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What I read in July

Posted on August 4, 2020August 5, 2020 by Gwen Shaneck

I haven’t been doing anything extracurricular except reading lately. It shows. I’ve now read 50 books for 2020 and it’s only July. Up until 2019 fifty was about how many books I read in a year. What was I reading? Here’s a list with a brief summary. Just a quick note. If I read it,…

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September Reads

Posted on October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 by Gwen Shaneck

I read quite a bit in September. It has been so hot and humid here in Virginia that we’ve all kind of lost any motivation to go outside and get things done – current temperature? 94 at four in the afternoon. The numbers are a bit inflated this month since I focused on reading middle…

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The Five Best Books of My Summer

Posted on September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 by Gwen Shaneck

A few years ago I started recording the books I read. I’m a completist by nature and it felt wrong to begin keeping track of my books starting in 2015. But, managed to force myself to do it. In 2015 I read 23 books. I’ve slowing increased the number of books that I’ve read each…

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Welcome to my little place in the internet. I write about my family and what it’s like to suddenly find myself homeschooling my four children – including a high schooler and two middle schoolers during COVID-19. I also spend some time writing about writing and how I am trying to get more of it in my life.

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