I forgot to post last night because my sister got a new puppy and I was distracted by the cute pictures. She's a little scrappy thing ...

  A splurge of new books! Yes, I think the collective noun for newly-purchased, yet unshelved books should be a splurge – like a murder of c...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Welcome back for another chance to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you are reading or highlighti...

  I know it is now Nonfiction November but I don't think nonfiction is going to do it for me this month. Are you reading nonfiction in N...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS It's Halloween week but I'm not reading anything scary. Are you? I don't like scary books! What do ...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS I almost forgot to post this evening because I have lost all sense of what day of the week it is. Do you ever g...

  Journalist Lori Tobias has covered the Oregon coast for the last 20 years, writing about small towns, fishing, tourism, crimes, good time...

  Another week, another stack of books that found their way to my house. How about you? What new books came your way? A Time to Build: From ...

  The Green Years by Karen Wolff is the story of Harry Spencer, a boy growing up in South Dakota in the 1920s, who has to find his own path...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Time to get cozy with a Victorian novel! I’ve been looking forward to Victober since last October! Who else?  U...

  It's raining in Portland and it's raining books here at my house! I'm not complaining. Rainy days and good books go hand in ha...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Welcome back for another week of sharing the opening sentences (or so) from the books that have captured our at...

  Make Russia Great Again by Christopher Buckley (2020, Simon & Schuster ) Christopher Buckley took a break from writing satire to wri...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Do you get in a nonfiction mood in the fall? I do! It must be a vestige of some back-to-school impulse. I feel ...