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Books Read in Frebruary

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  A writing gig I had that ended last month may have come to an end, but I was still very busy during the month of February. Not only was it a busy month for me, but it was also certainly a month of ups and downs.   Fortunately, I kept up with writing in my journal every day this month. This actually helped me when I was dealing with a lack of motivation to write; writing a whole page in my journal really served as a reminder that I can still write no matter what I was dealing with!   I did deal with quite a few things this month that I would rather not talk about here (that’s what my journal is for!), but fortunately nothing that was life-shattering. I just kept putting one foot in front of the other and did the things that I had to do.   We did have my son’s dog’s one-year deathversary this month. And that was really hard. We miss him SO MUCH. I’m still so heartbroken over this loss.     That is our last family picture with him. I was to...
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Books Read in January

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    The month of January saw my book reviewing gig come to an end. I am grateful that I had the opportunity to work this gig. It really challenged me as a reader! I also learned a lot as a book reviewer and got to enjoy spending so much time reading books. Or, should I say, getting paid to read books.   This particular gig is seasonal, so I will be working it again when it rolls around later in the year.   However, I’m happy that I was able to push myself to read as many as four books in one week. That’s pretty awesome! What isn’t so awesome, however, was falling behind on some other things because of that challenge (I’m looking at you, unfinished novel-in-progress). But I am working on getting caught up on those things.   In fact, I plan to spend the day tomorrow wrapping up writing my short story and sending it off for edits!   January saw the end of some other things too. I finished editing stories for an anthology, finished revising a ...
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Books Read in 2025

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    For a while there this year, I was thinking that I kept reading the same kinds of books. There wasn’t much variety going on with my reading routine. And variety is something I crave! I wanted to change things up and add some different books.   I had the opportunity to do just that this year when I resumed reviewing books for Reader Views again. This happened after I realized that, you know, I had acted like a real bitch when I threw a fit over the many edits of one review, so I reached out with a long and heartfelt apology for my behavior. Thankfully, they forgave me – and invited me to come back to their team of book reviewers. Of course I said yes! I was thrilled by the opportunity to review books for them again and I haven’t looked back since.   It also helped that, this year, I subscribed to a digital subscription with Alien Buddha Press. I receive a digital copy of every book they publish, and it has been A LOT of books received from them this year...
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