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I'm a reader who enjoys posting comments and recommendations about the books I read. You will not find a synopsis with my recommendations because you can just click on the book title for a link to www.goodreads.com for a synopsis and reviews by other readers. I prefer the 3 Reason format: the reason I chose to read it; the reason I liked (or disliked) the book; and the reason I recommend it.

Monday, March 23, 2026

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237380762-making-home-your-happy-place" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1751116033l/237380762._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237380762-making-home-your-happy-place">Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17887375.Katy_Wells">Katy Wells</a><br/>

My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8367878907">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />

I pre-ordered the Kindle edition when I heard about it during Katy Wells' podcast, <u> The Maximized Minimalist.</u> I like the Kindle edition because I use make notes and can easily find them in the Notebook feature at the top of the screen. <br /> I have been decluttering the sentimental and the incomplete projects I moved into my new home in 2017. The chapters on sentimental clutter and identity clutter have been most useful to me. <br />I recommend this book to anyone who may feel overwhelmed by a space in your home. 

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Mila 2.0 (MILA 2.0, #1)Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is an entertaining YA science fiction book.  

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Aloha Texas (Sweet Aloha, #1)Aloha Texas by Chris Keniston
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This ebook has been in My Digital Library since March 2018.
It is advertised as a Sweet and Clean Romance, and it is one I can recommend to my friends. It was entertaining.

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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Creative Intelligence: 
Don’t Ask AI, 
Think With ItCreative Intelligence: 
Don’t Ask AI, 
Think With It by Greg Storey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This gets 3-stars because I did not understand much of it during this first read because its recommended uses did not translate into what my job was like when I was employed 22 years ago.
This book was recommended during discussion in a Verbal to Visual Event, and I thought it would be worthwhile to read to see how illustrations by Dave Gray are used.
It is worthwhile to read, and I will re-read it, take better notes, and try some of the prompts on the second time through.

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Friday, March 13, 2026

A Bid for LoveA Bid for Love by Rachel Ann Nunes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This e-book was in My Digital Library since 2018. It had an alternative title of Love to the Highest Bidder. I gave it 4 stars because this romance was clean enough to recommend to my friends.
I like the characters and the mystery in the story.

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The Way HomeThe Way Home by George P. Pelecanos
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This hardcover was given as a "you gotta read this" in 2014, and I finally did. This is so much more about the story for the writer provides the mood, the setting, and the people who inhabit the world he describes.
There is one sentence that made me put the book down, and say, "wow."
"If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death."

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Saturday, March 07, 2026

Secrets & Chance: A Romantic Suspense Novel of Family Secrets and Forbidden Attraction (The Sterlings Family Saga Book 1)Secrets & Chance: A Romantic Suspense Novel of Family Secrets and Forbidden Attraction by Z.L. Arkadie
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This e-book was in My Digital Library since October 21, 2017. I dropped a star to 2 because the story was more like a prequel because it introduced characters but there was no resolution to the mystery.
I do not recommend this unless you are willing to buy the 4 books of the series.

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