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Title: The Ten Percent ThiefAuthor: Lavanya LakshminaraynaGenre: DystopianBook Length: 384 Pages (Print)Format Read: eBookYear Published: February 13, 2024 Date Started: October 25, 2024Date finished: October 28, 2024 This story follows a few people to give an overall feel of the world the plot takes place in. The idea of the story is that people are... Continue Reading →
Title: The Bright Freight of MemoryAuthor: Greg FieldsGenre: Literary; Coming of AgeBook Length: 289 PagesFormat Read: PDFYear Published: November 19, 2024 Date Started: October 30, 2024Date finished: November 1, 2024 This story follows two friends, Matthew Cooney and Donal Mannion from childhood to adulthood. The chapters go between the two boys’ stories sharing each of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Light PirateAuthor: Lily Brooks-DaltonGenre: Literary; ApocalypseBook Length: 352 PagesFormat Read: eBookYear Published: April 16, 2024 Date Started: October 2, 2024Date finished: October 16, 2024 This story follows a family of five (father, mother, twin sons, and a newborn daughter) during an apocalyptic flooding in Florida. After the flood, only the father, one son,... Continue Reading →
For the past few years I've been painting mostly in gouache and have really enjoyed it. Within the last couple of months, I bought two different gouache brands: HIMI 18 Color Gel Palette and Winsor & Newton Student Grade Set of 10 Tubes. I've used a HIMI gel tube set before but wanted to try... Continue Reading →
Title: The Dawn Chorus (The Chronicles of Capherayna Book 2)Author: Karen MenezesGenre: Fantasy; Women’s FictionBook Length: 250 pagesFormat Read: PDFYear Published: July 2, 2024 Date Started: October 15, 2024Date finished: October 25, 2024 This book continues with the Lightbender wandering the land and finding his way to Dorsfield where he rooms with an old acquaintance.... Continue Reading →
Title: Colossus Rising (Torth Book 2)Author: Abby GoldsmithGenre: Young Adult; Fantasy; Sci-fiBook Length: 381 pages; NovelFormat Read: PaperbackYear Published: January 2, 2024 Date Started: September 20, 2024Date finished: October 20, 2024 This is book two of the Torth Series. The story continues with Thomas and friends’ escape from the Torth aliens. Thomas ends up locked... Continue Reading →
This was my second year using the Hobonichi Weeks as my reading planner. The year before, I used a traveler's notebook size, which was the perfect size for me, but I had a hard time finding inserts for my notebook cover. After two years in the Weeks, I wanted to go slightly bigger. On the... Continue Reading →
It snowed yesterday and today. Our Keeshond, Teddy, was only outside for a few minutes and was already dusted with snow.
Title: UshersAuthor: Joe HillGenre: HorrorBook Length: 29 Pages (print); Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: November 1, 2024 Date Started: October 4, 2024Date finished: October 4, 2024 This story is about two agents looking for clues to a couple of disasters. They interview a man named Martin Lorensen who was present during the disasters but got... Continue Reading →
Title: Where Butterflies WanderAuthor: Suzanne RedfearnGenre: Literary Fiction; Women’s FictionBook Length: 298 Pages (print); NovelFormat Read: eBookYear Published: February 6, 2024 Date Started: September 26, 2024Date finished: September 28, 2024 This story is about a family trying to heal after one of their children dies. They move to a town where they learn a woman... Continue Reading →
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