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Disability Visibility #BookReview #DiversityRC2023 #ReadNonFicChal

Joy's Book Blog Posted on January 21, 2023 by Joy Weese MollJanuary 20, 2023

Book: Disablity Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-First Century edited by Alice Wong Genre: Memoir essay collection Publisher: Vintage Books, Penguin Random House Publication date: 2020 Pages: 309 Source: Trade paperback, borrowed from the library Summary: Disability Visibility is a collection … Continue reading →

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Hitler’s Japanese Confidant by Carl Boyd #BookReview #ReadNonFicChal

Joy's Book Blog Posted on January 19, 2023 by Joy Weese MollJanuary 18, 2023

Book: Hitler’s Japanese Confidant: General Ōshima Hiroshi and MAGIC Intelligence, 1941-1945 by Carl Boyd Genre: History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Publication date: 1993 Pages: 271 (202, if you read the appendices but not the notes) Source: Hardback borrowed from … Continue reading →

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Reading Challenges #SundaySalon #Happy2023

Joy's Book Blog Posted on January 1, 2023 by Joy Weese MollDecember 31, 2022

I joined two challenges in 2022, the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2022 hosted by The Adventures of An Intrepid Reader and the Diversity Reading Challenge hosted at Celebrity Reader. I posted a recap of the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge a couple of weeks ago — … Continue reading →

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Historical Fiction Challenge 2022 and 2023 #histficreadingchallenge

Joy's Book Blog Posted on December 18, 2022 by Joy Weese MollDecember 15, 2022

Marg at The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader hosts the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. She invited us to wrap up our 2022 reading with a post. So, here’s mine! I signed up to read at the Victorian Reader level, a challenge … Continue reading →

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Radar Girls #BookReview #histficreadingchallenge #NaNoWriMo

Joy's Book Blog Posted on November 1, 2022 by Joy Weese MollOctober 28, 2022

Book: Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: MIRA Publication date: 2021 Pages: 400 Source: ebook borrowed from the library Summary: Daisy Wilder has a job doing what she loves, working with horses, in the only place she’s … Continue reading →

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The Documents in the Case #BookReview #BriFri #RIPXVII

Joy's Book Blog Posted on October 14, 2022 by Joy Weese MollOctober 12, 2022

Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British and Irish — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link … Continue reading →

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Crooked House #FilmReview #BriFri #RIPXVII

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 30, 2022 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 29, 2022

Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British and Irish — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link … Continue reading →

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The Christie Affair #BookReview #BriFri #RIPXVII #histficreadingchallenge

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 2, 2022 by Joy Weese MollAugust 30, 2022

Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British and Irish — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link … Continue reading →

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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo #Juneteenth #WeNeedDiverseBooks #DiversityRC2022

Joy's Book Blog Posted on June 19, 2022 by Joy Weese MollJune 9, 2022

Book: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Seal Press, Hachette Book Group Publication date: 2018 Pages: 248 Source: Physical copy from the library Summary: The summary of So You Want to Talk About … Continue reading →

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Wrapping up A to Z #AtoZChallenge

Joy's Book Blog Posted on May 4, 2022 by Joy Weese MollMay 4, 2022

I earned my A to Z winner badge, completing 26 posts in April on the topic of codebreaking in World War II. I learned a lot, some of which will help in the novel that I’m writing. I hope that … Continue reading →

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