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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Auntie Nettie Reads A LOT - 3rd Quarter

This is the third installment of the Reading List for 2008. The first and second quarter lists are here.

Remember, in general I'm not going to say what it is that I've enjoyed, to make recommendations, or to provide links to major on-line catalogs or retailers*. This is just a list. I am posting this mainly for me so I remember what I've already picked up. There may be trends and themes, but they do not represent all of my interests or wholly represent me. Don't judge a reader by her books.

Go forth and read ... specifically read a Banned Book, as it is Banned Book week (September 27 through October 4th).

Reading List for July 2008
Light of the Moon by Luanne Rice
The Country Brides by Debbie Macomber
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox
Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick
Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Friends for Life by Ellen Emerson White
Life without Friends by Ellen Emerson White
Long May She Reign by Ellen Emerson White
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
Tigerheart by Peter David
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
Like a Charm by Candace Havens
Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run by Alton Brown and Jean-Claude Dhien
Home by Julie Andrews

Reading List for August 2008
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
Twilight (1) by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon (Twilight 2) by Stephenie Meyer
Carpool Diem by Nancy Star
Eclipse (Twilight 3) by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by (Twilight 4) Stephenie Meyer
Résistance: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France by Agnès Humbert, translated by Barbara Mellor
The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment that Transformed Their Lives by Cheryl Jarvis
Practically Perfect by Katie Fforde
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
You Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden 1) by Charlaine Harris
A Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden 2) by Charlaine Harris
Three Bedrooms One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden 3) by Charlaine Harris
The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden 4) by Charlaine Harris
Dead Over Heels (Aurora Teagarden 5) by Charlaine Harris
Big Girls Don't Cry by Cathie Linz


Reading List for September 2008
Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard 1) by Charlaine Harris
Gil's Fright Night Diner by A. Lee Martinez
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Confessions of a Contractor by Richard Murphy
Shakespeare's Champion (Lily Bard 2) by Charlaine Harris
Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard 3) by Charlaine Harris
Elemental Magic by Shinn, York, Berg and Johnson
A Hollywood Ending by Robyn Sisman
Hot Mama by Jennifer Estep
The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters
Shakespeare's Trollop (Lily Bard 4) by Charlaine Harris
The Moneypenny Diaries edited by Kate Westbrook
The Mercy Rule by Perri Klass (didn't finish)
Tribute by Nora Roberts
Shakespeare's Counselor (Lily Bard 5) by Charlaine Harris
Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
Glamour by Louise Bagshawe
The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
Last Scene Alive (Aurora Teagarden 7) by Charlaine Harris
Poppy Done to Death (Aurora Teagarden 8) by Charlaine Harris
Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich
The Daughters Grimm by Minda Webber
Roommates Wanted by Lisa Jewell (didn't finish)
Notes from a Minor Key: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Healing by Dawn Bailiff (Warning on this one: Many aspects of this "autobiographical" account have been called into question. Plus, it's not very well edited or written AT ALL!)


Currently deciding what to read next.

* Though I really should. I could use the ad revenue.