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Month: January 2020

Wednesday Wisdom

January 22, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

This myth that everyone needs to find their ‘better half’ is utter bullshit that is sold mainly to women so…

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Filed under: happiness, selflove, wednesdaywisdom, youarecomplete

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

January 21, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie If you couldn’t tell from the titles, the theme this week is murder.…

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Filed under: agathachristie, badasswomen, murderontheorientexpress, mysistertheserialkiller, oyinkanbraithwaite, readmore, womenslit, womenwriters

Badass Women: Lucy Maud Montgomery and “Anne with an E”

January 17, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Since I recently finished watching the Netflix series Anne with an E, I figured I would write a double feature…

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Filed under: anneofavonlea, anneofgreengables, annewithane, badasswomen, lmmontgomery, lucymaudmontgomery, readmore, womenslit

Wednesday Wisdom

January 15, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Whatever it may be.

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Filed under: findyourjoy, followit, letitrunyourlife, wednesdaywisdom, whateveritmaybe

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

January 12, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

When the World Was Steady, Claire Messud Messud’s debut novel from the mid-90s follows the separate adventures of two sisters,…

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Filed under: clairemessud, dorislessing, internationalreading, readmore, thehabitofloving, whativebeenreadinglately, whentheworldwassteady, womenslit

Wednesday Wisdom

January 8, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

One of my goals for the new year.

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Filed under: selfcare, selflove, spendtimewithyourself, wednesdaywisdom

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

January 5, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

These were my last two reads of 2020, after I had finished reading the Women’s Prize for Fiction list, and…

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Filed under: ancientgreece, celesteng, costanovelaward, everythinginevertoldyou, hellosunshine, herstory, historyretold, kerrywashington, littlefireseverywhere, patbarker, readmore, reesewitherspoon, thesilenceofthegirls, whativebeenreadinglately, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

Alcalá de Henares: The birthplace of Cervantes

January 3, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

For our second anniversary, my husband and I went to Alcalá de Henares for a long weekend, a city near…

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Filed under: alcaladehenares, aniversario, anniversary, cervantes, ciudadreal, donquijote, guadalajara, madrid, segovia, toledo, travelmore

Wednesday Wisdom

January 1, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

On anger. It is okay to be angry–it is more than okay, it is necessary. When we stop being angry,…

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Filed under: anger, angerforchange, angrywomen, beangry, onanger, riyawilliamyuyuada, wednesdaywisdom, womensanger

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