2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 164 books toward her goal of 365 books.
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My 2022 Year in Books

I met and exceeded my reading goal in 2022! If you’re curious as to what the stats look like or which books I loved or hated, check out the link… And don’t forget to check in on my new 2023 goal and progress – accessible to the left on my landing page.

Happy Reading!

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Book Review: Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery by Paul Craddock

About the Book

How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660’s? Why did eighteenth-century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children? And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality?

We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of […]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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I’ll be back on January 2!

Excerpt: A Small Affair by Flora Collins

About the Book

Vera is ruthlessly ambitious, beautiful by her own account, and knows how to get exactly what she wants–no matter who stands in the way. When she starts a relationship with a wealthy older man who tells her he’s separated from his wife, she thinks litte of it. After only a few dates, […]

Book Review: Mrs. Hudson and the Christmas Canary by Martin Davies

About the Book

December in London, and Maximilian Cortado, the world famous violinist, has disappeared, the only clue being the unexpected delivery to his townhouse of a basket containing a live hen.

When it emerges that a number of other notable members of society have been receiving similarly unexplained fowl, the deliveries begin to appear […]