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And we’re back!
So…. You may or may not have noticed that Bethany and I haven’t been posting much on our blog lately. Today we are having our annual board meeting at the Vacaville Panera and feeling like we don’t know how to … Continue reading
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Yosemite, again
Take a look, friends. This is beautiful Hetch Hetchy, the source of the best-tasting tap water on earth. Say what you will about the environmental impact of damming the Hetch Hetchy Valley, it sure is beautiful there. And here is … Continue reading
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A PfP PSA (by Jill)
When one is doing laundry, always double check the washer for books, especially signed first edition Indiespensible hardcover books, prior to hitting the Start button. There was green lint from the cover on every single article of clothing in … Continue reading
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A Review of Samantha Hunt’s Mr. Splitfoot (by Jill)
I had a feeling this was going to be a weird book just based on the name. It was Indiespensible #57 from back in February of 2016, which means that I’m managing to stay less than two years behind … Continue reading
A Review of Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend (by Jill)
Sometimes a bookblogger just needs to read something silly and fun. I’m not sure if I have much more to say about Kevin Kwan’s two pop-lit novels than that they were silly and fun, but I’ll try. Shout out to … Continue reading
A Long Overdue Review of Libba Bray’s Lair of Dreams (by Jill)
I started this post like a year ago. I’m not going to finish, but am going to put it up in its unfinished state as a testament to what happens when a pair of good bookbloggers get way too busy … Continue reading
Concluding thoughts on Diana Gabaldon’s Drums of Autumn (by Jill)
The last few hundred pages of Drums of Autumn definitely went much more quickly than the first few hundred, which was a good thing. But the plot point that made the action pick up was possibly the worst kind … Continue reading
Progress report on Drums of Autumn (by Jill)
As usual when reading a Diana Gabaldon book, progress has been slow but steady. After a month of reading I’m just about halfway through, but haven’t gotten to a point where I felt an update was warranted just yet. … Continue reading
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In which Diana Gabaldon resurfaces on Postcards from Purgatory (by Jill)
The fourth book in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series is called Drums of Autumn, and as I begin my annual trip back in time with Claire Beauchamp-Randall-Fraser and her Scottish highlander husband Jamie, I can hear the titular autumn drums beating … Continue reading
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An Indiespensible Update (by Jill)
I may have not been writing much lately, but I have definitely been reading. Not as much as I’d like, of course, but that would be true even if I weren’t working 12-13 hour days at work more often than … Continue reading
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Postcards From Purgatory 