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February 2025

Friday Mood Recs: Anticipated March releases
Every book I've read, want to read, or have my eye on in March
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Sara Hildreth
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Speculative novels, timely nonfiction, and books that challenged our expectations
This Month in Books | February 2025
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1:19:55
An impressionistic modern classic and a Regency romp
Plus second chance romance and a StoryGraph profile
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Friday Mood Recs: How to plan a Jane Austen year
It's Queen Jane's year. Bring on the celebrations...and the books!
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Sara Hildreth
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Reading in Public No. 64: Low effort, high reward strategies for better annotations
The three simple annotation additions that are improving my reading
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Two books exploring the power and peril of stories
Plus more fanfic authors being pulled-to-publish and the rise of the divorce plot
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Sara Hildreth
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Friday Mood Recs: What's your favorite love story?
Love stories for Valentine's Day? Groundbreaking.
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Reading in Public No. 63: It's not an English teacher's job to make you love reading
A long overdue rant on my most contrary opinion
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Publishing predictions and two books that stretched my mind
Plus a classic romance starter pack and why Barbara Kingsolver won the week
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Friday Mood Recs: A preorder list for building a satisfying 2025 TBR
My priority reads and the books I'll be keeping an eye on
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