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Bright Lights Dark Shadows by Carl Magnus Palm

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Okay, unless you’re a hardcore ABBA fan, you can give Carl Magnus Palm’s detailed and extremely thorough biography, Bright Lights Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA – a miss. I am a hardcore fan, so I persisted with all 554 pages.

My love affair with ABBA began at age six. My birthday was all planned when, two days before the party, I got the mumps. Socially devastating when you’re in prep! My dad repaired the disaster by buying me ABBA’s Arrival album and a bottle of Lucozade (“Because that’s what the Queen drinks when she’s sick.”). No party, but my new school friends came over frequently to dance to Arrival. Continue reading →

20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)

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Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy explains, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). The challenge is straightforward – read the books between June 1st and September 1st. Continue reading →

Nonfiction November – Book Pairings

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It’s Nonfiction November, this week hosted by Sarah’s Bookshelves. The task? Pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title.

I have so much fun with this topic (past post, and here), and other bloggers’ book-pairings have resulted in a lot of books being added to my TBR sack.

When relationships get messy, the band does not get back together – Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA by Carl Magnus Palm and Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Continue reading →