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February Reading Wrap Up

Happy Friday fellow book lovers and friends! I hope you’ve had a great week and are enjoying the first days of Spring! I am so happy Spring has arrived although the temperatures are still cooler than I would like I know warmer days are coming where I can sit outside and read.  I almost didn’t share what I read in February because it was such a rough month reading wise. For the majority of the…

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WWW Wednesday — March 18, 2025

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! I hope your week has been a good since we last “talked.” If you celebrated St. Patrick’s Day I hope you had your fill of corned beef & cabbage and indulged in all things Irish.  Welcome to WWW Wednesday! For those of you new to my little part of Medium (welcome) and are wondering what is WWW Wednesday. This was first created by MizB but is now…

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WWW Wednesday — March 12th

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends and welcome to another WWW Wednesday! I hope y’all are having an awesome week and that March is treating you well. It has been a busy few days my great-nephews turned 2 on Saturday and my best friend of over 40 years celebrated her birthday yesterday! Even with birthdays celebrations happening I still managed to get some reading done and diving deep…

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WWW Wednesday — March 4th

Happy first Wednesday of March fellow book lovers and friends! It is also Women’s History Month too! Regardless of what is going on in this world take time to learn about the contributions we women have made to America and be impressed! Wow it is already March so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year…LOL! I had planned to post my March TBR before this post but I’m still working on it so here we…

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WWW Wednesday — February 19th

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! This Wednesday is a very special Wednesday because it’s my Mom’s 70th birthday!!!!! Sadly all birthday plans have been put on hold due to the coming snow (big eye roll) tomorrow so we’ll be home but I still have a very special surprise for her tomorrow morning! This is going to be a short WWW Wednesday as I am just picking back up my current read…

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My Favorite African American Mystery Authors

Hello to all my book lovers and friends! Well we are in the mist of February which is also known as Black History Month and I wanted to share with y’all some of my favorite African American mystery authors. I ask that you please respect this space and keep all negative comments to yourself. I try to keep my little space politics free and as an African American woman I am taking the time to…

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WWW Wednesday — February 12th

Hello to all my fellow book lovers and friends! I hope your week is going awesomely. Sadly for me I’ve been under the weather since last week and I didn’t even think I would do a WWW Wednesday because I’ve just felt so bad. I was suppose to already share my January reading wrap up last month but I’m pushing that back another week because I’m still feeling pretty blah! I also wanted to share a…

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WWW Wednesday — February 5th

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! I hope your February is off to a great start and is better than January if that month was not as great as you’d hoped it would be. So far this month is off to a great start with the exception of the weather which is mild one day and freezing the next!  Reading wise my February is off to a somewhat slow start but hoping it will pick up as the month…

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WWW Wednesday — January 29th

Happy last Wednesday of January book lovers and friends! Wow this month is almost gone and for many it flew by and other (like me) it passed slowly. I mean honestly I felt like the days crept by and not sped by but I think it could be due to the snow we got twice this month plus winter just makes it feel like time has slowed to a stand still! The great thing is I got a lot of reading done! I read…

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WWW Wednesday — January 22nd

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! I hope y’all are keeping warm if you are experiencing the polar vortex. I know many of you are getting snow and suffering from bone chilling temperatures. The perfect weather to stay inside curled up with a book, a hot beverage or soup. It’s another WWW Wednesday and for those of you new to my little part of Medium (welcome) and are wondering what…

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WWW Wednesday — January 15th

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! I sincerely hope 2025 is going super great for you and you are achieving your reading goals. I have set my Goodreads goals to 75 books again and so far so good.  For those of you new to my little part of Medium (welcome) and are wondering what is WWW Wednesday this was first created by MizB but is now hosted by Sam from Taking on a World of…

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WWW Wednesday — January 8th

Happy Wednesday fellow book lovers and friends! I hope your 2025 is going really great for everyone. I know many of you have set your reading goals for the year weather on Goodreads, Storygraph or another reading tracking app or website. I have set my Goodreads goal again at 75 for 2025 plus I’m using Storygraph and the app Bookly. I’ve also created a spreadsheet (I know) and I can see the eyes…

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Google Images Happy 2025 everyone! Forgive the all caps title but I feel it was warranted as we have entered into a new year and not only a new year but we’re a quarter century into the 21st century so think about that!  So I just wanted to take this time to wish everyone a very Happy and Blessed 2025. I don’t know how everyone’s 2024 went but for me it was a year of change (new church) and big…

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Goodbye 2024! Last Blog

Image from Google Images Well by the grace of God we have arrived at December 31, 2024 and I am ready to say goodbye to 2024. This year for many has been a great year and to those of you I say congratulations and I am so happy this year was a year of prosperity and abundance and I’m not talking about financial either. But if this was a year of great health, healing, restoration, renewal, a new…

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New Year’s Eve Fashion

Hello fellow fashionistas! Well in just a few days we’ll be saying good bye to 2024 and hello to 2025 and of course we’ll be doing it in style! Weather you will be attending a big New Year’s Party, a small gathering of friends and family, going to church, or just staying home curled up on the couch watching the ball drop in Time Square or going to church as fashionistas we have to make it…

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WWW Wednesday but on Thursday — December 26th

Happy Thursday to all my fellow book lovers and friends and Happy Boxing Day to all my fellow Brits, Aussies and other regions of the world that celebrate Boxing Day! Happy Hanukkah for those who are celebrating I know this is the 2nd Day! Today marks the first day of Kwanzaa so Happy Kwanzaa to all! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas full of love, laughter, food, and gifts but of course…

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Merry Christmas!

Happy Wednesday and Merry Christmas, if you celebrate, to all my fellow book lovers and friends! I know this is the day I usually post my weekly reading update titled WWW Wednesday but I decided not to post what I’m reading today and take the time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Christmas is my second favorite holiday and I look forward to not just being off work for two whole weeks but…