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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, September 29, 2010

Auntie Nettie Reads A LOT 2010 - 3rd 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 me by 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!


July 2010
Hailey's War: A Novel by Jodi Compton (ARC)
Crystal Line: (Crystal Singer Novel) by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
Jane Bites Back: A Novel by Michael Thomas Ford
Insatiable by Meg Cabot
After the Fall: A Novel by Kylie Ladd (ARC)
Murder at Longbourn: A Mystery by Tracy Kiely
The Postmistress: A Novel by Sarah Blake
The Spellman Files: A Novel (Spellman PI #1) by Lisa Lutz
Curse of the Spellmans: A Novel (Spellman PI #2) by Lisa Lutz
Needles and Pearls: A Novel by Gil McNeil
Leaving the World: A Novel by Douglas Kennedy (Galley)
Huck: The Remarkabel True Story of How One Lost Puppy Taught a Family--and a Whole Town--About Hope and Happy Endings by Janet Elder (ARC)
52 Loaves: One Man's Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust by William Alexander
Nancy's Theory of Style by Grace Coopersmith
Revenge of the Spellmans: A Novel (Spellman PI #3) by Lisa Lutz
The Spellmans Strike Again: A Novel (Spellman PI #4) by Lisa Lutz
Hurricanes in Paradise: A Novel by Denise Hildreth
Turning Tables: A Novel by Heather and Rose MAcDowell

August 2010
Black Magic Sanction (Rachel Morgan #8) by Kim Harrison
Everything Nice: A Novel by Ellen Shanman
Bone Appetit: A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery by Carolyn Haines
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel by Aimee Bender
A Fortunate Age: A Novel by Joanna Smith Rakoff (didn't finish)
Eighteen Acres: A Novel by Nicolle Wallace (ARC)
Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
Strangers at the Feast: A Novel by Jennifer Vanderbes (ARC didn't finish)
The King's Mistress: A Novel by Emma Campion (ARC)
Jane Slayre: The Literary Classic with a Blood-Sucking Twist by Charlotte Brontë and Sherri Browning Erwin

September 2010
For Emergencies Ring Super by Ellen Emerson White (reread)
Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived In That House by Meghan Daum
The Search by Nora Roberts
Zombies of the Gene Pool by Sharyn McCrumb
Ghouls Gone Wild (Ghost Hunter Mysteries, No. 4) by Victoria Laurie
Sea Escape: A Novel by Lynne Griffin
Homicide in Hardcove: A Bibliophile Mystery by Kate Carlisle
Abrabam Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Juliet: A Novel by Anne Fortier
Sizzling Sixteen (A Stephanie Plum Mystery) by Janet Evanovich
Maybe This Time: A Novel by Jennifer Cruise


The Second Quarter List for 2010 can be found here.

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