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2018 Reads: Books 61-65
Friends and former bandmates Elizabeth, Andrew, and Zoe have seen each other from college to marriage and full-fledged adulthood. Now,...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 30, 20182 min read
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2018 Reads: Books 56-60
So... considering I couldn't even remember reading this book... I feel like I can't even summarize it for y'all. Here's a link to it's...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 28, 20182 min read
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2018 Reads: Books 51-55
After the death of her life-long best friend, the separation from her husband, and the moody teenage years of her daughter - Isabel...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 28, 20183 min read
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2018 Reads: Books 46-50
Hope Jahren is a badass. Through the course of her career, she's built three laboratories from the ground up. She studies trees, flowers,...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 27, 20182 min read
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2018 Reads: Books 41-45
Wow, wow, wow. Nina Riggs' was an amazing writer, storyteller, wife, friend, mother, I could go on... She writes through a battle with...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 26, 20182 min read
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2018 reads: Books 36-40
I heard all of the hype about Ng's writing after Little Fires Everywhere became a hit . I started reading Everything I Never Told You...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 25, 20182 min read
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2018 reads: Books 31-35
I heard so much hype around this book for years and figured it was time to check it out for myself. Written from the point of view of...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 22, 20183 min read
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2018 reads: Books 26-30
Wow, wow, and wow. This book was a random pick up from the library and I ended up learning so much from it. I did not know the story of...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 22, 20182 min read
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A Bookworm's Delight: Gift Guide
Looking for the perfect gift for the book lover in your life? I searched the city for some local makers and creators who have created the...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 11, 20181 min read
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Best of the Bookshelf
With the year coming to an end, I'm SO close to my goal of reading 100 books (only 5 reads away, to be exact!) While I'm still posting...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 6, 20187 min read
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2018 reads: Books 21-25
This book wasn't exactly what I thought it would be, but that doesn't mean it wasn't good. I think that Rowe's writing really saved the...
Erin Zaranec
Dec 2, 20182 min read
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2018 reads: Books 16-20
This book was so interesting to me because it took me deeper into a land a culture that I don't know much about. Ahmed wrote honestly...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 30, 20182 min read
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Shop 'Til You Drop on Small Business Saturday
Since moving into Lakewood, I've developed a new appreciation for small businesses. I love being able to bounce around the city and visit...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 20, 20184 min read
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Self Care: My Favorite Skincare Products
Self care is all the rage lately. Lighting candles, doing face masks, journaling, and napping seem to be the most trendy forms of self...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 20, 20183 min read
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2018 reads: Books 11-15
Book number 11 took me to the morgue - literally. Dr. Vincent Di Maio works as a private forensic pathology consultant. He has worked...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 19, 20182 min read
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Cleveland Book + Beer Match Up
If you had to pair your favorite book with a beer, what brew would you pick? Off the top of my head, I would pair The Picture of Dorian...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 14, 20182 min read
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2018 reads: Books 6-10
I dove down the rabbit hole with book number six of 2018 - reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Not...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 11, 20182 min read
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Storytelling through songs: Fall seasonal playlists
We all have that song (or a few!) that we consider a go-to - whether it's a song that makes you happy, makes you think of your favorite...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 10, 20182 min read
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The Land that I love
I am a 24-year-old young professional who grew up about half an hour outside of the city. When I was younger, I constantly dreamed about...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 6, 20184 min read
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2018 reads: Books 1-5
I started off the year by reading All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. I don't typically read Young Adult, but figured this would be...
Erin Zaranec
Nov 4, 20182 min read
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