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By Charity Posted on January 1, 2021

2020: My Year in Books

At the beginning of 2020, I set my Goodreads challenge goal at 52 books, just over half as many books as I read in 2019. I hypothesized that the book-a-week … Continue reading 2020: My Year in Books

Categories: BooksTags: Annual report, Beanstack, bookends, Books, Build Your Library curriculum, Goodreads, LibraryThing, litsy, reading, TheStoryGraph, year in books
By Charity Posted on January 1, 2021December 31, 2020

Bookends: December 2020

December brought my pandemic birthday, pandemic Christmas, pandemic New Year’s Eve, and the rain I’ve so anxiously been hoping for. I couldn’t stand rain when I lived in Ohio. A … Continue reading Bookends: December 2020

Categories: BooksTags: book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, Indigenous Authors, mountains, mystery, reading, Tailored Book Recommendations, US History
By Charity Posted on December 3, 2020

Bookends: November 2020

“Thanksgiving has been cancelled.” I heard this multiple times this past month, and it always caused my brow to furrow. Maybe Thanksgiving looked different this year, maybe we had to … Continue reading Bookends: November 2020

Categories: BooksTags: American Civil War, book review, bookends, Build Your Library curriculum, mystery, sunset, Thanksgiving, US History, War of 1812
By Charity 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
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By Charity 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 Charity 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 Charity 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 Charity 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 Charity 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 Charity 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 Charity 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 Charity Posted on December 6, 2019

Bookends: November 2019

Our November was filled with mad science, unexpected reunions with family, and more rain than we usually see around these parts. With all of that going on, December snuck up … Continue reading Bookends: November 2019

Categories: BooksTags: beach, book review, bookends, Books

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