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Mel

Mel

When I'm not devouring books I can be found with my hands in the soil, on my bicycle, in a tent, on the meditation cushion, or rising up in Sarvangasana. I am your resident non-fiction reader. Shoot me an email and tell me what the best book you've read lately is. More About Mel

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    Review: No House to Call My Home

    by Mel August 2, 2016
    by Mel August 2, 2016

    A couple weeks ago I was at the local library looking for some “light” reads to add to my pile of books I was currently reading. In the matter of 30 minutes or so though, that changed. My mind was …

  • Book ReviewsMemoir/Biography

    Review: Portage by Sue Leaf

    by Mel May 6, 2016
    by Mel May 6, 2016

    I canโ€™t remember exactly where I first saw this book, but the most likely place is our local bookstore, Magers and Quinn. A fairly new book, Portage was published in October 2015 by University of Minnesota Press, a publisher of …

  • Book Lists

    Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup

    by Mel April 24, 2016
    by Mel April 24, 2016

    Welcome to the Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup. While you sip your Sunday morning coffee, youย can see what we’veย added to our “To Be Read” lists in the past twoย weeks (Sun 10 Apr – Sat 23 Apr). Discover all of the various …

  • Book ListsBook ReviewsLiving Life Bookishly

    5 Books for Quitting Your Job to Move to the Woods

    by Mel April 18, 2016
    by Mel April 18, 2016

    โ€œI went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that …

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    Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup

    by Mel April 10, 2016
    by Mel April 10, 2016

    Welcome to the Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup. While you sip your Sunday morning coffee, youย can see what we’veย added to our “To Be Read” lists in the past twoย weeks (Sun 27 Mar – Sat 9 Apr). Discover all of the various …

  • Book Lists

    Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup

    by Mel March 27, 2016
    by Mel March 27, 2016

    Happy Spring! And welcome to the Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup. While you sip your Sunday morning coffee, youย can see what we’veย added to our “To Be Read” listsย this past week (Sun 20 Mar – Sat 26 Mar). Discover all of the …

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    Five Reads to Celebrate International Women’s Day

    by Mel March 7, 2016
    by Mel March 7, 2016

    Hello LQ readers.ย If you didn’t already know, today is International Women’s Day, and as a site curated solely by Women-Trans-Femme (WTF), we want to celebrate with you! International Women’s Day honorsย theย social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. In 2016 …

  • Living Life Bookishly

    Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup

    by Mel March 6, 2016
    by Mel March 6, 2016

    Welcome to the Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup. While you sip your Sunday morning coffee, youย can see what we’veย added to our “To Be Read” listsย this past week (Sun 28 Feb – Sat 5 Mar). Discover all of the various places we …

  • Book ReviewsCooking/Food

    Review: In Winter’s Kitchen by Beth Dooley

    by Mel March 1, 2016
    by Mel March 1, 2016

    โ€œDo you know where you are?โ€ So begins Beth Dooleyโ€™s newest book, In Winterโ€™s Kitchen, and her attempt to answer this question after she leaves New Jersey and makes a new home in Minnesota. Dooley explores this question by using …

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    Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup

    by Mel February 28, 2016
    by Mel February 28, 2016

    Welcome to the Sunday Brunch #TBR Roundup. While you sip your Sunday morning coffee, youย can see what we’veย added to our “To Be Read” listsย this past week (Sun 21ย Feb – Sat 27 Feb). Discover all of the various places we get …

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