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Movie Time: The Best Picture Nominees
I love movies. Not as much as I love books, mind you, but still a lot. Every year, my husband and I (and his parents!) watch all of the...
Krysta MacDonald
Mar 4, 20183 min read
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Book Review: The Pilot's Wife
Ah, Thursday. The weekend is in sight. Plus this one is special, with that whole brand, shiny new weekend-ness. And Thursday is extra...
Krysta MacDonald
Mar 1, 20182 min read
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Fiction: Genre vs. Literary
A few years ago I didn't know there was a difference between literary fiction and genre fiction. In case you don't know, I thought I'd...
Krysta MacDonald
Feb 25, 20182 min read
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Book Review: Outlander
After a friend and former coworker recommended and lent me this book about, oh, eight years ago, and after I left it sitting on my shelf...
Krysta MacDonald
Feb 22, 20183 min read
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Once More, Into the Fray
Well, hopefully it's not a life and death situation, but I have news. I've talked about this off and on, and realized something. I didn't...
Krysta MacDonald
Feb 18, 20181 min read
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Recommended Romantic Reads
Happy Valentine's Day! I'm not big on the holiday, which is probably shocking, considering I'm a major fan of romance and cheesiness and...
Krysta MacDonald
Feb 14, 20183 min read
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A "Grain" of Salt: Listening to my Critics
I've been sitting on this post for a while, reading and rereading and tweaking what I wanted to say. A couple weeks ago, I had a pretty...
Krysta MacDonald
Feb 13, 20183 min read
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Recommended Reads: The Olympics
Happy Olympics season, everyone! I know there are problems with the finances and everything, with discrepancies and politics and health...
Krysta MacDonald
Feb 10, 20184 min read
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Book Review: It
I can't believe I haven't done my review yet for Stephen King's It. I know I've written about it in recommended lists, especially around...
Krysta MacDonald
Feb 8, 20183 min read
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Book Review: All is Not Forgotten
It's Thursday! You know what that means? Yes, one day closer to the weekend, obviously, but also that it's book review day! At the...
Krysta MacDonald
Feb 1, 20184 min read
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Book Review: The Hobbit
Today is my husband's birthday. (Yes, one week after mine.) He's my favourite human, and I'm pretty gosh darned glad he was born. So in...
Krysta MacDonald
Jan 25, 20182 min read
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Book Review: The Handmaid's Tale
Today is my birthday. Today, I'm 33-years-old. That's old enough to be an actual, honest-to-goodness grown up, and I have absolutely no...
Krysta MacDonald
Jan 18, 20183 min read
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Thirty-Two
Today is my last day of being thirty-two. Birthdays aren't a huge thing for me, but I do approach them the same way as a new year or new...
Krysta MacDonald
Jan 17, 20185 min read
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Book Review: Mary Green
Welcome to the first review of 2018! I always give some thought to the first read of every new year, and this year was no different. I...
Krysta MacDonald
Jan 11, 20182 min read
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Goodreads Giveaway!
Today marks the beginning of my first Goodreads giveaway! From now until the 25 you can enter to win a signed copy of The Girl with the...
Krysta MacDonald
Jan 11, 20181 min read
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Best Reads of 2017
Hello, 2018. How's it going? I've been writing and focusing a lot on this new year looming ahead of us. Our feet are planted on the road...
Krysta MacDonald
Jan 7, 20184 min read
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Happy New Year! Recommended Reads to Ring in 2018
I love New Years! A typically introspective person, there is something about reflection and looking forward into the new year that I...
Krysta MacDonald
Dec 31, 20172 min read
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Obscure Word Bingo Reading Challenge
I belong to quite a few Goodreads groups. One of my very favourites is a women's reading group called "Bound Together", and one of my...
Krysta MacDonald
Dec 30, 20173 min read
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Reading Challenges, Coming At Ya!
I love reading challenges. Love, love love them. I'm participating in 8 this year. And last year I added several once the year began, so...
Krysta MacDonald
Dec 29, 20172 min read
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The Official TBR Pile Challenge.
This is one of my reading challenges for 2018. You can find the full description here, but essentially, I am pledging to read 12 books...
Krysta MacDonald
Dec 29, 20173 min read
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