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By C. Janelle Posted on November 1, 2020November 1, 2020

Bookends: October 2020

During the pandemic, when each day seems to blend into the next, I’ve been trying to make holidays and birthdays stand out a little more. This is not an innate … Continue reading Bookends: October 2020

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, Halloween, Horror fiction, mystery, Revolutionary War, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on October 13, 2020

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Another title from my Cavalcade of Classics, Round 2, which is experiencing a Monty Python moment (“Not dead yet!”). This novel is a gorgeous, depressing, incredible portrait of a generation … Continue reading Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Brideshead Revisited, Cavalcade of Classics, Classics Club, Evelyn Waugh
Dragonfruit Flower
By C. Janelle Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020

Bookends: September 2020

As I see posts about pumpkin spice and cozy sweaters, the highs for the next few days are at or near 100. Autumn is my favorite season everywhere but San … Continue reading Bookends: September 2020

Categories: BooksTags: anti-racism, book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, Donner Party, Revolutionary War, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on September 1, 2020September 7, 2020

Bookends: August 2020

As September begins, our county has just been downgraded from the “widespread” to the “substantial” tier of COVID-19 presence, which means some indoor things are opening back up again, some … Continue reading Bookends: August 2020

Categories: BooksTags: anti-racism, book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on August 1, 2020September 1, 2020

Bookends: July 2020

Although July wasn’t really any better than June, and in some ways it was even worse, I find myself in a better frame of mind at the end of July … Continue reading Bookends: July 2020

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, Meditation, seashell, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on July 1, 2020September 1, 2020

Bookends: June 2020

With rising rates of COVID-19 combined with the annual question mark of the flu season (and did you know you can get both at the same time? Fun!), the second … Continue reading Bookends: June 2020

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, butterfly, COVID-19, gettbr, Tailored Book Recommendations, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on June 1, 2020September 1, 2020

Bookends: May 2020

Late May involved a convergence of paradigm-challenging elements. There’s COVID-19 and the ongoing stay-at-home order coupled with the gradual easing of restrictions, which brings both a sense of hope that … Continue reading Bookends: May 2020

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, COVID-19, stay-at-home, US History
By C. Janelle Posted on May 1, 2020September 1, 2020

Bookends: April 2020

Over the course of this first full month of California’s stay-at-home order, I’ve grown accustomed to rolling with whatever emotions come up for me each day. Not that I’m adept … Continue reading Bookends: April 2020

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, cats, routines, stay-at-home
By C. Janelle Posted on April 1, 2020September 1, 2020

Bookends: March 2020

My spouse likes to tell the story of the day he, our toddler, and I were driving home from an errand and we saw a van hit a pedestrian. My … Continue reading Bookends: March 2020

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Books
By C. Janelle Posted on March 5, 2020December 16, 2020

Bookends: December 2019 – February 2020

These past few months saw a lot of books, both fiction and nonfiction, about violence (war, murder, sexual assault), suicide, mental illness, and adoption. I tend to gravitate towards darker … Continue reading Bookends: December 2019 – February 2020

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Books
By C. Janelle Posted on January 25, 2020December 16, 2020

Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi Cottrell

Helen Moran is in her shared studio apartment in Manhattan accepting delivery of her roommate’s new IKEA sofa when she gets the call telling her that her brother is dead. … Continue reading Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi Cottrell

Categories: BooksTags: audiobooks, book review, Books, Mental Health
By C. Janelle Posted on January 9, 2020December 16, 2020

The Art of War by Sun-Tzu

The Art of War is the first of the titles on my Cavalcade of Classics, Round 2 list that I’ve finished this year. Making progress! Filled with guidance about war … Continue reading The Art of War by Sun-Tzu

Categories: BooksTags: book review, Books, Cavalcade of Classics, Classics Club, The Art of War

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