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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, December 21, 2010

Auntie Nettie Reads A LOT 2010 - 4th 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, as a general rule, 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 a public library.

Go forth, use your library card and READ!

October 2010
A Desirable Residence: A Novel by Madeleine Wickham (didn't finish)
Maybe this Time: A Novel by Jennifer Cruise
Just One Taste: A Recipe for Love Novel (No. 3) by Louisa Edwards
Blameless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel (No. 3) by Gail Carriger
If Books Could Kill: A Bibliophile Mystery (No. 2) by Kate Carlisle
The Cookbook Collector: A Novel by Allegra Goodman
Becoming Queen Victoria: The Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte

and the Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch by Kate Williams
Naked Heat (Nikki Heat #2) by Richard Castle
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire (No. 6) by Naomi Novik
Chasing Lilacs: A Novel by Carla Stewart
Knit in Comfort: Novel by Isabel Sharpe
Small Change by Sheila Roberts
Dead Cat Bounce: A Novel by Norman Green (Didn't finish/wrong book)
A Glimpse of Evil (Psychic Eye Mysteries, Book 8) by Victoria Laurie
Electra Galaxy's Mr. Interstellar Feller by Candace Sams
Hard to Hold by Julie Leto

November 2010
Waking Up in the Land of Glitter: A Crafty Chica Novel by Kathy Cano-Murillo
Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega, 1) by Patricia Briggs
Hunting Ground (Alpha and Omega, 2) by Patricia Briggs
How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly: A Novel by Connie May Fowler (didn't finish)
Deep Dish: A Novel by Mary Kay Andrews
The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers:

An Unconventional Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
A Vintage Affair: A Novel by Isabel Wolff
The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir by Elna Baker* *(parental units should not read)
The Island: A Novel
by Elin Hilerbrand
Happy Ever After (Bridal Quartet No. 4) by Nora Roberts
Foundation (A Novel of Valdemar, Collegium Chronicles, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey
Intrigues (A Novel of Valdemar, Collegium Chronicles, Book 2) by Mercedes Lackey
Trio of Sorcery by Mercedes Lackey
This Must Be the Place: A Novel by Kate Racculia

December 2010
Dragongirl (Pern) by Todd McCaffrey
2 books by Carolyn Haines - couldn't finish before due date
The Pursuit of Happiness: A Novel by Douglas Kennedy (galley)
The Ask: A Novel by Sam Lipsyte (didn't/couldn't finish)
365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life by John Kralik (ARC)
* CAN'T RECOMMEND ENOUGH!
Completed slacked off and reread some romance novels from my own collection - too much work, not enough sleep
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzgerald (ARC reread)
Crescendo (Book 2) by Becca Fitzgerald
The Recipe Club: A Novel about Food and Friendship by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel


Previous reading lists may be found here.

Happy Reading!

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