CurlyGeekMay 19

ARC Review: Walk by Courtney Conley and Milica McDowell #readnonficchal #bookreviews #netgalley

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ARC Review: Walk by Courtney Conley and Milica McDowell

Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity – One Step at a Time, by Drs. Courtney Conley and Milica McDowell, aims to convince you to walk more in your life. It …

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CurlyGeekMay 9

ARC Review: How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson #bookreviews #readnonficchal #NetGalley

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ARC Review: How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson

I’m a huge fan of Jenny Lawson, so her books are pretty much must-buys for me. This book comes with Lawson’s unique blend of humor, weirdness, and relatability, so it didn’t disap…

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CurlyGeekApr 23

Review: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks #reading #bookreviews #readnonficchal

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Review: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks

Brooks is one of my favorite authors, and this will certainly be one of my top reads of the year. It’s a memoir about love and grief, written in Brooks’ insightful prose. Though it&#821…

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CurlyGeekApr 10

ARC Review: The Wanderers by Daniela Gerson #readnonficchal #readjewishly #NetGalley #the52bookclub

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ARC Review: The Wanderers by Daniela Gerson

This was a fascinating memoir and history of the paths some Polish Jews traveled to escape the Nazis during the Holocaust. In this book, Gerson researches her father’s family, as well as the …

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CurlyGeekApr 3

Review: Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl #bookreviews #readjewishly #readnonficchal

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Review: Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl

I loved this memoir by Angela Buchdahl, who is a Korean-American rabbi of one of the largest synagogues in the country. She came to the U.S. as a young girl with her Korean mother and Jewish Americ…

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CurlyGeekFeb 25

Review: People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn #readnonficchal #beatthebacklist #bookreviews #readjewishly

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Review: People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn

This was a perfect book to build upon the issues discussed in As a Jew by Sarah Hurwitz. Horn explores antisemitism in various forms, most notably the idea that people are comfortable with the idea…

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CurlyGeekFeb 9

Review: Solito by Javier Zamora #readnonficchal #beatthebacklist #bookreviews #reading

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Review: Solito by Javier Zamora

I first learned about this book when I was working with a grant to the state of Rhode Island to support a statewide read along of this book ( The woman I spoke with at Rhode Island Center for the B…

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CurlyGeekJan 20

Goals and Reading Challenges for 2026 #TopTenTuesday #readinggoals #readnonficchal #speccyficchal #the52bookclub #beatthebacklist #readjewishly

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My Reading Goals and Challenges for 2026

This week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is our reading goals and challenges for 2026. Last year I said I wanted to be more flexible, to read for enjoyment, an…

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Paula Bardell-HedleyDec 6, 2025
Winding Up the Week #450
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This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce next year’s Nonfiction Reader Challenge along with Hungarian Lit Month 2026, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #AmReading #Books #BookReview #ReadNonFicChal #HungarianLitMonth
Winding Up the Week #450

This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce next year’s Nonfiction Reader Challenge along with Hungarian Lit Month 2…

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CurlyGeekOct 31, 2025

Nonfiction November: My Year (So Far) in Reading Nonfiction #NonfictionNovember #readnonficchal #memoir #bookreviews

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Nonfiction November: My Year (So Far) in Reading Nonfiction

I always love participating in Nonfiction November, because I get so many good book recommendations from the other bloggers.  The first week’s topic is “celebrate your year of nonfictio…

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