books – glimpses here and there

WWW Wednesday – September 7, 2022

Published on September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 by writerknboeLeave a comment

It’s been a while since I’ve done a blog post such as this, and my reading habits have changed – well, I mean to say, I am attempting to change my reading habits. Now, not only am I attempting to read only one or two books at a time, instead of, say, five, but I am also attempting to go down a sort of TBR. This TBR list is really just me looking at my library app and reading the books that are due first. But since I was genuinely interested in reading said books, this has actually worked out pretty well so far.

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Darling Girl by Liz Michalski

Published on September 5, 2022 by writerknboe2 Comments

Other than the odd movie here and there, and perhaps reading the abridged version of the original, my experience with Peter Pan is largely based on retellings. However, I had yet to read a dark retelling, and this novel perfectly fit the bill. Two things to remember when going into this novel: growing up is not the same as growing older, and whatever expectations you have of Peter Pan or any of the characters, excise them from your mind. This is not your grandmother’s fairy tale.

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In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond by John Zada

Published on March 22, 2022April 10, 2022 by writerknboeLeave a comment

Every year, I think to myself “I should read more non-fiction” and inevitably go a little wild picking out books in such a variety of subjects that I’m quickly overcome by the dearth of possible information. In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch is my first non-fiction read of the year, and may very well be my favorite of the year.

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WWW Wednesday – March 9, 2022

Published on March 9, 2022March 6, 2022 by writerknboeLeave a comment

This is my first post joining the WWW Wednesday, hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. WWW Wednesday is simple: just answer these three questions:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

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When the Book Community Becomes A Battleground

Published on March 6, 2022 by writerknboeLeave a comment

Anyone who spends a good amount of time in the bookish communities on multiple platforms has probably seen the various dramas or conflicts that have risen to public notice recently. While not invalidating or making light of some of the controversies, there are some very simple ways to avoid said conflict, for both readers and writers.

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Friday Face-Off – Made for Each Other

Published on February 25, 2022 by writerknboeLeave a comment

This is my first time participating in the Friday Face-Off book tag started by Books By Proxy, with the most recent upcoming Friday Face-Off list at Lynn’s Books. This week’s theme is “Made for Each Other”, with the caveat to interpret that however you please. I chose to look at different covers of one of my favorite books, Crocodile on the Sandbank.

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Deal With the Devil and The Devil You Know by Kit Rocha

Published on February 19, 2022 by writerknboeLeave a comment

What first caught my eye about this new series, other than the awesome cover, were the words “Mercenary Librarians”. As I read the concept behind the phrase I was intrigued by the idea of a dystopian world where, in that particular neighborhood, some of the only people willing to help the population were librarians – essentially -collecting, digitizing, and disbursing knowledge, literature, tools, and even food.

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Writers and Lovers by Lily King

Published on February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 by writerknboeLeave a comment

I saw Writers and Lovers on Goodreads first, but it was Anne Bogel, host of the fantastic (and TBR list filling) podcast What Should I Read Next, that convinced me to actually sit down and read this book. Why did it take so long from the time I put it on my Goodreads TBR list to when I actually picked it up? It came out almost two years ago, and I had my eye on it from the beginning. But it was the way Anne talked about the story that made me finally sit down and read it.

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Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

Published on January 19, 2022 by writerknboeLeave a comment

When you get to the 9th book of a series you have already spent hours with the characters, the story, and in some way the author. You feel like you’re coming home, even if “home” is a strange, half-familiar echo of the past with some murder and time-travelling and brave Scots fighting for their new home thrown in.

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Reader Depression

Published on January 4, 2022 by writerknboe1 Comment

As someone who suffers from both reader depression and depression depression (sometimes together, sometimes separately) the difference between the two can seem acute. Reader depression really only affects my reader life. Depression, in the original sense of the word, affects every aspect of my life, including my reader life.

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