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June 22, 2017
#RiotGrams day 22
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In June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
22 – Current Read[image error]
Fifteen Poems by Leonard Cohen.
“The poems don’t love us any more
they don’t want to love us
they don’t want to be poems
Do not summon us, they say
We can’t help...
June 21, 2017
#RiotGrams day 21
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In June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
21 – Animal Covers[image error]
This one was a no-brainer. There was really only one choice for today’s topic, and that’s Shy by John Inman. It’s a hilarious book, and all the animals on this...
Life signs and blurbs
Hi everyone. Just wanted to say that I’m alive. It feels like forever since I was here on the blog. I know it might not seem that way, considering I’ve been posting something every day (almost, with the exception for the 11th) this month, but that’s the magic of pre-written, scheduled blog posts, my friends.
In reality, I’ve been far too busy to blog, so good thing I decided to do that challenge! It all started on May 27th with the release of Find His Way Home. A new release is fabulous and f...
June 20, 2017
#RiotGrams day 20
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In June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
20 – Celestial/Solstice[image error]
I prefer to watch sci-fi over reading it, but this book is awesome.
However, I hate it when a book is rereleased with the movie tie-in cover. Why oh why, d...
June 19, 2017
#RiotGrams day 19
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In June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
19 – Opposites[image error]
Let’s start with comparison of the first paragraphs of the books. You know which one I mean, one of the most classics openings of a book ever:
Pride and Prejudice:...June 18, 2017
#RiotGrams day 18
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I n June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
18 – Book That Made You Cry[image error]
I think I cried for forty-five minutes straight at the end of this book. It wasn’t a pretty sight, and my husband threatened to forbid me to buy more b...
June 17, 2017
#RiotGrams day 17
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In June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
17 – Get CraftyI’m not really a crafty person, so I can’t take credit for the craftiness in the following pictures, but I’m gonna post it anyway. Otherwise there would be no post...
June 16, 2017
#RiotGrams day 16
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In June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
16 – Set Near Where You Live[image error]
I admit, this is pretty lame. We got this book as a gift from our friends when we moved here in 2012 and I haven’t used it once 
June 15, 2017
#RiotGrams day 15
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In June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
15 – Favorite Twist[image error]
My choice for this topic is this fabulous book: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, by Ian Doescher. And yes. It’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s the Star Wars...
June 14, 2017
#RiotGrams day 14
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In June, I’m partaking in a bookish Instagram challenge here on the blog. Pictures are required (because Instagram), so I’ll post a pic with some explanation or other every day. The challenge is courtesy of Bookriot. And if you’ve got Instagram and want to see what other people come up with, just check #riotgrams.
14 – Cookbook/Food-Themed Book[image error]
Food for thought by Amy Lane is a part of a series Tales of the Curious Cookbook so I’m going to proclaim this a double whammy. Tales of the Curious...
