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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The light is starting to change and the first hints of fall are in the air. I love this time of year, with that...

AUGUST WRAP UP What was your reading like last month? The dog days found me reading more fiction and lighter nonfiction, just enjoying the s...

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS What are your thoughts on novellas?  I say yes! Unlike short stories, I like novellas. I am not drawn to short st...

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  BOOK REVIEW No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami (2021, Head of Zeus ) Dianna Souhami's new history of 1920s Paris, No Mod...

  MAILBOX MONDAY I can't resist matching editions! How about you?  I also can't resist Alexander Dumas books because, well, we are r...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS What book are you reading this week? It's time for Book Beginnings on Friday, so please share the opening s...

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: LOUIS-PHILIPPE DALEMBERT The Mediterranean Wall by Louis-Philippe Dalembert, translated by Marjolijn de Jager (2021, Scha...

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  MAILBOX MONDAY It's time again for Mailbox Monday, where we share the books that have come our way in the past week (or so). What new ...

  MONTHLY WRAP UP Do your reading habits change in the summer? I’m drawn to lighter and shorter books in the summer, although a few darker m...

  SPIN BY PETER ZHEUTLIN: BOOK REVIEW SPIN: A Novel Based on a (Mostly) True Story by Peter Zheutlin (2021, Pegasus Books ) In June of 189...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Can you believe July is coming to an end? This month flew by in a blur of work for me. August will be the same ...

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: PETER ZHEUTLIN Peter Zheutlin has written several books, including three about the world of rescue dogs and one nonfictio...