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Guess whose back!? Well, kind of . . .

Tim and Barnaby enjoying the backyard of the cabin we rented with friends for a week in Upstate New York in late August.

So, it’s been a little over SEVEN MONTHS since I last posted. That break wasn’t planned, but it was necessary. Between finishing my first year of my two-year program, a lot of travel, work travel and taking on additional responsibilities, and a puppy turning one year old at about the same time as I last posted, it’s been a busy year. In all that busyness non-school reading actually took a back seat. Also, in that busyness this blog celebrated its 13th blog-iversery—so maybe it’s fitting I took most of this year off 😀

I got quite a bit of reading done on our April/May vacation, but then didn’t read anything for leisure again until almost October when there was another brief spurt that has started to trail off again, which is good because I need to catch up on posts. I’m not guaranteeing I’ll be back on a regular basis, but I’m going to try and get back in the habit of posting reviews. I thought about going Goodreads only and then back-posting here, but it didn’t feel right to me. Since I disappeared way back in May, I’ve read 14 books and will probably read a few more before my next recap post.

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April Recap 2023

Well I’m only a week later this time and not THREE MONTHS 😀 That’s an improvement, right? Right? I would’ve had this published on time last week (I’m back-scheduling it), but the last final of my first year was due so yeah nope.

Either way, have a cute picture of Barnaby, this dog has gotten so big, but he still has the cutest face. I mean look at him. He’s a teddy bear, just a 65+ pound one. [More photos at the end of what he does to that sofa usually.]

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Q1 [January, February, & March] Recap 2023

OOF. Not only is this late for March, but it’s also a month late for February and TWO months late for January. I mean look at the photo, it’s Barnaby (super shaggy) very confused about why the tree we randomly had in the house has to go away. That’s how late this post is. Barnaby is now almost 70 lbs—so much for being a mini—and is still bringing comedy, joy, and life to us daily 😀 We try to post on Insta for him, but that’s even lagging at the moment.

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2022 Year-End Recap

Snapshot of Goodreads "My Year in Books" with 22,935 pages read and 85 books read"The most shocking thing this year is that I was able to read anything after June 30. Between work being ridiculous love the summer, long-delayed pandemic vacations, and starting school again I’m shocked I read as much as I did.

You can definitely see a bit of a dip after June, but MM Romance novels kept my numbers up and probably will continue to keep them up over the next two years. My page count is way down, but what can you do? At least I’m still finding time to read.

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November & December Recap 2022

Close up of nametag that has Whoops! I didn’t mean for November to just disappear, but with working the polls for elections, a road trip to NC with the puppy, my first set of final papers in grad school while working full time, and my general November/December busyness it just disappeared in a poof.

So, when I finally sat down to write my recap post sometime around the 15th or 16th I just thought “Nah, I’ll combine November and December and give myself a reprieve.” Now, in early January, I’m not sure that was the best idea—thanks past-Geoff, thanks a lot.

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