Tag: novel

• Embrace Winter with ‘The Snow Child’: A Heartfelt Review

  

  For the first reading challenge of 2026, I decided to read a book that truly felt like winter. Not just with a significant increase in snowfall, but that gave you a sense of real cold. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey captures that feeling and invokes so many more.

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  January 8, 2026

  Book Reviews

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• Part One: The Man In The Woods

  

  There are many things one does after a devastating break-up. Resist texting your douche of an ex after too many margaritas with your girlfriends. Hook up with a stranger in a bar bathroom. Vomit into said stranger’s mouth before getting to the good part. Take a backpacking trip and hike far, far away from anyone…

  sjlanglois

  January 12, 2024

  Original Content

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