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I’m Taya. I write about running, reading, and all the little moments in between that I don’t want to forget. Blogging since 2012.
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Book Review | The Mortal Enemy Murder Club by Gloria Chao [contains spoilers]
Book #2 in A Hu Done It Mystery; a cozy-ish mystery. READ THE FIRST BOOK BEFORE READING THIS ONE!
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Running, Reading, & Random Stuff | Weekly Roundup | August 2, 2026
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Running, Reading, & Random Stuff | Weekly Roundup | July 26, 2026
An awesome work milestone, a birthday party, a wedding, and pickleball tournament!
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Book Review | The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett [contains spoilers]
A cozy-ish epistolary mystery.
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I’ve Owned Too Many E-Readers and Tablets…Here’s What I’d Actually Recommend
I have owned more e-readers and tablets than any one person probably needs. Over the years, I have used the Kindle, the Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Scribe, Kindle Oasis, Kobo Libra Colour, Kindle Fire, Boox tablet, reMarkable 2, iPad, iPad Pro, Samsung Galaxy S9 FE+ tablet, older Samsung tablets, and multiple Amazon Fire tablets for my…
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2026 | First Half of the Year in Books
We are somehow already more than halfway through 2026, so here’s a look back at what I read during the first six months of the year. I finished 52 books between January and the end of June. Audiobooks did most of the work, with 31 audiobooks compared to 18 digital books and only three physical…
The reading archive
Browse book reviews by genre
Mysteries are clearly winning, but there is a little bit of everything mixed in. Browse by genre or head to the full review archive.
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02Cozy Mystery
03Historical Fiction
04General Fiction
05Romance & Rom-Com
06Fantasy & Sci-Fi
07Nonfiction
08ARC Reviews
Miles worth remembering
Recent race recaps
Race weekends, finish-line feelings, and all the details I will absolutely forget unless I write them down.
Grandma’s Half Marathon 2026
One of the best race weekends of the year, with a course, crowd, and day that all came together.
Duluth, Minnesota · June 2026
Read the recap Race recapWomen Run the Cities 10 Mile
A hot, hilly morning that did not go quite to plan, but still showed me how much progress I had made.
Minneapolis, Minnesota · May 2026
Read the recap Race recapGet in Gear Half 2026
A cold race day that ended up being exactly the confidence boost I needed heading into the rest of the season.
Saint Paul, Minnesota · April 2026
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