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Krissy Marquette
Dec 31, 202211 min read
2022 Book Recommendations: Part Two
I don't know how we're to the end of 2022 already, but here we are. Total books read for the year: 125, which is about average for me....
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Krissy Marquette
Jun 30, 202212 min read
2022 Book Recommendations: Part One
It's been a year since I stopped doing my monthly book recommendations. The reason I stopped: it had begun to feel like work instead of...
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Krissy Marquette
Jun 6, 202212 min read
Sneak Peek: The Library of Keeping
Chapter One Josette It all happens in a split second. My ankle twists, my foot slips out of its slipper, and my big toe plows into the...
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Krissy Marquette
May 23, 202212 min read
Sneak Peek: Down the Wishing Well
Chapter One Lima Beans and Jellybeans Wishes, they come in all sizes, some as big as the moon, others as tiny as a pea. There are the...
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Krissy Marquette
Jul 3, 20212 min read
The Big 4-0
I turn 40 this month and I've been having a lot of mixed feelings about it. Some days I embrace it. Other days I dread it. Every decade...
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Krissy Marquette
Jun 30, 20216 min read
June's Books
June is the last month of my thirties; I turn the dreaded 4-0 in July, and I'm having mixed feelings about it. Some days I'm cool with...
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Krissy Marquette
Jun 1, 20215 min read
May's Books
This was a bit of a sad month for us. We lost six trees in our backyard because they were growing into the power lines. I miss the shade...
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Krissy Marquette
Apr 30, 20217 min read
April's Books
I'm beginning to see a pattern in my reading habits. When I abandon books I'm not completely into, I end up reading more great books....
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Krissy Marquette
Mar 31, 20216 min read
March's Books
Spring has arrived! We have warmer weather, crocuses and daffodils popping up all over, and lots of walkies for the dog. Plus, both the...
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Krissy Marquette
Feb 28, 20218 min read
February's Books
I've read so many great books this month! Despite abandoning a whopping five books, I couldn't narrow down my recommendations to just...
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Krissy Marquette
Jan 31, 20217 min read
January's Books
Well, 2021 sure started off with a bang. Insurrection. Unrest. A new president and the very first female, Black, South Asian vice...
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Krissy Marquette
Dec 31, 202018 min read
2020 in Books
I don't even know where to start when describing this year. The pandemic. Police brutality. Black Lives Matter movement. The election. As...
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Krissy Marquette
Dec 28, 20204 min read
December's Books
I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays (if you celebrate, otherwise I hope you enjoyed your December). We were low-key as usual. Christmas...
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Krissy Marquette
Dec 25, 20203 min read
Gingerbread Ninjas from A Seymour Christmas
“Something smells good in here,” Mom said, walking into the kitchen in a festive red dress. We were making gingerbread cookies in...
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Krissy Marquette
Nov 30, 20205 min read
November's Books
What a month. First the election. Then waiting for the elections results. And now we wait for 45 to concede as well as for the electors...
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Krissy Marquette
Oct 31, 20205 min read
October's Books
Happy Halloween! I feel like here in Michigan, we haven't had much of an autumn for the last several years. It's hot, there are like...
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Krissy Marquette
Sep 30, 20205 min read
September's Books
I'm pretty sure I abandoned more books this month than I actually finished.
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Krissy Marquette
Sep 11, 20202 min read
The Pirates of the Great Lakes
Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Hook, Blackbeard . . . these are the images you probably see when someone says the word pirate.
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Krissy Marquette
Aug 31, 20203 min read
Writing For A World That No Longer Exists
2019 was a fabulous writing year for me. I finished three manuscripts and countless rewrites. When December rolled around, I actually...
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Krissy Marquette
Aug 31, 20206 min read
August's Books
August was a good reading month.
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