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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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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Auntie Nettie Reads A LOT 2010 - 2nd Quarter

If you are just finding the blog, please note that this list was maintained mainly so that I could remember what I've read this year. The record does not fully represent me or all of my interests, so don't judge my reading habits. My interests change quite frequently. Also, I don't do book recommendations or link to major retailers or publishers. Except for the ARCs listed below [thanks major publishers!], most of these books came from MY library or the library -- the most magical place in the world!

Go forth and use your library card and READ!

April 2010
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine: A Novel by Lauren Willig (reread)
She Went All the Way by Meggin Cabot
Corked: A Memoir by Kathryn Borel (didn't finish -- was BAD!)
Sleeping Arrangements by Madeleine Wickham
German for Travelers: A Novel in 95 Lessons by Norah Labiner
Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson Novel) by Patricia Briggs
Lake of Sorrows: A Novel (#2) by Erin Hart
False Mermaid: A Novel (#3) by Erin Hart
The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Spinning Forward by Terri Dulong
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily: A Novel by Lauren Willig
On the Steamy Side by Louisa Edwards
Wedding Season by Katie Fforde
Knit for the Season by Kate Jacobs

May 2010
The Queen's Governess: A Novel by Karen Harper
Changeless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel (#2) By Gail Carriger
White Cat (The Curse Workers Book 1) by Holly Black (ARC)
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
A Touch of Dead: Sookie Stackhouse The Complete Stories by Charlaine Harris
Sonata Mulattica: Poems by Rita Dove (didn't read)
Savor the Moment (Bridal Quartet #3) by Nora Roberts
The Hypnotist: A Novel of Suspense by M.J. Rose
Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris
The Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Stuck in the Middle: A Sister-to-Sister Novel by Joan Sanderson
Truffles by the Sea: A Novel by Julie Carobini

June 2010
Captain Saturday: A Novel by Robert Inman (regional fiction/North Carolina)
The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry (ARC)
Changes: A Novel of The Dresden Files (Book 12) by Jim Butcher
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott: A Novel by Kelly O'Connor McNees
Exclusive by Fern Michaels (didn't finish)
Switchcraft by Mary Castillo (didn't finish)
Killashandra (Crystal Singers Book 2) by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
Chocolate Beach: A Novel by Julie Carobini
Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously by Adrienne Martini
Hard Magic: Book One/Paranormal Scene Investigations by Laura Anne Gilman
A River in the Sky: A Novel (Amelia Peabody Mysteries) by Elizabeth Peters
The Fixer Upper: A Novel by Mary Kay Andrews

The Hand that First Held Mine: A Novel by Maggie O'Farrell
Infinite Days: A Vampire Queen Novel by Rebecca Maizel (ARC) REALLY GOOD!

The First Quarter List for 2010 can be found here.

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