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Author: C. Janelle

By C. Janelle Posted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Bookends: January 2023

In January I focused on reading from the Tournament of Books Shortlist. I made some decent progress and completed 10 of the 18 titles. I finished 7 in December (well, … Continue reading Bookends: January 2023

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Books, reading
By C. Janelle Posted on January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

2022: My Year in Books

This year was a more adventurous year than I’ve had since 2019. My family traveled for three weeks this summer (two weeks road tripping through western states hiking in high … Continue reading 2022: My Year in Books

Categories: BooksTags: Annual report, bookends, Books, Build Your Library curriculum, reading, TheStoryGraph, year in books
By C. Janelle Posted on November 30, 2022December 4, 2022

Bookends: November 2022

I read long ago that if you take a blogging break, there’s no need even to mention it when you return, so this is me not mentioning it. November was … Continue reading Bookends: November 2022

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Books, reading
By C. Janelle Posted on October 24, 2021

Birthday Challenge

I’m planning a thing for my birthday this year. This thing is inspired by Katy Bowman’s 44th birthday challenge. The essence of this thing: walk 10 miles a day for … Continue reading Birthday Challenge

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Birthday, midlife crisis, walking
By C. Janelle Posted on October 16, 2021October 16, 2021

Different Stories

Last weekend, my spouse and I celebrated our twenty-second wedding anniversary, but whether we actually “celebrated” it or not depends on the story we tell. One version of the story … Continue reading Different Stories

Categories: MarriageTags: anniversary, Marriage, stories
By C. Janelle Posted on October 4, 2021October 2, 2021

On the “New Normal”

Lately, our theme seems to be “almost normal.” My kids have started going back to in-person orchestra rehearsals, which is “normal” by pre-pandemic standards while being infused with pandemic modifications: … Continue reading On the “New Normal”

Categories: BooksTags: COVID-19, masks, new normal
By C. Janelle Posted on October 2, 2021October 2, 2021

Bookends: September 2021

With the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this month, I saw two things: a lot of posts and commentary about the sense of unity that existed in the United … Continue reading Bookends: September 2021

Categories: BooksTags: 9/11, book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, Racism, reading, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on September 6, 2021September 6, 2021

Bookends: August 2021

This month, the theme in our family seems to be reinventing ourselves. My teen has asked to be called by a different name and has started exploring personal style via … Continue reading Bookends: August 2021

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, Friendship, reading, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on August 1, 2021July 31, 2021

Bookends: July 2021

July has been a strange month. My spouse was going to go back to work on-site, but Delta variant caused the call-back date to be pushed back a few months. … Continue reading Bookends: July 2021

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, memoirs, mice, mystery, reading, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on July 4, 2021

Bookends: May and June 2021

After three of our four family members got vaccinated, my spouse and I started thinking of things we could do as a couple that would still protect our youngest until … Continue reading Bookends: May and June 2021

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, memoirs, mice, mystery, reading, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on May 28, 2021May 28, 2021

Trial and Error

I like learning new things, but I hate making mistakes. I don’t mind the “trial” part but the “error” part is distinctly painful. In a way, then, parenting and homeschooling … Continue reading Trial and Error

Categories: HomeschoolTags: Child development, homeschool, homeschooling high school, Parenting, teenagers
By C. Janelle Posted on May 3, 2021

Bookends: April 2021

Well, our foster mice weren’t (and aren’t) pregnant. Now they’re available for adoption but still living in my daughter’s bedroom. The cats have almost entirely lost interest in the new … Continue reading Bookends: April 2021

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, memoirs, mice, mystery, reading, US History

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