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Books My Friends Recommend: Becoming Madam Secretary
Becoming Madame Secretary by Stephanie Dray, is a fictionalized biography of Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member and the force behind the Social Security Act—and many other historically significant… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: Naming things
Making up languages is hard! In my current project, several characters travel back and forth between two worlds. One of these worlds is kind of like the central lobby to… Read more ⇢
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Books My Friends Recommend: Child of a Mad God
Child of a Mad God, by R.A. Salvatore is the first book in a series. It is fantasy. It is a braided narrative. It…is complex. Not so much the plot—Girl… Read more ⇢
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Books My Friends Recommend: How To Read A Book
How To Read A Book by Monica Wood is a multi perspective novel about Violet, a young woman from rural Maine who is released from prison after a drunk-driving incident… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus: Mimsy’s Birthday
Well my tiny one has turned five. She came in to cuddle and I asked “Do you feel bigger now?” “Yes,” she replied with no hesitation. I spent the week… Read more ⇢
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Books My Friends Recommend: Glass Houses
Glass Houses by Louise Penny. A mystery! In which a mysterious figure shows up in Inspector Gamache’s home town, someone is murdered, a sting is set up, and there is… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus: Katy’s Wedding
My sister got married on Saturday! It was quite the production to get everyone to Silverton, OR! Most of us were participating in one way or another so we left… Read more ⇢
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Books My Friends Recommend: The Great Alone
The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah is about a girl who moves to Alaska with her toxic parents and gets stuck in their abusive dynamics. The first two thirds of… Read more ⇢
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Hyperfocus of the Week: Summer Parenting
Welcome back! I took last week off from Hyperfocusing but here we are again. Summer isn’t my best time for Hyperfocusing. The kids are home, the yard is a constant… Read more ⇢
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Books My Friends Recommend: The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro is a story about a couple who goes on a journey to visit their son. Sort of. Set in post Arthurian Britain, this is… Read more ⇢
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