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Thursday, September 29, 2022

The Mad, Mad, Murders of Marigold Way by Raymond Benson -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Welcome back to Book Beginnings on Fridays, where participants share the opening sentence (or so) of the book the...
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Monday, September 26, 2022

New Books of Poetry and Historical Fiction -- MAILBOX MONDAY

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MAILBOX MONDAY What new books came into your house lately? I'm excited about these two new books, out recently. Although the books are c...
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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom by Kathryn Olivarius -- BOOK BEGINNING

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Welcome back to Book Beginnings on Fridays, where participants share the opening sentence (or so) of the book the...
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Saturday, September 17, 2022

Muse: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces by Ruth Millington -- BOOK REVIEW

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  BOOK REVIEW Muse: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces  by Ruth Millington (2022, Pegasus Books ) Ruth Mil...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Gathering Five Storms by Jim Geraghty -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Welcome back to Book Beginnings on Fridays, where participants share the opening sentence (or so) of the book the...
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Thursday, September 8, 2022

Crybaby: Infertility, Illness, and other Things That Were Not the End of the World by Cheryl E. Klein -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS After a busy spring, my law partner and I coasted through summer. Now we are back at the grindstone! We have a se...
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Monday, September 5, 2022

Friends of the Library -- MAILBOX HOLIDAY MONDAY

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  MAILBOX MONDAY Thanks to a client meeting south of Portland, I had a chance to swing by two of my new favorite Friends shops. I don't ...
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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS September is here! It's a long holiday weekend, back to school vibes are thrumming, hints of fall are sort ...
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Thursday, August 25, 2022

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS I can't believe that it will be September next week! Kids are going back to school. It is still full-on sum...
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Monday, August 22, 2022

Sleuthing Out Books with My Private Eye -- MAILBOX MONDAY

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MAILBOX MONDAY I was having lunch with my private eye the other day . . . That really has nothing to do with anything, but saying it always...
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Thursday, August 18, 2022

The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS After finally finishing The Mirror and the Light, I'm ready for a fast summer read! The Mirror and the Light ...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

The Reservoir by David Duchovny -- BOOK REVIEW

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BOOK REVIEW The Reservoir by David Duchovny (2022, Akashic Books ) David Duchovny's new books, The Reservoir , is a novella about Ridle...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Do you read different books in the summer than you do in the winter? I always think I'm going to read somethi...
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Thursday, August 4, 2022

The Reservoir by David Duchovny -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS These summer weeks are just drifting by! Welcome back to Book Beginnings on Fridays, where you can share the op...
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Monday, August 1, 2022

I Meant to Tell You and The Reservoir -- MAILBOX MONDAY

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MAILBOX MONDAY What books came into your house last week?  Two new books came my way. Both look like fun! I Meant to Tell You by Fran Hawth...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towels -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS It's hot this week here in Oregon. Like most Oregonians, I complain when it rains all spring and then I compl...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Erica Jong's Top 100 20th Century Novels by Women -- LIST

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Erica Jong's Top 100 20th Century Novels by Women At the turn of the Millennium, there was a flurry of "Top 100" book lists. T...