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ReadingWhileMommying
Mar 22, 20219 min read
The Book Beat - March 21, 2021
Happy Spring, book friends! It's still a bit chilly here, but I'm loving seeing the flowers start to bloom and being able to read outside...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Mar 15, 20218 min read
The Book Beat - March 15, 2021
Happy Monday, book friends! I hope if, like me, you're in the northeast US or somewhere where it's always warm, you got out to enjoy the...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Feb 28, 202112 min read
The Book Beat - February 28, 2021
Happy Sunday, book friends! Another week, more books to buy, read, and talk about! It's been a busy week for book news (yay!) and a...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Feb 14, 20219 min read
The Book Beat - February 14, 2021
Happy Valentine's Day, book friends! Although this day may be considered a Hallmark-manufactured holiday, I love it. I mean a day that's...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Feb 8, 20218 min read
The Book Beat - February 7, 2021
Happy snowy Sunday, book friends! I hope that if you're in a snowy part of the country like me, you're taking advantage of this day to...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Jan 31, 20218 min read
The Book Beat - January 31, 2021
Happy Sunday, book friends! It's the start of week 46-ish of the Covid pandemic. How are we feeling? I know, I know. Enough already,...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Jan 17, 202112 min read
The Book Beat - January 17, 2021
Happy weekend, book friends! Although I didn't get as much reading done this past week as I would have liked, I did read some and, as...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Dec 31, 20207 min read
The Book Beat - December 31, 2020
An end-of-the-year wrap-up of the books and short stories I read and some book news. Here's to a happier, healthier, book-filled 2021!
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ReadingWhileMommying
Dec 2, 20206 min read
The Book Beat - December 2, 2020
Hello, book friends! As 2020 comes to a rapid close (yay?!), I wanted to get one or two more blog posts in before the new year. So here...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Oct 23, 202010 min read
The Book Beat - October 23, 2020
"...how did I not know Judy Blume owns and literally works in her own bookstore in Florida! ReadingWhileMommying field trip post COVID?"
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ReadingWhileMommying
Apr 25, 20204 min read
The Book Beat - April 24, 2020
Happy weekend, book friends! Another week, more working from home, helping with schooling, front-porch reading, and trying to stay...
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ReadingWhileMommying
Apr 18, 20207 min read
The Book Beat - What's the Date Again?
"Thankfully I finished Untamed by Glennon Doyle & it helped soothe my emotional psyche during this tough time."
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ReadingWhileMommying
Apr 4, 20205 min read
The Book Beat - April 3, 2020
I have four books going at the moment and although I'm enjoying them, I can't seem to devote my usual concentration. But I will keep trying.
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ReadingWhileMommying
Mar 28, 20206 min read
The Book Beat - March 27, 2020
The calming cloak of fiction can sometimes not be enough to protect from the deep-seated cold of real-life fear.
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ReadingWhileMommying
Mar 14, 20206 min read
The Book Beat - March 13, 2020
A bunch of book and short story recs for coronavirus downtime at home. Stay safe & healthy, all!
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ReadingWhileMommying
Feb 21, 20203 min read
The Book Beat - February 21, 2020
"I have to say, the stories I have for you this week are fun, exciting, and uplifting, which we all need in today’s crazy world."
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ReadingWhileMommying
Jan 20, 20205 min read
Book Review: Know My Name by Chanel Miller
It inverts the woman-victim-of-the-man narrative to be woman-caused-man-to-assault-her-and-caused-his-life-to-be-hurt one.
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ReadingWhileMommying
Jan 14, 20201 min read
The Most-Checked-Out Books of All Time (from NYPL)
It's nice to see a list that features so many books that promote positive, uplifting messages.
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ReadingWhileMommying
Dec 6, 20195 min read
The Book Beat - December 6, 2019
Dictionary.com word of the year. Less Hawthorne, more romance. Little Women revived on page and screen. Mary Oliver's Upstream.
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ReadingWhileMommying
Nov 27, 20193 min read
The Book Beat - November 27, 2019
The Book Beat: Small bookstores FTW! WVA inmates pay to read. Gemma Correll comics. Noah Saterstrom's gorgeous painting on The Dutch House
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