life:merging

Where the books lead, Vol 1

2 Jul 2020 melissarochelle

I love making random little connections between books, noodling on book pairings (between other books, TV shows, music, etc), picking up on big ideas and

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READING: AntiRacist Edition

3 Jun 2020 melissarochelle

Still in my house, still reading. The lack of social interaction makes me feel like I’ve lost my ability to speak and hold logical conversations

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Reading: Sizzlin’ Summer Reads 2016

28 Jul 2016 melissarochelle

In early June Anbolyn and I gave a book talk on the books we think everyone should read this summer. 🙂 It was so much fun

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Reading: Space Rocks

4 Feb 2014 melissarochelle

Astronauts. Shine Shine Shine. Gravity. The Martian. Commander Hadfield. Mars Rovers. Red Rising. Marissa Meyer. Mars One. Konapun. (These are all the things that somehow connect

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Reading: The Quirky Fellow

12 Jan 2014 melissarochelle

I have a feeling we can thank Sheldon Cooper and Sherlock Holmes (in all his variations) for the rise in fascinating and original male protagonists (or

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Reading: About Breasts

25 Jun 2012 melissarochelle

“Human milk is like ice cream, penicillin, and the drug ecstasy all wrapped up in two pretty packages…but…” The more I read Breasts, the more

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Reading: The Handmaid’s Tale

15 Jul 2011 melissarochelle

First: I’m incredibly thankful that I did not read this in high school. It was bad enough reading The Awakening and being called a “femi-Nazi”.

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Reading: Sizzlin’ Summer Reads 2019

26 Jun 2019 melissarochelle

Another summer reading presentation has passed us by and this time it was a resounding success — 40 people! Double the turnout we had at

Reading: Fantastic Fall Reads 2018

1 Feb 2019 melissarochelle

Life has been BUSY. Anbolyn and I presented our Fall Reads way back in September and I never got around to sharing them here. Life

Reading: Sizzlin’ Summer Reads 2018

15 Jun 2018 melissarochelle

Anbolyn and I presented our Sizzlin’ Summer Reads at the library a couple of weekends ago — TWENTY-FIVE people, ya’ll! It was tricky to find

Reading: Fabulous Fall Reads 2017

5 Oct 2017 melissarochelle

Anbolyn and I presented our Fabulous Fall Reads at Sunset last weekend — ya’ll, we had our biggest turnout yet! But if I’m totally honest,

Reading: Super Summer Reads 2017

3 Jun 2017 melissarochelle

Hi again! I’m back! For a moment. I’m going to be honest, the past few months have been really rough. My Darcy dog died at

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