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Saturday, December 10, 2022

15 Days to Christmas!

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Friday, December 9, 2022

Water Fire Steam by Mitzi Zilka -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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 BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS What are you reading this week? Please share the opening sentence (or so) with us here on Book Beginnings on Fri...
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16 Days to Christmas!

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

17 Days to Christmas!

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

18 Days to Christmas!

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

19 Days to Christmas!

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Monday, December 5, 2022

20 Days to Christmas!

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Sunday, December 4, 2022

21 Days to Christmas!

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Saturday, December 3, 2022

22 Days to Christmas!

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Friday, December 2, 2022

Winterland by Rae Meadows -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS How are you this first Friday in December? I'm starting the month as I'm sure it will continue, in a bl...
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23 Days to Christmas!

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

24 Days to Christmas! An Advent Calendar Tradition

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ADVENT: COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS Every year, I count down the days to Christmas with a daily post of a vintage holiday card. I've kept up ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

I Meant to Tell You by Fran Hawthorne -- BOOK REVIEW

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  BOOK REVIEW I Meant to Tell You by Fran Hawthorne Fran Hawthorne's new novel, I Meant to Tell You , starts with the disclosure of a l...
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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Happy Thanksgiving to all of you celebrating our American tradition this week. It seemed to me like a perfect wee...
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Thursday, November 17, 2022

Midcentury Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Atomic Age by Cecelia Tichy -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Do you collect books on any particular subject -- gardening, outer space, sports, whatever? I have a middling-siz...
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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien -- Veterans' Day BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Welcome to Book Beginnings on Fridays, where we share the opening sentence (or so) of the books we are reading th...
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Friday, November 4, 2022

The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Wow! I'm late posting this week. A while back, knowing I was heading into a super busy patch at work, I spe...
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Thursday, October 27, 2022

I Meant to Tell You by Fran Hawthorne -- 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 ...
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Monday, October 24, 2022

Winterland and Prisons Have a Long Memory -- MAILBOX MONDAY

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MAILBOX MONDAY A couple of interesting -- and different -- books came my way last week.  Winterland by Rae Meadows (2022, Henry Holt ) This...
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Thursday, October 20, 2022

The Man Who Came and Went by Joe Stillman -- 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, October 13, 2022

It's Always 9/11 by Wendy Avra Gordon -- 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, October 6, 2022

The Sturgeon's Heart: A Novel by Amy E. Casey -- 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 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...