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My father passed away last Friday. He wasn‘t the type of dad who gave advice or had long talks with me about life. However not once did I ever doubt that he loved me. When I was in middle school and falling in love with poetry and discovering Robert Frost, he gave me this book one night out of the blue, proof that he paid attention to me and my interests in his way. Years later it remains one of the books I will never part with.

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LOCAL AUTHOR READING CHALLENGE

Read every month one book written by local author. You can plan your TBR immediately as I did or you decide every month what you'll read. Whatever suits you better. Tag me and use #readingwithmaja
Happy reading everyone!!

Gosh, I wish I had a group of friends who would spend a thousand dollars buying supplies and perform an exorcism of my basement with me if I needed it.

My current read. Bari Wood wrote one of my favorite horror novels (The Tribe) and when this came up on the weed list at the library I decided to check it out.

Myra is a gentle, nervous housewife with a group of devoted friends. The book starts right after she has her basement remodeled in hopes of erasing the evil atmosphere she hoped was due to “sour earth” and mice. But money and decor won‘t banish whatever taints her basement.

“She was a weak, silly woman with a mind like loose pudding.”

Damn!

I can‘t believe this round of #CBBC is over :) I loved reading y‘alls thoughts on this one - I didn‘t realize initially how “political” it would feel. Anyway, thanks again @MommyOfTwo for the lovely package.

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2023

My mom has finally decided to sell her house. We moved in in 1977, and while it was my childhood home it's been decades since I've lived there. I asked her to send me the copper Jello molds that have been hanging in the kitchen my entire life. Well the box arrived today, and imagine my surprise when I unwrapped these cups!! I'm actually not surprised she still had them as these two women *defined* my childhood 😁💞

So much for me reading my new book. She took over my kindle!