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June 2022 Wrap-Up

July 8, 2022July 7, 2022 / beckmank / Leave a comment

Wow! I read eleven books in June. Check it out - there's something here for everyone!

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April/May 2022 Wrap-Up

June 18, 2022 / beckmank / Leave a comment

Things have been so busy for me lately, I'm just now getting around to my April/May wrap-up. Check out these (lucky?) 13 books I read! (Okay, I actually listened to nine of them.)

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A Thousand Steps. A Mini Review.

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 / beckmank / 1 Comment

Awesome cover. Fantastic setting (1960s California). Slow-paced mystery.

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Other People’s Lives. A Mini Review.

April 18, 2022 / beckmank / 1 Comment

4/5 Stairs. A fun and twisty read! Toss this into your bag, perfect for the beach or the pool this summer.

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March 2022 Wrap-Up

April 12, 2022April 10, 2022 / beckmank / 3 Comments

March went by in a blur! Sorry for this late wrap up. See the five books I managed to read last month!

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Almost 30 years ago I read my first Nancy Drew book, "The Hidden Staircase." I've had a love affair with mysteries ever since. -Kristi.
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We went on vacation for a week in July. I brought four books, but only managed to read two of them. Loved them both, and each book ended up speaking to me on a personal level as well.
4/5 Stairs to The Charmed List by Julie Abe. Super cute YA romcom with a sprinkle of magic. Ellie has created a list of 13 items to complete over the summer so she can stop being a wallflower. She's enlisted her best friend Lia to help check items off the list as they take a road trip down California's cost. The problem? Before they leave, they tackle item #4 on the list -Revenge on Jack Yasuda - which doesn't go as planned, instead turning Ellie's world upside down. Now she's got to make her road trip with none other than her number one enemy - you guessed it, Jack - and try to face her list on her own.
Hello August! In all honesty, I’m probably going to keep my reading light this month with more cozy mysteries and romcoms. However, I loved the dark coloring in my #alwaysfullybookedplanner (by @littleinklingsdesign ! Gorgeous, right??) so I pulled some dark books from the shelf. I still need to read all of these! If I do pick one of the books in this photo up, which should it be?
3.5 Stairs to The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle. Fun cozy mystery for book lovers! This is set in San Francisco and centers around a library fundraiser - The Mark Twain Festival. This mystery is character-focused, and the book builds at a slow pace. I had not read a book in this series before, but had no problem picking this up and enjoying it.

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