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Dyscalculia by Camonghne Felix

Published on August 5, 2024August 4, 2024 by Celeste5 Comments

Today’s review is about DYSCALCULIA by Camonghne Felix. It’s a memoir about how early childhood trauma manifested as dyscalculia, a disorder that makes it difficult to learn math. Felix employs dyscalculia as metaphor of her life to showcase miscalculations in her life.

Author: Camonghne Felix
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: One World
Publish Date: February 14, 2023
Print Length: 240

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July 2024 Book Blog Wrap-Up

Published on August 3, 2024August 6, 2024 by Celeste11 Comments

July felt like such a long month. It wasn’t my best month in terms of mental/emotional health. However, I had a great month with respect to bookish things. As usual, this July 2024 Book Blog Wrap-Up includes a book review recap, statistics, bookish, and non-bookish activities.

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August 2024 TBR: Trope-ical Readathon

Published on August 1, 2024September 3, 2024 by Celeste15 Comments

Happy August! Instead of my regular TBR format, such as that of July, this time Trope-ical Readathon is my guide. You can learn more about Trope-ical Readathon and sign up here. So for my August 2024 TBR I plan to focus on these books below. Of course, I highly doubt I’ll read all of these. In a good month I read 10 or more books. But I can just hope for the best with my August 2024 TBR! Finally, once again I decided to join Team Fantasy.

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What Have We Here? by Billy Dee Williams

Published on July 29, 2024November 27, 2024 by Celeste4 Comments

Today’s review is about WHAT HAVE WE HERE? by Billy Dee Williams. WHAT HAVE WE HERE? is a memoir of Williams’s youth as well has his decades spent in an acting career. There is a lot to learn about Williams, far more than the role he played as Lando Calrissian in Star Wars!

Author: Billy Dee Williams
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Publish Date: February 13, 2024
Print Length: 288

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On My Radar: July 2024

Published on July 27, 2024July 25, 2024 by Celeste9 Comments

Wow, did July feel like a longer month or what?! As a result my July 2024 On My Radar post is a wee bit longer than usual. No point in prolonging the introduction, so just dive right in!

Reviews

Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Ellie at Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
The Hunter’s Gambit by Ciel Pierlot (Blog Tour) by Mayri at bookforager
Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Bookaholic Bex
Book Review: Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto by Julie at One Book More
Book Review: Ne’er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti by Julie at One Book More
Review: The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller by Leslie at Books Are the New Black
FILTHY RICH FAE By Geneva Lee – Review by Tammy at Books, Bones & Buffy
The Misfit Mage and His Dashing Devil – Audiobook Review by Chris at Biblio Nerd Reflections
When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker – Review by Rebecca at Powder & Page
The Wren in the Holly Library by K. A. Linde by Briana at Pages Unbound
ARC Review: The Land of the Living and the Dead (Gael Song Trilogy #3) by Shauna Lawless by Sue at Sue’s Musings
Book Review: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel by Eustacia at Eustea Reads
Book Review | In the Shadow of the Fall | Tobi Ogundiran by Fantasy Book Nerd
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams – #bookreview by Annie at Left on the Shelf
Review: She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran by Danni at For Books Sake

Discussion

Idle Thoughts on Fantasy Stereotypes: The Damsel Not In Distress by Peat at Peat Long’s Blog
Some UK Librarians to be Replaced by Self Check-Out? by Krysta at Pages Unbound
How Much Money Does It Costs to Run a Book Blog? by Briana at Pages Unbound
Speak Your Damn Mind – Or Why You Should Write Opinionated Book Reviews by Laure at Reading Delicacies
The Dishonesty of Critiquing the Critics by The Orangutan Librarian

Bookish Miscellany

Trope-ical Readathon for August is approaching!
2024’s Big, Long List of Super Self-published Books by Jodie at Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Did I Read the First Half of 2024 Anticipated Releases I Listed? | Did I Like Them? by Annemieke at A Dance With Books
Jam’s Top Reads of first half of 2024 by Jamedi at JamReads
50 Fantasy Releases of 2024 – July to December! by Becky at Becky’s Book Blog