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April 2023 Reads and Birding

Posted by Lori on April 30, 2023

April 2023 Reads

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A Different Frame of Mind: Living a Full Life with Traumatic Brain Injury Lois Jean Thomas

Posted by Lori on April 29, 2023

A Different Frame of Mind: Living a Full Life with Traumatic Brain Injury Lois Jean Thomas TBI Traumatic Brain Injury

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Library Book Sales

Posted by Lori on April 27, 2023

Library Book Sales

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Beside Lake Beautiful William A. Quayle

Posted by Lori on April 25, 2023

Beside Lake Beautiful Great Lakes William A. Quayle

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Railroad to the Moon Ron Garan

Posted by Lori on April 23, 2023

Astronaut nasa Railroad to the Moon Ron Garan The Armstrong Air & Space Museum

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Blood and Silver Vali Benson

Posted by Lori on April 19, 2023

Blood and Silver Tombstone Arizona Vali Benson

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The Bedtime Chronicles: Legend of the Dadman Derek Siskin

Posted by Lori on April 12, 2023

Derek Siskin Jamie Sale Legend of the Dadman The Bedtime Chronicles

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The Noble Adventures of Beryl and Carol Jeremy Sherr

Posted by Lori on April 11, 2023

The Noble Adventures of Beryl and Carol Jeremy Sherr

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Writing Prompts and Ideas

Posted by Lori on April 07, 2023

Writing Prompts and Ideas

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March 2023 Reads and Air Supply: The Lost In Love Experience Tour

Posted by Lori on March 30, 2023

Air Supply Air Supply: The Lost In Love Experience Tour Graham Russell March 2023 Reads and Air Supply Russell Hitchcock

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Unlock Your Creativity A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Inspiration and Developing Your Imagination Ron Pacer

Posted by Lori on March 18, 2023

Ron Pacer Unlock Your Creativity A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Inspiration and Developing Your Imagination

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My Life on Earth and Elsewhere Peggy Payne

Posted by Lori on March 16, 2023

My Life on Earth and Elsewhere Peggy Payne teen romance Y.A. Young Adult Fantasy

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INFERTILITY: The Unspoken Hurdles K.T. Ellie

Posted by Lori on March 16, 2023

Infertility INFERTILITY: The Unspoken Hurdles K.T. Ellie

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WELCOME TO MY BOOK LOFT I’m a lifelong reader and the person behind Lori’s Book Loft.

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Why I’m Reading What the Dog Saw

I spent the better part of the summer watching documentaries. There’s something about the way a documentary gathers little pieces—people, places, events, memories, and bits of history—and brings them together to tell a larger story that I find fascinating. I’ve realized that I really enjoy stories that make me curious about the world and send me down an unexpected path. That same curiosity is probably what led me to What the Dog Saw . This summer, I made it to a new bookstore and, naturally, spent some time wandering the shelves. I also stopped at a few book sales and came home with several older books. I love finding books this way. You never quite know what is going to catch your attention. One of those books was What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell. I'll admit that the title was what initially pulled me in. At the time, we were mourning the loss of our beloved dog, Buddy , who was nearly sixteen years old. Seeing the word Dog on the cover was enough to make me pick it up...

Beyond Goose and Maverick: Discovering the Real Top Gun

When I wasn’t watching documentaries this summer, I seemed to find myself rewatching Top Gun: Maverick. More than once. Okay… probably more times than I should admit. There is just something about this movie that clicks with me. It has the action, the incredible flying scenes, the music, and that wonderful bit of nostalgia that comes with seeing familiar characters again. But I think what really keeps bringing me back is the story underneath all of it. I love the idea that sometimes you can't simply follow the book. The mission in Top Gun: Maverick requires the pilots to draw on everything they have learned—their training, knowledge, experience, and instincts—and then figure out a way to do something that hasn't been done before. They have to trust what they know, trust each other, and find a new way to reach the target and come home. There is something about that that resonates with me. Maybe because life is often like that. We collect experiences along the way, and eventually...

A Sentence That Made Me Stop

One of the things I love about communicating with authors through email is that you just never know what might land in your inbox. Sometimes an email leads to a conversation, and sometimes it leads to a book you might never have discovered otherwise. That is how Straw Shoes found its way to me. I received an email from Mathias B Freese asking if I would like to read his book and reminding me that he is not getting any younger. Mathias is 86. Of course, I told him I would love to read it. I also told him that I had just heard about a 91-year-old man who had finished the Appalachian Trail, so I was hopeful that perhaps Mathias still had another book in him. He sent me a PDF of Straw Shoes , and I opened it. I even emailed him back to tell him I was beginning the book. There is something I really enjoy about that little connection between an author and a reader. A book can begin as an email and, a few minutes later, you are holding someone's words in your hands. I started readin...

Just to the Right of the Stove by Elisabeth Horan

Yesterday, Isabelle Kenyon, contacted me to tell me about Elisabeth Horan's book inspired by Sylvia Plath , which explores links between writers, mothers, and mental health. I was induced to sadness when the title, Just to the Right of the Stove , popped out at me. The title was definitely well thought out - noting the deeper meaning of this literary work released by Twist in Time Press of Philadelphia. Isolation seemed prone to repeat itself throughout Plath's life's work as did ineffable self-appraisal. Overcome by profound hopelessness, it is plausible things became raw and exposed, deterring a catalyst for Plath's own healing. It's reported i n the early morning hours of 1963, she frenzied to write as if the variables had an impact on survival time. Fast forward fifty eight-years and Horan's versus flow and conjure images that are both abstract and real. In reading her words, defective & so alive, I witness an unsatisfied longing ...

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