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Book 1,118: The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields

July 7, 2026

I picked this up back in 2012 with intentions of reading “all the prize winning novels” and no real plan […]

June 30, 2026

This was a book I took with me to Denver on a work trip with no expectations of reading it.

June 25, 2026

This was the queer joy book that I needed at the right moment! (Don’t get me wrong, all the MM

June 9, 2026

WHOA. I was not expecting to read this book in two sittings, especially as I had a false start a

June 3, 2026

This was less an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma than it was an adaptation of 1995’s Clueless. It’s not quite twice

May 27, 2026

For May, my online book group read Sotto Yambao’s Water Moon, a fantastical story about regrets and choices and love and

May 20, 2026

This is one of those books that you have to read at the right time to truly appreciate it. Unfortunately

April 15, 2026

This is another one of those books that I picked up at some distant point in the past. There’s a

March 25, 2026

Jacqueline Woodson’s Red at the Bone hit me in a way that I wasn’t expecting it to. To be honest,