BOOK THOUGHTS October 2025 Monthly Wrap Up I read a lot in October because of a lull in my work schedule. Then November blew up and I forgot...

  FAVORITE AUTHOR, BOOK LIST Anthony Trollope Thanks to Arches Bookhouse , I’m the happy new owner of a complete set of Anthony Trollope fic...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The Duke's Children  by Anthony Trollope Yikes! I forgot to post yesterday because I was in Philadelphia f...

  MONTHLY WRAP UP July 2024 July was a blur. The month started well, with a super fun neighbor party at our house for Independence Day. But ...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share t...

  MONTHLY WRAP UP March 2024 Thanks to an unexpected, unusual, but much appreciated lull in my workload, I read more books in March than I’v...

  MONTHLY WRAP UP January 2024 I made a strong start to the reading year, finishing 13 books in January, including six TBR 24 in '24 boo...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Welcome to the last Book Beginnings of the year! Please share the first sentence (or so) of the book  you are rea...

She listened to him with the closest attention; only interrupting him now and then with little words, intending to signify her approval. ...

Frank Gresham must marry money. His father has already sold off part of Gresham Park and the rest is mortgaged to the hilt. His mother...

In the latter days of July in the year 185__, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester...

  Knitting and Sundries is hosting Mailbox Monday in November. Thanks Julie! My mailbox overfloweth last week. Actually, only the first...