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Category: Monthly wrap-up

2020 Wrap-Up

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 ~ Home For Wayward Books ~ Leave a comment

I started this blog mid-year, so it doesn't capture all of my 2020 reading. As I'm sure is true for most people, it was a weird year reading-wise. Some months I read a ton, and in other months I couldn't read at all. Despite that, I wound up reading 64 books--not quite my goal of … Continue reading 2020 Wrap-Up

July Wrap-Up

August 3, 2020August 2, 2020 ~ Home For Wayward Books ~ 2 Comments

Eleven books in July! Not a bad reading month at all. My favorite is probably the last one I finished and the one I reviewed yesterday, On a Hoof and Prayer by Polly Evans. Several counted for my Dewey Decimal Challenge (On a Hoof and a Prayer, Incredible Women Inventors, and Clearing Clutter), and others … Continue reading July Wrap-Up

June Wrap-Up

July 5, 2020 ~ Home For Wayward Books ~ Leave a comment

Sometimes I read some unusual books for my Dewey Decimal Challenge, and my June stack includes a few of those--Herefordshire Speech, The Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team, and I'm Not Hanging Noodles by Your Ears. The good part is that I learn some obscure but interesting info. From Herefordshire Speech by Winifred Leeds, I … Continue reading June Wrap-Up

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For the second book of my feminism theme month, I read Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby. It feels a bit like cheating to read something so fun and count it toward a serious theme, but, hey, there is some real stuff about gender roles and expectations about women’s bodies.
I Feel Seen: Dr. Deborah Tannen's Talking From 9 to 5⁠⠀
Book Haul: A Miscellany⁠⠀
The title sums it up well: The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, & Play by James C. Whorton. We all know about issues with lead poisoning, whether in water pipes, paint, or from industrial processes, and I had read about the problems with exposure to phosphorus in match production and other industries. But I didn't know much at all about arsenic, other than as a plot device in Arsenic and Old Lace. ⁠⠀
Grab-Bag Book Haul⁠⠀
Book Review: The Merry Spinster⁠⠀

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