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2010 Reading Challenges Wrap-Up

So I didn’t do as good on my reading challenges as I had hoped, but that’s okay. I’m still pleased with what I accomplished in 2010. Here’s where I stand in terms of my challenges for 2010: FINISHED...

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2011 DNF #1 – A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick Copyright: 2009 Pages: 291 Format: Print Blurb: He placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for a “reliable wife.” She responded, saying that she was “a...

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2011 DNF #2 – Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell Copyright: 1991 Pages: 359 Format: Print Blurb: On a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die...

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2011 DNF #3 – Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson

Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson Copyright: 1988 Pages: 435 Format: Print Blurb: Seattle is a city paralyzed by fear. A serial killer is loose on its streets. And as each new victim surfaces – chest...

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2011 DNF #4 – What Alice Knew by Paula Marantz Cohen

What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James & Jack the Ripper by Paula Marantz Cohen Copyright: 2010 Pages: 341 Format: Print Blurb:  An invalid for most her life, Alice James is quite used...

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2011 … By the Numbers

Okay, so I know I’m incredibly late. But the holidays were insane around here for us and then we took off to Florida for our babymoon. Now that I’m home and have had a little time to rest up I’m ready...

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Wrapping Up My 2012 Challenges

Wow … I still can’t believe that we are just a few short days from 2013! And I haven’t done anything in regards to my yearly reading statistics/favorites/new challenges/old challenges, etc. Ugh....

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2012 Reading in Review

In 2012 I might not have read a lot of books, but I read some pretty darn good ones. To briefly recap, I read 34 books in total. I read 13,360 pages. That’s an average of 392.94 pages per book. I read...

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2013 DNF #1: Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman

Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman Copyright: 1989 Pages: 484 Format: Print Blurb: At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex Delaware encounters a face from his own past – Sharon...

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2013 DNF #2: Bossypants by Tina Fey

Bossypants by Tina Fey Copyright: 2011 Pages: 275 Format: Print Blurb: Before Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress...

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2013 DNF #3: The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting Copyright: 2010 Pages: 327 Format: Print Blurb: When a murder is committed it leaves a unique echo … on both the victim and the killer. Most people are unaware of...

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2013 Wrap Up: By the Numbers

Well here it is another year gone by! Where are they going anyway? It’s like I blink and New Year’s is upon me again. And it’s gotten a million times worse ever since having Garrett. Very sad indeed....

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2013 Wrap Up: The Challenges

Reading challenges. I love them yet I hate them. I find it extremely difficult to resist signing up for challenges even though I know I will never complete them. So for 2013 I tried to keep the number...

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2013 Wrap Up: The Series’

Book series. If you are a faithful follower you know I am obsessed. It’s like being with friends over and over again. I love it. I live for it. And I am painfully behind in 98% of the series that I...

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2013 Wrap Up: My top reads of the year

I find this list getting harder and harder to put together each and every year. Why? Because I read so much awesome stuff that I never know where to start. Ha, not really. It’s more because I just...

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2013 Wrap Up: The Challenges

Reading Challenges … the bane of my existence. Okay, not really … but I find them difficult to resist and even harder to complete! Oh well. I did horrible with my challenges this year (only completing...

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2014 Wrap Up: The Series’

Book series. If you are a faithful follower you know I am obsessed. It’s kind of ridiculous, actually. And I am painfully behind in 98% of the series that I enjoy. I’m just going to do a quick run-down...

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2014 Wrap-Up: My Top Reads

Here we are once again at the end of another year … where does the time go anymore? I blink and another year has passed! Guess that’s what happens when you get older…. Anyway, I find it harder and...

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Quick Recap of 2017

So we took off for a quick weekend get away to Savannah, Georgia Dec. 29-Jan 2. Because of that I never really got to take a good look at my 2017 book stats. I still didn’t go as in-depth as I normally...

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DNF: The Verdict by Nick Stone

So this was my January pick for the What Should I Read Next event….. and I just couldn’t get into it. I read 72 pages over the course of the last week and a half and to be honest I had to force myself...

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