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Mid-Year Check-In
**I pour myself a glass of orange juice and read the paper. I skim the text and turn the pages. The sky is dark outside, promising some rain. I fold the newspaper and place it beside me and continue to… Continue reading
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Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag 2025
**I look at my reading like an accountant looking at numbers. I flip through pages to remember what happened and go through each one, thinking about my favorites of the year thus far as well as any emotions I felt… Continue reading
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May Wrap-Up
**I wrap a scarf around my neck even though the weather is warm, but I want to feel comfortable so I pull it tighter around me. I pull the curtains open and bask in the late morning sun. I take… Continue reading
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June TBR
**The birds chirp a song as I clean my little cottage. Some late spring cleaning will really brighten the place up. I clean the floors, dust the shelves, and somehow get distracted by the books that are on it and… Continue reading
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Best Relationships in Books
**Summer is such a great time to read. It always feels like there’s more time and the books you read are more investing. It’s such a great time for romance books and any type of love story as well. I… Continue reading
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Book Unhaul
**I scour my shelves and start plucking books off like I’m picking petals from a flower. I let them drop to the floor and wait for them to wither. Instead of a graceful dance, the books make a thud as… Continue reading
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Summer Reads
**The weather is starting to break. Blue skies, birds chirping, warm sun beating down. Summer is getting closer. I stare up at the sky and try to see images in the clouds. One looks like a bird ready for flight,… Continue reading
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One Year of Bookishcore!
**The garden grows bright flowers and the grass that hugs the path to my little cottage grows higher with every passing day. I walk through the grass and take it all in; my little cottage where I can spend my… Continue reading
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Books That Should Have Special Editions
**One of the shoppes in town specializes in sprayed edges. The books have intricate art decorating the ends of the pages. I decided to stop by and see some of them for myself. They have many colors and pictures and… Continue reading
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The Rosewood Hunt Review
**The book sits on my shelf and stares at me. I recently read it and put it in its proper place after waiting to read it for some time now. It just hadn’t yet called to me but I did… Continue reading









