Chris Wolak

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• 10 Year Blogiversary!

  By Chris Wolak on January 20, 2020 • ( 31 )

  

  Yesterday was my ten year anniversary as a book blogger. I published my first post on 19 January 2010. So much has changed in my life over the last ten years. My career at Borders Books & Music ended due… Read More ›

• Reading Update #1 and A Dash of Digital Vampire

  By Chris Wolak on January 12, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  My 2020 reading is off to an excellent start. Mysteries, romance, a literary classic, outdoor adventure, and a dash of digital vampire. What I’ve Read The last book I started in 2019 was finished in 2020. This was The Hollows… Read More ›

• The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

  By Chris Wolak on January 11, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  I’m so glad I chose this book to kick off my reading for 2020. Olivia Waite’s The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics is a smarty and sexy read that combined so many of my favorite things: history, reclaiming women’s work,… Read More ›

• January 2020 Reminder: The Willa Cather Short Story Project

  By Chris Wolak on January 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Our last story of 2019 was the last story in Cather’s 1920 collection, Youth and the Bright Medusa. This month we kick off reading stories from Cather’s last short story collection published during her lifetime, Obscure Destinies (1932). “Neighbour Rosicky”… Read More ›

• 2020 Reading Plans

  By Chris Wolak on January 1, 2020 • ( 14 )

  

  Happy New Year! Each year in November I resolve not to sign up for any reading challenges the next year. By the time late December rolls around, I’m sucked back into the excitement that reading challenges bring. My general focus… Read More ›

• Wrap Up Post: Australian Women Writers Challenge 2019

  By Chris Wolak on December 31, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  I ended the year one short for this challenge, just like last year. Instead of four books, I managed only three. I’m not too bummed about it, because without this challenge I wouldn’t have read the three wonderful books I… Read More ›

• Thin Ice by Paige Shelton

  By Chris Wolak on December 30, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  Earlier this month, I reviewed Thin Ice by Paige Shelton for Criminal Element. It’s the first in a new series by Shelton who is a prolific writer with multiple series to her name. Thin Ice entertains from its opening line… Read More ›

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