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Monday, April 10, 2023

Two Memoirs by Kristin Louise Duncombe on MAILBOX MONDAY

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  MAILBOX MONDAY I love what I think of as "random memoirs," meaning memoirs written by not-famous people who can make an interest...
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Thursday, April 6, 2023

The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS What book has been on your TBR Shelf the longest? For me, the answer is The Cloister and the Hearth , which I bou...
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Monday, April 3, 2023

Painting Through the Dark by Gemma Whelan -- MAILBOX MONDAY

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  MAILBOX MONDAY I actually got this copy of Painting Through the Dark a few weeks ago. But I also got a new hip a few weeks ago! I am fina...
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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Spring Fever by P. G. Wodehouse -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays, where we share the opening sentences (or so) from the bo...
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Friday, March 24, 2023

He Said He Would be Late by Justine Sullivan -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Yikes! I'm still off my game after my hip replacement surgery. This was my first week back in the office afte...
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Thursday, March 16, 2023

The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Welcome to Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please join me to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you are...
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Friday, March 10, 2023

Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Well, this post is certainly late! I had hip replacement surgery last week and thought I had prescheduled a post ...
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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me on Book Beginnings on Fridays to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you ar...
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Thursday, February 23, 2023

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me on Book Beginnings on Fridays to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you ar...
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Thursday, February 16, 2023

The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me on Book Beginnings on Fridays to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you ar...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

2022 European Reading Challenge -- WINNER!

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  2022 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR! THIS IS THE WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT POST FOR 2022 TO FIND THE 2022 REVIEWS, GO TO T...
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Thursday, February 9, 2023

The Promise of a Normal Life by Rebecca Kaiser Gibson -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me each week on Friday to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you are reading....
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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Thirst by K.L. Barron -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me each week on Friday to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you are readin...
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Monday, January 30, 2023

New Books for February Reading -- MAILBOX MONDAY

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  MAILBOX MONDAY Do you generally buy new or used books? The books that come my way, while "new to me," are not usually new copies...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023

The King's General by Daphne de Maurier -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me each week on Friday to share the opening sentence (or so) from the book you are reading....
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Saturday, January 21, 2023

Saul Bellow Bibliography -- BOOK LIST

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  SAUL BELLOW Saul Bellow (1915 to 2005) may have been born in Canada, but he was an American treasure. He won the Pulitzer Prize once and t...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh -- 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 Fr...
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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Lorrie's Deal by Buck Sawyer -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS How are you doing this second week of January? I'm still wildly swinging between new year energy and a linger...
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