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Best Reads of 2025

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Jennie Spotila

It’s that time of year again, when everyone releases their Best Of lists. Reading in 2025 was quite different for me compared to previous years. I dumped more books than usual (10) and I read more, too (71). My resolution … Continue reading →

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Encounters With The Invisible: 20 Years Later

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Jennie Spotila

The first memoir about ME that I ever read was Encounters with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Dorothy Wall, published in 2005. I remember thinking: if I were to ever write a book about this … Continue reading →

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Favorite Reads of 2024

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Jennie Spotila

Now that I have been tracking my reading for a few years, it’s interesting to look at the trends. I read sixty books in 2024, only a bit more than 2023 and 2022. That surprised me because I thought I … Continue reading →

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Favorite Reads of 2023

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Jennie Spotila

Listen, I know that everyone posted their favorite books of 2023 already. I wanted to as well, but my recovery from breast cancer surgery took longer than I anticipated, and now I’m getting radiation treatment. However, I still really want … Continue reading →

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Lightning Book Review: Crip Up The Kitchen

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Jennie Spotila

I’ve loved to cook since I was a kid. I wanted to grow up to throw fancy dinner parties like my aunt, complete with appetizers and an elaborate dessert. And I did give some pretty awesome dinner parties, with menus … Continue reading →

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Favorite Reads of 2022

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Jennie Spotila

Books are one of my favorite things, and I love to talk about them. Every reader is unique, of course, and we each have a wheelhouse–characteristics that will make us love (or hate) a book. Maybe you love stories about … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Books of 2021

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Jennie Spotila

I have always loved books, and now that I am writing one myself, I love them even more. I read for entertainment and education, and I pick them apart to see what makes them work (or not). There is nothing … Continue reading →

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#MillionsMissing Book Review: A Still Life

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Jennie Spotila

Today is #MillionsMissing, a day to raise awareness and make people with ME visible to the world. As part of the event, people with ME are sharing their stories on social media but instead of sharing mine I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Always Another Chance

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Jennie Spotila

Toni Bernhard has published a new book, How To Be Sick: Your Pocket Companion. Whether you have read Toni’s other books or not, I think you will find this one to be the perfect fit. This book is not a … Continue reading →

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How To Be Sick . . . Again!

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Jennie Spotila

Toni Bernhard has just published a second edition of her classic How To Be Sick, or as I like to call it: The Book That Will Make You A Better Human. I have relied on How To Be Sick since … Continue reading →

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