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Quarantine Reads

Quarantine Reading Suggestions
March 23, 2020 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

I had a recent realization that most that I read a lot of serious books, and mostly on history. Now doesn't feel like the time for such books though. I pulled together some feel-good reads and books that are sure to make you laugh. Memoirs Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me and Why Not Me … Continue reading Quarantine Reads

Over hyped books worth the hype

Books Little Fires Everywhere Where the Crawdads Sing
March 13, 2020March 18, 2020 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

I don't usually run out to grab a copy of the latest book a celebrity is talking about. Especially if that celebrity likes to buy the rights to turn them into movies in the next year. But these books, it turned out were worth the hype! Little Fires Everywhere I kept seeing a wait for … Continue reading Over hyped books worth the hype

Audiobooks Worth Turning Up

Turn up these audiobooks
September 7, 2019September 1, 2019 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

I tried to fill my commute with podcasts. I really tried. I found a couple I like. Literally, a couple: West Wing Weekly and The British History Podcast. Don’t worry! I can, in fact, hear you groaning about what I nerd am! I’ve tried audiobooks off and on. Usually, it’s been a result of being … Continue reading Audiobooks Worth Turning Up

Books to fill your binge-watching needs

August 22, 2019August 20, 2019 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

I have trouble watching some TV shows without binge-watching. It’s become common for shows to end every episode on what used to be a season-ending cliffhanger. Here are a few options to get you through withdrawal or the waiting game until the show returns. Still missing/traumatized by the Game of Thrones finale? Check out the … Continue reading Books to fill your binge-watching needs

Becoming

May 21, 2019June 2, 2019 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

Well, it took me a little while, but I finally read Becoming. As expected, it was excellent. Since I live in Chicago there's always someone on my commute reading it, but I still had that feeling you get when you see someone in public reading the same book as you, and you think how you … Continue reading Becoming

Unfinished Books

April 13, 2019June 2, 2019 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

Over the last few years, there have been several books I've started and not finished. Or kept coming back to, but would read in other books in between. One of my reading resolutions this year was to actually finish those books. So far...I am not doing well. Here's a rundown of what I have bookmarks … Continue reading Unfinished Books

5 books about the Great American Road Trip

March 30, 2019June 2, 2019 ~ So Maggie Says ~ 1 Comment

I recently had to put together some ideas for a Midwest road trip for work. It doesn't happen often that I do anything travel related. But it got me thinking about a road trip, around the Midwest or out West. These books will either inspire you or satisfy your need to hit the road. 1. … Continue reading 5 books about the Great American Road Trip

5 books to get you on the trail

October 22, 2018January 13, 2019 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

When I can't go hiking or I'm feeling far from nature I've found it's easy to reconnect through a book that takes you on a hike. Here are five books to will make you want to hit the trail. 1. A Walk in the Woods A Bill Bryson classic, this is one book most people … Continue reading 5 books to get you on the trail

The Sound of Gravel

June 5, 2017October 22, 2017 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

As part of my memoir kick, I picked up The Sound of Gravel. The story of a girl and her siblings growing up in a fundamentalist Mormon compound in Mexico, Ruth Warnier spent her childhood moving between Mexico, California, and Texas. The house her family lived in on the Le Baron Compound in Mexico was … Continue reading The Sound of Gravel

Into Thin Air

May 28, 2017May 28, 2019 ~ So Maggie Says ~ Leave a comment

I've read a lot of books like Into This Air. Travel writing, memoirs, biographies, history. I haven't read a book like this in a long time, though. I know how it ends. It's like reading about the Titanic. Along the way you become attached to each person on the mountain, you forget it's not fiction. … Continue reading Into Thin Air

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