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It was the plan to write something witty and thoughtful for this intro to what I read last month. However, I'm exhausted from staying up long past my bedtime last night to keep up with weather updates as the remnants of Ida blew through the metro NYC area. Discussing the causes, issues, and impact of this type of weather event is something for me to write about on another day. I'll try a different format for this month. It is … [Read more...] about Thoughts on my August 2021 reading

I thought I would read differently last month. I expected Shadow’s recovery to be more sedate and I'd curl up with him and read. Yes, he slept more, but his medications meant that he wanted lots of active snuggling. They warned me this would be a side effect! I enjoyed it, even if it did make reading more challenging than I expected. This made eBooks easier to read that my paperback Valdemar series, though I did manage to finish … [Read more...] about July 2021 Reading

If I thought May was a challenging month, it had nothing on June. I put my nose in a book whenever I could. Life is stressful and I escape by reading fantasy. Therefore, I managed to make good progress in both the October Daye and InCryptid series by Seanan McGuire. I also finished a few other books bringing the total for the month to twenty-two books. I've read 123 titles so far this year! NetGalley Reviews There is only one … [Read more...] about June 2021 Reading

May was a challenging month for reasons not related at all to my reading. There were, however, two exciting reading related events. First, I set foot inside my local library branch for the first time since March 2020! It was delightful to browse the shelves and check out books. The second was shopping at two library book sales and finding some interesting new-to-me titles. Even with all these distractions, I managed to finish … [Read more...] about May 2021 Reading

My reading in April was predictable. If I was awake and not working, I pretty much had my nose in a book. I read Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changlings series quickly. This was aided by a library license to omnibus editions of several books so I could pretty much read continuously. I’d borrow 1-5 and place a hold for 6-10; the second volume became available as I finished the first, and I repeated this with the third. This also let me … [Read more...] about April 2021 Reading