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Top Ten Tuesday

Buzzwords and Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book

The descriptors book marketers use tell you a lot about who they think you are. These are the ones that pull me in and the ones that send me running.

author, premise or hype

New-to-me Authors Read in 2025

A Top Ten Tuesday list of new-to-me authors I read in 2025, plus the real question underneath: was I pulled in by the author, the premise, or the hype, and did the book deliver?

Reflections on Rebel Girl

Thoughts and marginalia from engaging with this book over time—moments that landed, stories that stayed, insights worth revisiting.

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