Tag: Recommendations
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5 Classics for July
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. When I think of July, I think of summer adventures, sparklers on the Fourth of July, hot afternoons, a lot of time with family, sitting by the campfire, and looking at fireflies at the edge of…
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5 Classics for June
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. June has always struck me as a strange mix of peace and chaos, of beauty and discomfort, of consistency and change. I think this past month has definitely embodied those contradictions, as flowers bloom in the…
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5 Classics for May
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. You know what they say: April showers bring May flowers. That has certainly been true where I live thus far this month–so many flowers in the garden have begun to bloom and it’s so lovely to…
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8 Classic Novels about Family Dynamics | Recommendations
Happy Mother’s Day!! In honor of this special day, I thought I would share some classic novels about family dynamics… albeit, not always the most positive ones! I think reading about fictional families is so interesting, and a close look at family dynamics always adds more depth to a novel. Books like these are a…
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#escapril book recommendations (30 books!)
I’ve been working on today’s post for some time now, and I’m really excited about it! Today I’d like to recommend 30 books to you based on the #escapril daily prompts. #escapril is a poetry challenge created by Savannah Brown in which people write a poem every day based on the daily prompts. Here’s her…
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5 Classics for April
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. Where I live, April is a solid month of rain, interspersed with some light springy days that tempt you with promises of sunny May. Accordingly, the theme for this month’s classic recommendations is going to be…
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(many, many) books about dealing with and overcoming uncertainty
Given the stressful circumstances that many of us now find ourselves in, I thought that today I would share many, many books about dealing with and overcoming uncertainty. Each book listed is linked to a post or review that I’ve written about it (if there is one), in case you want to learn more or…
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5 Classics for February
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. For the month of February, I thought I would highlight some of my favorite classic romance novels, most of them from the Victorian Era. What’s better than a little Jane Austin at this time of year?…
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5 Classics for January
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. January has many sides in my mind: it’s a bright new beginning, but it also means the continuation of the long New England winter. This month is often when we take a good long look at…
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