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Mandie Marron

A woman of many hats and interests, Mandie writes about general geekery, genealogy, books, science fiction, local politics, and nearly anything she needs to get out on paper.

A How-To Guide to Read More & Take on Your 1st Prompt-Based Reading Challenge

A How-To Guide to Read More & Take on Your 1st Prompt-Based Reading Challenge

January of 2020 will mark my fifth year of doing book challenges and actively diversifying my reading. Since 2015, I have read 460 books which include novels, graphic novels, audiobooks, cookbooks, poetry chapbooks, you name it. If it is considered a book in some form or fashion, I count it

Two Years Since the Accident...

Two Years Since the Accident...

Two years ago, today, I experienced one of the scariest, but also, most life-changing events of my life. After spending an awesome day at Universal Orlando with some dear friends, I was starting my drive home to Jacksonville. I had barely touched onto I-4, from SR-192, when traffic came to

2018 New Year's Resolutions & Book Challenges

2018 New Year's Resolutions & Book Challenges

It's almost a full month into the New Year, so I figured it was about time to lay out my 2018 New Year's Resolutions. It's been a long time since I set some actual resolutions, aside from ones pertaining to reading, so I figured

2017 Reading Challenge Wrap Up

2017 Reading Challenge Wrap Up

At the start of 2017, if you followed me on Facebook, Instagram, and even this humble, little blog, you saw that I listed out some pretty hefty reading challenges to conquer for the year. I set them out as a goal without knowing whether or not I would complete them,

2017 Reading Challenges

2017 Reading Challenges

If you're curious to see how far I am in my book challenges, this is the spot to watch! 2017 Goodreads Challenge 2017 Reading Challenge [https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/5493-2017-reading-challenge] [https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/5493-2017-reading-challenge] Mandie [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6886419-mandie] has read 26

2017 Book Challenges - Midway Update

2017 Book Challenges - Midway Update

It's been quite awhile since I updated on my book challenges. I've been steadily updating the page on the top bar [http://www.toasterdreams.com/2017-reading-challenges/], but I haven't actually given a real update for a bit. To catch up those who aren'

The Croods [Movie] Review

The Croods [Movie] Review

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom I was lucky enough to score passes to a pre-release screening of The Croods in 3D to which I was escorted by my four year old niece. On a side note, as much