorites: 2025 🌟
As of June 30, 2025 I have read 186 books. Here are my top ten mid-year favorites in no particular order. It’s always interesting to see which mid-year favorites will make my full favorites list in January 2026. How To Read A Book by Monica Wood “Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, Continue reading
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🎧Five Star Audiobooks: April, May, June 2025🎧
I love audiobooks and listen to so many books each month. Between January and June, I have listened to 70 audiobooks. I love being able to get in book time when I’m at the grocery store or folding laundry. Here are 10 I gave FIVE STARS in April, May, and June 2025. The Four Queens Continue reading
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Netgalley Catch Up: Time to Check In (June 2025)
Here is my monthly Netgalley Check In as part of my promise to check in at the end of every month and see how many Netgalley titles I’ve read. My feedback ratio is currently 82%. Here are the Netgalley titles that I reviewed in June 2025. Links go to reviews. A Marvelous Murder David S. Continue reading
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🌟Monthly Favorites: June 2025 Five Star Reads 🌟
I read a lot this month. It’s the best escape because [gestures to the world around us]. Here are a few of my favorites from June 2025. My most read genre was romance, followed by cozy mysteries. I read mostly on my kindle this month as well. Extra Normal by Kate Alice Marshall Three cheers Continue reading
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Time Travel Thursday: What Was I Reading Last Year At This Time (April 2025 Edition)
Time Travel Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog where readers take a look back at what they were reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…) Last year, towards the end of April 2024, I had just finished Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell, Book Continue reading
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Five Star Audiobooks: April, May, June 2024
I love audiobooks and listen to so many each month. I love being able to get book time when I’m at the grocery store or folding laundry. Here are 8 I gave FIVE STARS April – June of 2024. To see which audiobooks earned five stars January – March of 2024, click here. Playing It Continue reading
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June 2024 Five Star Reads
Where did June go? While I’m not a fan of the blazing hot temperatures, I love summertime and the extra time with my family. And of course I love summer reading. In June 2024 I read 28 books,11 of those were audiobooks. Here are my favorite reads of the month: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center Continue reading
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The Sunday Salon: June 16, 2024
Happy Sunday! Deb Nance at Readerbuzz hosts The Sunday Salon, and I’m joining in! Favorite Read of the Week: I post reviews on Instagram and Goodreads. What have you read this week? Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) by Ashley Weaver – not a lot of sit down and read time this week, so I’m Continue reading
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Series Highlight: Jane Wunderly Mysteries by Erica Ruth Neubauer
I found Erica Ruth Neubauer’s wonderful Jane Wunderly mysteries when I had caught up on all the Veronica Speedwell mysteries and needed to fill that hole in my reading life. I am SO glad I found this delightful historical mystery series. They are outstanding on audio as well with Sarah Zimmerman as narrator. Just this Continue reading
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A Bookish List: Series I’m So Glad I Discovered In 2023
Since I was a kid, I have loved series fiction. As an adult, I haven’t shied away, and now that I have found so many on audiobooks, I can’t seem to get enough. There’s something so comforting about returning to the lives of the same likable characters–it’s like visiting friends. I especially love the historical Continue reading
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About Me
Welcome! I started my career as a children’s librarian, later becoming a public library director and now I’m a stay at home mom. While my career might have changed, my love of reading has been a constant since I was in 4th grade, and I read over 200 books a year. I love talking about books and connecting readers of all ages with just the right book. Thanks for reading!
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