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Kyle’s on a business call in the living room so I made a cozy reading oasis to hide from the world. #currently reading 📖 Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer ———— #thebookishwanderer #bookstagram #echonorth #joannaruthmeyer https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcD-cMnL83/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ml7j4wx26qq6

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Just One More Page July Photo Challenge; Day 1: Currently reading ***************************** I absolutely adore this series, and I can safely say everything that Laini Taylor has written. I have been slowly devouring this last installment, but the end is nigh.

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Just One More Page July Photo Challenge Day 6: Contemporary **********************************

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Just One More Page July Photo Challenge; Day 2: July TBR ***************************** Stay tuned until the end of the month to see if I actually accomplish reading my pile. Nearly done with Dear Evan Hansen! And not pictured is The Muse of Nightmares

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Just One More Page July Photo Challenge Day 4: #resist *************************************

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Finished my 9th book of the year yesterday! The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 2: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle, and the Years That Defined Elizabeth II (1956-1977) by Robert Lacey ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 These books are fascinating if you like The Crown, but want to know the truth behind the fiction. Companion 1 is a very deep, thoughtful dive into season 1. Companion 2 is a little looser and combines both seasons 2 and 3, but I still learned so much (do a quick Wikipedia dive into LBJ today and join me in my disgust/frustration over that man!) #thebookishwanderer #2020reads📚 https://www.instagram.com/p/B7_L9FPg77Q/?igshid=v39qi8zmfd0b

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Trying to make it to 100 books by the end of the year, and these glorious books have been such a treat. 📚A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a lovely holiday read. If you think you know the story because you’ve seen every film version imaginable, the story might surprise you with its added depth 📚Lying by Sam Harris is a tiny deep dive into the prevalence (and acceptance) of lying in society and a call to break free of its hold. In the time since I have made it my personal mission to be forthright always—especially when it seems difficult or possibly damaging to do so. Highly recommend. 📚Tribe by Sebastian Junger is another weighty tiny read about the need for belonging and the ways in which we often shun community as well as the beauty that arises when we embrace it wholly. 📚Letters to a Young Poet by Rainier Maria Rilke is one of my favorite books of all time. It is filled with such beautiful wisdom. 📚Something New by Lucy Knisley. A graphic novel about planning a wedding seemed highly apropos as we begin to plan our own! Lucy’s story filled me with excitement and a smidge of awareness of all that a wedding might hold (and made me feel a smidge more unprepared! She’s got such a beautiful crew of friends and family around her for support!) 4 more books to reach my goal! Can I do it? Stay tuned! What are you reading to end the year? —————————— #thebookishwanderer #bookstagram #librariansofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B6lWz3GgwfZ/?igshid=12j19wcrgd6fh

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One Day in December by Josie Silver On a cold December night, Laurie makes eye contact with a man from her bus window and knows that he was meant for her. She spends an entire year searching for him to no avail...until her very best friend in the world introduces him to her as the man SHE has fallen in love with. As the years pass, and Laurie tries to move on she keeps finding herself drawn to Jack and the possibility of “what if?” A solid 3 1/2 star read for me! I loved the writing, and the storyline was really intriguing, but I really did not like the male protagonist. I also don’t like storylines where *minor spoiler alert* cheating of any kind is a plot point. Have you read it? I’d love to hear other thoughts! ———————————— #thebookishwanderer #bookstagram #librariansofinstagram #decemberreads https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_1yNag1FP/?igshid=1w4z39d4kkyzv