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Find Your 2026 Reading Word of the Year
Here's a twist on the 'Word of the Year' craze, especially for readers.
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Five Books to Make You Feel Cozy
A list of books to get you through the cold, winter months
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Life after Amazon
What started as a political boycott, ended in a richer life.
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Ready to Read
So many reading "holidays" so little time & my favorite fall books
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Where the Sidwalk Ends
Runaway horses, armless men, and housewives singing Happy Trails. It’s just another summer afternoon in suburban Ohio in the early 1980s.
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The Little Mermaid
Learning how to swim, Selkies, and Esther Williams
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Maritime Tales
I think I was a whaler's wife in a past life
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Summer Reading List from the 1980s
Books I was too young to read, but stole from my mother's bookcase anyway
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A Recipe for Chicken Tamale Pie in Four Acts
Bisquick, cult members, and a disco ball
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