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battler of bipolar disorder
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    the particular sadness of lemon cake

    it’s late. my contacts feel grainy. my feet are asleep. i’m here on my bed waiting for husband and i just finished aimee bender’s book the particular sadness of lemon cake.

    oh, people who read my blog, i cannot believe the bounty of books i’ve had lately. it’s rare that i read two books in a [...]

    the night circus

    just popping in to say, i just finished reading the night circus by erin morgenstern on my back porch in the rain. and, can i tell you people, that i have not loved a book this much in ages. ages and ages. i feel positively enchanted. swept away. gloriously delighted.

    i wish i had written this [...]

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    so i’m on hooked on susanna kearsley. it might be that she writes romance novels. it might be that i’m systematically reading all of her books. don’t judge me.

    just finished the rose garden. while it wasn’t as consistently good as the winter sea, it did not disappoint. i even got goose bumps. yes. i said [...]

    glass castles and such

    i did it. finally. i read the glass castle. and i really liked it. sure, it was good writing. compelling story. bizarre. horrific. but mainly, it made me feel like i am not such a very big failure at parenting. heck, i feed my kids every single day whether they want it or not.

    i picked [...]

    the book trail: more than human

    a day late and a dollar short. story of my life lately. but, good news is, me and the kids safely arrived in the great state of colorado last night. [who knew they made places with so. much. sky. i can feel my whole soul stretching its arms and unraveling in the sun.]

    and with the [...]