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melindabrasher
Jan 3, 20231 min read
My 2022 Reading List Highlights
Like many of you, I do the Goodreads yearly book challenge. My goal was to read 50 books and I managed to read 52. Of course, half of...
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melindabrasher
Jan 7, 20222 min read
Highlights of my 2021 Reading List
Here are the best books I read in 2021 based purely on my enjoyment: 1) Look Big; and other tips for surviving animal encounters of all...
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melindabrasher
May 12, 20211 min read
Winterkeep, by Kristin Cashore
Cashore's Graceling is one of my favorite fantasy books ever. Winterkeep is the fourth in the series, with a very different feel, and...
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melindabrasher
Apr 5, 20213 min read
Highlights of my 2020 Reading List
Here are the best books I read in 2020, based purely on my enjoyment: 1) Extraordinary Birds, by Sandy Stark McGinnis—A beautiful middle...
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melindabrasher
Feb 4, 20211 min read
Favorite Books from my Youth
Here are some of the books I remember liking most from my high school years. You'll notice a high proportion of fantasy, science fiction,...
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melindabrasher
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Frostblood, by Elly Blake
I read part of this as an e-book and listened to the rest as an audiobook, and I thought the reader, Jennifer English, was really good....
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melindabrasher
Jul 25, 20201 min read
My Lady Jane, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows.
I enjoyed this. It's a strange style, with lots of "dear reader"-type sections where the narrators address the reader directly. It quite...
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melindabrasher
Jul 18, 20201 min read
Interesting Fantasy Cover Comparison
I've read both of these books recently, but only after finishing the second did I realize how similar their covers are. And...the plots...
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melindabrasher
Jul 3, 20202 min read
Highlights of my 2019 Reading List
Here are the best books I read in 2019, based purely on my enjoyment 1) The Other Side of Lost, by Jessi Kirby, a YA novel about a girl...
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melindabrasher
Jun 22, 20201 min read
Opposite of Always by Justin A Reynolds
This is a book I found on a "Best of 2019 YA Literature" list. I really enjoyed it. It has a sort of Groundhog Day premise, with our...
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