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Hi, I'm Angi
Welcome to my corner of the internet! My passions include travel, photography, books, music, Japanese language and culture, Italian language and culture, and art.

Here at Abbott Lane you'll find my thoughts on these topics and much more. Thanks for stopping by to visit!

Week in Review: 11.16.20

I think we can all agree - this week has been nuts. I know that nothing in life is guaranteed but change, but I feel like we've been in pandemic free fall forever and that nothing has changed for most of the year. Add to that all of the election madness, and the fact that next week I go in for …

Best Books: October 2020

This should actually be called "Best Book" since I actually only have one that I enjoyed this month. As I mentioned in my November TBR, October wasn't such a hot month of reading for me. I was easily distracted by ALL THE THINGS, and was only able to get through three out of the six b…

Week In Review: 11.08.20

This week was incredibly hard. Everything moved forward as I'd expected, but that didn't make things any easier, as we all sat waiting for the election results. But...collective sigh of relief, right? Unlike some people, I'm not surprised by the near 50/50 split as far as racism goes. W…

November 2020 TBR

October was a stressful month with a much lower book count than I'd hoped. This leaves me with 13 books to read in order to reach my goal of 65 books by year's end. I anticipate November will also be stressful, so we'll see how it all pans out. I'm not entirely sure how much focus I…

Week In Review: 11.1.20

My week involved a lot of rooting down in anticipation of things ahead. I think we can all agree that no matter who wins the election, we're in for a bumpy ride. We're also staring down winter and the holidays with a pandemic swirling around us. While this is a season of challenges both exp…