Review: This Book Made Me Think of You

This Book Made Me Think of You
This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Another one that didn’t keep my interest and I finally had to give up. This was fun for a while but also relatively formulaic ๐Ÿ™

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Review: To Kill a Cook

To Kill a Cook
To Kill a Cook by W.M. Akers
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Really enjoyed this one. I liked the narration, i liked the main character. It wasn’t as funny as Finlay Donovan but it was interesting and i loved all the food details.

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Review: So Old, So Young

So Old, So Young
So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

I am not rating this story because I had to walk away from it about halfway through. Maybe it’s because I am not a millennial and wasn’t the target audience. Either way, this one did not keep my interest. maybe at some point i can come back to it.

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2026 โ€“ Onward โ€“ Feb 23

Here we are, one more week to go before February is over. It’s the fastest of the months.

Big Goal: Done with it all, except for the few things that won’t be ready until March. Done for this month on this one. It’s all just tiny details left now and then thankfully it’s on to the professionals.

  • Progress on the big five:
    • Y: I sent the initial funds too. Still waiting for them to redo and submit. Let’s hope it happens this week.
    • G: Still didn’t find movers yet. Will do one more sweep this week and see if I can get it done.
    • S: Done with blood tests. Just the Wed appointment now.
    • Sa: no progress here, i think this will have to wait a bit.
    • D: nothing for this one for now either.
  • Three Medium goals:
    • art: I totally didn’t think I would but I completely did this one! Good job, Karen.
    • cook: no update on this one.
    • peloton: not doing much on this either. but i will say I walked 85K steps during the week so I’ll count that for now.
    • insta: honestly haven’t been tracking this one, but consistently under my limit.
  • Start: i took one this week. but definitely not daily.
  • Stop:ย did not do this on vacation.
  • Continue:ย i did terrible last week. will try again this week.
  • Brave:ย i did a great job on the trip. many disasters but rescued each one. missed sadie like mad but came home safe and sound. good job, mama!

So proud of myself and how much I am doing. Day by day, drop by drop.

Here’s to another week. Paying attention. Savoring and living in awe. And taking steps to move onward.

Review: 107 Days

107 Days
107 Days by Kamala Harris
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Read this for an assignment. It was interesting but not as deeply interesting as I was hoping it would be. Fast read and some thought-provoking bits.

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Review: That Night

That Night
That Night by Gillian McAllister
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love reading McAllister’s books. Once I pick them up, I always know I will not be able to put them down. This was no exception. I was reading another story during vacation where I noticed that my attention kept wandering so I switched to this story and within seconds I was hooked and didn’t want to stop reading until I was done.

This is the story of what it means to be a family. A dysfunctional family that has become enmeshed through an early loss and now doesn’t know how to untangle themselves. Then the unthinkable happens and they show up for each other. Of course, they show up for each other.

But then. Then, they can’t let it go. They start unraveling one by one, bit by bit. Their worst enemy is coming from within. The guilt eats at them. It colors everything and everyone they look at. And then they start questioning each other.

And then it unravels even further. Until there’s no way to make it right ever again.

Great story about the narrow narrow line between being loyal and being dysfunctional.

with gratitude to netgalley and William Morrow for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Review: We Burned So Bright

We Burned So Bright
We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This little book has so much packed in it. It’s sad and hopeful and so thought-provoking. It’s what we’ve come to love from T.J. Klune about how it feels to be different humans in the world, what struggle looks like and the different shapes and forms it can take. And how we can love endlessly and still not always be able to help in the right ways. How we can’t really help those who don’t want to be helped and how it’s tricky to be a human on this earth. This book will break your heart over and over again and then really break it before it’s over.

And it will stay with you a long time, like all Klune’s stories do.

with gratitude to netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Review: The Exes

The Exes
The Exes by Leodora Darlington
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Meh this one dragged on forever and by the time the twists came, i couldn’t care less.

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Review: The Astral Library

The Astral Library
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars

A lovely story that was joyful to read. Books about books, taking place in libraries is my happy place.

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2026 โ€“ Onward โ€“ Feb 16

Halfway through February already. It’s like January crawls and February sprints.

Big Goal: I did everything I can until the 21st. I also did the other two tasks I needed to do and I emailed the person who helps me with taxes so they know it’s coming. Nothing more to be done here until Saturday

  • Progress on the big five:
    • Y: All done here for what I can do, signed contract, paid deposit, signed hoa form, waiting for them to submit.
    • G: didn’t find movers yet. will hope/plan to schedule for next week if i can pull it off.
    • S: Next step is blood tests and the second appointment towards the end of the month.
    • Sa: no progress here, i think this will have to wait a bit.
    • D: nothing for this one for now either.
  • Three Medium goals:
    • art: I did two more this week so making progress here.
    • cook: honestly not sure i have bandwidth for this one right now, got the one but who knows if any more.
    • peloton: still, nothing happening here. the other work is my exercise atm.
    • insta: honestly haven’t been tracking this one, but not doing terribly most days
  • Start: totally failed on this one, will see if i can do better.
  • Stop: yea not doing this
  • Continue: so so on this one, working but not as consistently.
  • Brave:ย trip coming up!

I’m proud of all the progress I’ve made. Things are moving. Slowly but consistently.

Here’s to another week. Paying attention. Savoring and living in awe. And taking steps to move onward.

Review: Winter’s Curse

Winter's Curse
Winter’s Curse by Mary Stone
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

#2 was a little less interesting for me for some reason but still enough for me to keep reading more! ๐Ÿ™‚

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Review: Winter’s Mourn

Winter's Mourn
Winter’s Mourn by Mary Stone
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars.

this series is new to me and i discovered it from an email recommendation. i liked the main character and the pacing, will keep reading them!

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