Category: Books
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February- First Half
I am lucky that I am here to write about this month. Did you think I died? Well, this little bird almost gave me a heart attack. I woke up one morning and walked into the living room. Channeling my best “Miss Clavel turned on her light and said, ‘something is not right,’” I realized…
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2020 in Books: A Review
In 2020, I read 67 books. 21 were non-fiction, 46 were fiction. Oooo, already I am pretty happy with myself since I did not think I had read that much non-fiction. As I look at my non-fiction books more, I’m even happier since I read fewer memoirs than I thought. My favorite book was The…
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Best Books of 2015: My picks
2015 was a pretty good year for books. My total number came in at 33, which isn’t terrible but I thought I had read more. I guess that’s the surgeon in me- always inflating my numbers! I’ve included the full list below, which is roughly in sequential order of my reading. I searched my Kindle…
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What I’ve been reading…
Compared to my pleasure reading amount over the past few years, I have been binge reading lately and loving it. Of course, if my Dad reads this post, he’ll say, “But where are the classics?!?!?” Right here, Dad, right here. Well, maybe not but I’ve enjoyed (mostly) all of them and here’s my little synopsis.…
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For the First Time in Forever…
Ha, ha. I am now on the unfortunate bandwagon of having Frozen songs stuck in my head. But do you know what this means? 1. The 6-year old cool girl clique might accept me (wrong! They’ve moved on to Sherman and Mr. Peabody!) and 2. I have time to watch movies again! Hooray! Boards are…
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Holy Smokes!
So, one of my staff said that I would talk as if I were from the 1950s. Now, this confused me because I think I curse like a modern-day sailor but what I suspect is that my Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden books from my childhood influenced the words I say when I want to…
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January, You Are Over
Oh my gosh, time does go by faster as an adult than as a kid. While this thought is neither profound nor original, it is still pretty amazing to actually experience. Fortunately, there’s an element of “the days are long but the years are short” so I do feel that I’ve gotten a lot done…
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Movember!
Ha, ha. I cannot grow a mustache. Thank god. But even if I could (and again, thank goodness no), I would not participate in the ridiculousness of Movember (Mustache+November). For many, many, many people, mustaches are not a good look. Definitely all ladies and lots of men. Especially men in the Navy that have to…
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What your doctor is thinking…
One of the funniest things about medicine is the dark humour and inner monologues that can occur within a doctor’s head. Ok, maybe that’s too generalized to let me personalize- I definitely have had moments where there are two conversations, the one I’m having and the one I wish I was having. Fortunately, I have…
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Amazing Read!
I just finished “Stones Into Schools.” It was amazing. I read it in 24 hours and was so inspired. The fact that one man can start a movement that ends up larger than himself and empower so many people who have the most at stake in their own home country is amazing. I resisted reading…
Portmanteau Suitcase 