Susan's 2025 Reading Wrap Up

by Susan Roberts

2025 was a good year for reading books.  I had some extra time because I quit watching the news and cut back on most other TV.  As I get older, I've found that I enjoy my quiet times with books!  Here are some interesting facts about my 2025 reading results.

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5 Spooky Books for Friday the 13th Reading

by Donna Huber

Happy Friday the 13th! Are you looking for something spooky and creepy to read tonight? Here's a short list to get you started.

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Susan's 2022 Reading Wrap Up

by Susan Roberts

2022 is the year when we finally got our lives back and didn't have to be as worried about Covid.  From a personal standpoint, it was a tough year due to some family tragedy.  However, no matter how bad things got in my life, I was saved by my books. 

My Reading List is Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

by Donna Huber

I like to start reading Christmas books Thanksgiving night. As a reviewer, I often have Christmas ARCs starting in September and I've missed my Christmas story binge fest so this year I've held off on a few books so that I will be able to read almost nothing but Christmas books from Thanksgiving to New Year's. In case you are looking for what to read this holiday season, I decided to share my list.

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

by Donna Huber

I was hoping to have my review of The Forgotten Cottage for today, but I had some very special guests arrive at my house yesterday - I offered to foster a mom cat with her 5 two-week-old babies. They are adorable and the mom cat is a total people cat so I had trouble leaving the room and she didn't like me dividing my attention between her and my book.

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After the End Book Club: 11 Books to Read

by Donna Huber

5 years ago I joined a local library's post-apocalyptic book club After the End. I can't believe it's been that long. We read a wide variety from the dystopian, science fiction, post-apocalyptic, speculative fiction, and alternate history genres. A lot of these books are outside my comfort zone, but I always enjoy the lively discussion. Since I live in a university town, we run on an academic calendar schedule, which means we are kicking off our new year in August. These are the 11 books we have chosen to read.

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A Summer Catch-up

by Donna Huber

It has been forever (since January) since I've done one of these monthly wrap up posts. It's been a busy year so I'll catch you up on the highlights.

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The First Reading Month of 2022

by Donna Huber

January always feels so long and it didn't help that I didn't sleep well for most of it. The cold, wet weather (I got snow one day) made my arthritis flare up. I didn't read much because I was just too tired most evenings. 

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Last Month of Reading for 2021

by Donna Huber

I can hardly believe that we are at the end of 2021. While this year was a little more normal there were times that I forgot we were in 2021 (maybe it is because it felt like 2020 didn't happen).  December was a good month with many days off from work, a lot of cookie baking, and definitely some good reading.

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Thankful for Books - November Wrap-up

by Donna Huber

I hope everyone who celebrated had a nice holiday. I enjoyed my long week off from work. I made some progress on the "junk" room this week and my niece came over for a few days. Of course, there was plenty to eat. And I did a little bit of reading.

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Books Piles as Big as the Piles of Fall Leaves

by Donna Huber

From the piles of leaves on the ground you would think my trees would be bare, but no, leaves still cling to their limbs. It kind of reminds me of my books piles. Just to look at my piles, it would look like I haven't read anything. However, I think I read a near record-setting number of books this month (it might be a record). 

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Fall Reading Has Begun ~ September Wrap-up

by Donna Huber

Fall coming in with very chilly air. After two days of lows in the 50s and highs in 70s, I'm ready for summer again. Thankfully we should get into the 80s next week but it won't last. I'm not looking forward to winter. 

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Last of the Summer Reading

by Donna Huber

International Cat Day was on August 8 and since I have a bunch of literary kitties, I thought I would show them off again. I was just able to catch the kitty at the top right corner laying with the stack of books recently. 

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Summer Reading Continues - July Wrap Up

by Donna Huber

Though there is a week left in July, it is the last Sunday so I'm doing my end-of-the-month wrap-up. I've been flying through books the past couple of weeks so I will update the books read section throughout the week.

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Summer Reading Time - June Wrap-up

by Donna Huber

Summer is officially here. It's been hot and muggy or cool and rainy most of the month. We've only had a couple of really nice summer days. But life has slowed down or maybe I'm just finding my new normal but I found a little more time to read and sleep this month.

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Wrapping Up Spring Reading - May Update

by Donna Huber

I don't know about you but May went really fast. It was busy as life returns to normal and it seems like I have more to do now than I did before the pandemic.

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More Spring Reading - April Update

by Donna Huber

The so few April showers we've had means I've had plenty of days to do yard work which means I haven't been spending as much time reading. My yard is starting to look nice but my reading pile is toppling more than ever!

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Some Spring Time Reading

by Donna Huber

While last month marked the 1 year anniversary of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. This month marks the 1 year anniversary since the pandemic impacted my life. I looked back on my March 2020 wrap-up post just to see what I was thinking and feeling during a time when life, as I called it, went sideways.

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Wrapping Up Winter Reading, Spring is Around the Corner

by Donna Huber

February has been a busy month filled with a ton of books. I think at least half of my favorite authors had new books come out this month. I read so much that now I have eye strain and trying not to look at any screens (good thing that I can type without looking!).

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Winter Reading - January Wrap-up

by Donna Huber

Usually, January feels like a long month, but I think after last year nothing can feel quite as long as those months. I'm back to my average amount of books read and there are a few more television shows entertaining me. The only other thing is work as I'm still not going into stores or restaurants.

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