Monthly Archives: December 2021

A Year End Summary for 2021

Posted on December 31, 2021 by bseat

I find it helpful, at the end of the year, to look back and see what books were important, impactful or memorable. Here is my list of the best books I read in 2021! I think Anxious People by Fredrik Backman … Continue reading →

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Kneeling in Bethlehem by Ann Weems

Posted on December 24, 2021 by bseat

It is Christmas! I don’t know about you, but this year I felt such a spaciousness early in December, and then it all shifted and there were Christmas presents to buy and wrap, menus to plan and of course that … Continue reading →

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A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Posted on December 17, 2021 by bseat

Fatma el-Sha’arawi is an agent for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities. Although she is the youngest woman serving in the agency, she already has an impressive track record for preventing magical entities (djinn) from upsetting the carefully … Continue reading →

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Golden Hill by Francis Spufford

Posted on December 10, 2021 by bseat

Mr. Richard Smith arrived by boat in the late fall of 1746 to small town of New York.  After disembarking he made his way directly to a counting house on Golden Hill where he presented a written order in the … Continue reading →

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We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker

Posted on December 3, 2021 by bseat

Duchess Day Radley, at thirteen years old, is carrying more than her share of responsibility. Her mother, Star, seems incapable of taking care of herself much less Duchess and her five year old brother, Robin.  Fiercely independent and ferocious in … Continue reading →

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