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January Wrap-Up

I read a lot more this month than I have in a while. Part of it is being off work for most of the month. Part of it is distracting myself from the winter, particularly the winter of this pandemic. The rates, the restriction, the closing in, the cold. I felt better after the 20th was over. I feel confident that I will get the vaccine sometime this year. But I still just want to escape.

I'm lucky. I have a lovely cozy place to huddle up with my beloved spouse and dogs. I'm safe. I have everything I need. I just have to find it. 

 Books Read This Month

  1. The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
  2. Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
  3. Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan
  4. Paper Brigade 2020-21
  5. One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross by Harry Kemelman
  6. Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
  7. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
  8. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
  9. Last Day on Mars by Kevin Emerson
Favorite Book This Month

1. The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

It helps to start off the month (and year) with such an absorbing read. I started it right after we finished watching the second season of HBO's His Dark Materials, so I was already immersed in the world. Philip Pullman just gets better with age. His writing still seems so vital and complex and layered and true, and I can't wait for the rest of Lyra's story, which still feels like the whole universe's story. 


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Judy Krueger said…
I am looking forward to the Philip Pullman book, so much! I feel hopeful that the pandemic will be over by spring.
January 31, 2021 at 12:49 PM
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