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I'm a freelance writer/content strategist with an English degree living in Minneapolis, MN with my husband, young daughter, and two dogs. I created Literary Quicksand to feed my love of books, writing, and community. More About Me

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    Lazy Sunday TBR List Roundup

    by Joli July 31, 2016
    by Joli July 31, 2016

    Here are the intriguing titles some of us at LQ have added to our TBR lists lately! Becky The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew – Listening to this as an audiobook currently and I’m very much enjoying …

  • Book ReviewsGeneral Non-FictionMemoir/Biography

    Book Tour Review: Run the World by Becky Wade

    by Joli July 29, 2016
    by Joli July 29, 2016

    When I saw this book on the summer list of TLC Book Tours, I immediately wanted to check it out. I used to be a workout runner before I was diagnosed with lupus, so running culture is really interesting to me. …

  • Bookish Stuff & ThingsLiving Life Bookishly

    Midweek Mix, Volume 10

    by Joli July 20, 2016
    by Joli July 20, 2016

    Hello all! I haven’t done one of these for a while…glad to be back to it! Here are my bookish (and not-so-bookish) things this week. Bookish Find If you follow this blog, you may know that Fredrik Backman is one …

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    Review: The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson

    by Joli July 16, 2016
    by Joli July 16, 2016

    Like Shakespeare’s works, I thought this was a real work of art. I loved the way Winterson reimagines The Winter’s Tale, and/but the theme of time is…for lack of a better word, intense. If I were to compare The Gap …

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    Review: Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

    by Joli July 11, 2016
    by Joli July 11, 2016

    Vinegar Girl is a part of the Hogarth Shakespeare project, and it’s based on The Taming of the Shrew, which happens to be one of my favorite Shakespeare plays! So, when I downloaded this book via NetGalley, I was really …

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    Lazy Sunday TBR List Roundup

    by Joli July 10, 2016
    by Joli July 10, 2016

    Our TBR lists have grown! Here’s what we’ve added recently: Janna Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman. After Joli’s rave review, I had to add this to my list! Hoping to read this next. This Is Where You Belong: The Art …

  • Book ReviewsLiterary Fiction

    Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

    by Joli July 7, 2016
    by Joli July 7, 2016

    Where’d You Go, Bernadette is one of the best books I’ve read all year! The story is a quirky one, and for me, it was the perfect amount of quirky. I read this on the train when I was returning from …

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    Audiobook Review: Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

    by Joli June 29, 2016
    by Joli June 29, 2016

    I have to start this review by divulging a fact: I’m not really an audiobook person. However, since I was going to be on an Amtrak train for many hours and wasn’t sure if I’d be able to overcome motion …

  • Book ReviewsHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

    Review: At the Edge of the Orchard

    by Joli June 21, 2016
    by Joli June 21, 2016

    For some reason, I’m really attracted to novels from this same time period – a time of western expansion, when life was constant work on the American frontier. Work to keep a house, to make a living, to grow and …

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    LQ Group Chat: How do you find time to read?

    by Joli June 18, 2016
    by Joli June 18, 2016

    We have a reader question! Erin asks via Facebook: You gals seem to tear through books and I’m wondering how you do it! I know it’s cliche but how do you make the time for it? Do you have a …

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