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So, the year is winding down as quickly as the decade. Yikes! This is always a good time to look back at the Goals List I posted at the beginning of the year. There were a bunch of writing and reading goals on my list. As well as a few other things too.  So, here's how eve…

The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand My rating: 2 of 5 stars I think this might be my last Christmassy read for this year. I'm glad that I read it right after finishing A Christmas Carol , because the worldbuilding for this story is adapted from this well-known clas…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!   I hope you all have an awesome, fun and safe festive season full of good food, great company and plenty of downtime.  Have a great one!

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens My rating: 3 of 5 stars Well, this is the next Christmassy story I decided to read. It's a Dickens classic I'm very familiar with, but have never actually read. We all know how the story goes: Ebenezer Scrooge is a horrid, lonely old…