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January 2019 Reading in Review

February 2, 2019 by Amy Leave a Comment

January is almost always a good month for reading for me. Between the (relative) calm that settles in after the holidays, the weather, and a personal lack of desire to DO anything besides hibernate, I typically manage to read more than usual. My Goodreads count for the month is thirteen books. Of those, five were … [Read more…]

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What I read in January 2018

January 31, 2018 by Amy 1 Comment

January is almost always a great reading month for me, and this month has been no exception. It’s as if I heave a great sigh of relief as soon as the Christmas decor is packed away and collapse into a figurative easy chair to read the month away.  Of course, this doesn’t really happen, but … [Read more…]

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What’s on Your Nightstand–February 2017

February 28, 2017 by Amy 2 Comments

This month found me reading Different by Sally and Nathan Clarkson.  This book really deserves a full review by me, the mother of a “different” child.  What our family has experienced over the past year (which was simply the end of a few years of mystery and the beginning of years, or a lifetime, of … [Read more…]

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What’s on Your Nightstand–January 2017

January 24, 2017 by Amy 5 Comments

Last year I did my own thing with bi-monthly reading reports, but this year I’m back on the wagon with What’s On Your Nightstand at 5 Minutes for Books.  January is almost always a good reading month for me, and this one has been just that. One book that I started in 2016 but finished … [Read more…]

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May 2015 Nightstand

May 26, 2015 by Amy 7 Comments

Since last month’s Nightstand, I’ve mostly done this:   (Yes, most of those boxes contain books.) Well, that’s not entirely true–I’ve done plenty of other things.  However, moving has taken up quite a lot of my mental and emotional space, which unfortunately doesn’t leave a lot of time or energy for reading. Since last month’s … [Read more…]

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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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