books – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Book Recommendations from 2020 /post/2021/01/16/book-recommendations-2020/ /post/2021/01/16/book-recommendations-2020/#respond Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:21:03 +0000 /?p=8525 I read 71 books last year (a relatively slow reading year for me!) and I gave 7 of those books a Goodreads rating of 5 stars. I read quality over quantity this year and several of the books were long … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2021/01/16/book-recommendations-2020/feed/ 0 15 Book Recommendations /post/2019/06/04/15-book-recommendations/ /post/2019/06/04/15-book-recommendations/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:10:41 +0000 /?p=8258 I will admit that I am picky when it comes to books. Maybe it’s because I read so many of them that I’m not impressed with very many stories, especially fiction stories. However, when I find one I love, I recommend it … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/06/04/15-book-recommendations/feed/ 0 I read 76 books in 2018! /post/2019/01/07/books-2018/ /post/2019/01/07/books-2018/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2019 23:09:46 +0000 /?p=8074 I read 76 books last year – which is 30 more than the 46 I read in 2017! Here’s how I read so many more books: + My kids slept better. + I slept worse. (Pregnancy insomnia) + I felt like crap … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/01/07/books-2018/feed/ 4 Need a book recommendation? Or a few? /post/2018/01/20/books-2017/ /post/2018/01/20/books-2017/#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2018 05:59:16 +0000 /?p=7791 Two blog posts in two days?! Well you see, my goal this month is to write two blog posts each week, and it appears I procrastinated a bit this week. Whoops.  In my defense, this week has been a complete … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/01/20/books-2017/feed/ 4 Thoughts on being a SAHM (an excerpt from ‘Love Warrior’) /post/2017/10/19/love-warrior/ /post/2017/10/19/love-warrior/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:32:49 +0000 /?p=7662 Let’s pretend this is Tumblr and I can get away with an entire post being someone else’s content because it’s just the truest thing I’ve read in a long time. Right now I’m living my slowest life possible (which is still … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/10/19/love-warrior/feed/ 6 Books I Read: Jan & Feb /post/2017/03/07/books-i-read-jan-feb/ /post/2017/03/07/books-i-read-jan-feb/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:25:44 +0000 /?p=7259 Over the past two months I’ve read a few books – a few of which I think you’d really enjoy! You might want to add a few of these to your list. Here’s what I read in January & February: … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/03/07/books-i-read-jan-feb/feed/ 2 Books I Read in September & October /post/2016/11/02/books-i-read-sept-oct/ /post/2016/11/02/books-i-read-sept-oct/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:58:34 +0000 /?p=7019 I had such high hopes of reading a ton of books this fall. It was going to be me and a scented candle and a pumpkin beer and my couch and a cozy blanket and a great book. Every single … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/11/02/books-i-read-sept-oct/feed/ 11 I blame the Olympics for slowing down my reading progress this month. /post/2016/08/31/what-i-read-in-august/ /post/2016/08/31/what-i-read-in-august/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2016 01:18:50 +0000 /?p=6896 Just because I spent 28 hours of my week (for a few weeks) watching the Olympics doesn’t mean I didn’t have time to read! I somehow managed to read six books this month, and I intend to tell you about them … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/08/31/what-i-read-in-august/feed/ 7 Books I Read in July /post/2016/08/01/books-i-read-in-july/ /post/2016/08/01/books-i-read-in-july/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:02:53 +0000 /?p=6834 Is there anything better than reading outdoors in the summer? No. And sometimes reading on my couch with the windows open  is close enough for me. Have I mentioned how much I love the PNW in the summertime?! We don’t … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/08/01/books-i-read-in-july/feed/ 6 Books I Read in April & May /post/2016/05/31/books-i-read/ /post/2016/05/31/books-i-read/#comments Tue, 31 May 2016 12:50:02 +0000 /?p=6635 I read 11 books over the past two months – yay! I thought that having a baby would slow down my reading progress, but during breastfeeding I’ve been committed to reading more books instead of aimlessly scrolling through social media. … Continue reading →

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