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Thursday, March 21, 2024

I'll Never be Young Again by Daphne du Maurier -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book yo...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

It's My Blogiversary! 16 years of Rose City Reader

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IT'S MY BLOGIVERSARY! Rose City Reader turns sweet 16 today. I started this blog 16 years ago and it is hard for me to think it has been...
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Thursday, March 14, 2024

The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead by Charles Murray -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book yo...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Women Authors -- BOOK THOUGHTS

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BOOK THOUGHTS Women Authors March is Women's History Month, so I thought I'd highlight some of the women authors sitting on my TBR s...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book ...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Towering Tsundoku -- BOOK THOUGHTS

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  BOOK THOUGHTS Towering Tsundoku "To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries o...
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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Alley Pond Park by Zachary Todd Gordon -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Happy Leap Day! It feels like we are getting an extra Book Beginnings on Fridays this Leap Year. Thank you for ...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

A Thank You Windfall -- BOOK HAUL

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BOOK HAUL A Thank You Windfall A lawyer colleague sent me an Amazon gift card as a thank you for referring a client to him. That was very ni...
Monday, February 26, 2024

New-to-Me Mystery Series -- 10 ON MY TBR

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  10 ON MY TBR New-to-Me Mystery Series When it comes to mysteries, do you reach for standalones or do you prefer series? I love a good mys...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

An Omelette and a Glass of Wine by Elizabeth David -- BOOK BEGINNIGNS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book ...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

2023 European Reading Challenge -- WINNER!

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  2023 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE THIS IS THE WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT POST FOR 2023 TO FIND THE 2023 REVIEWS, GO TO THIS PAGE TO FIND THE 2023 W...
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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book ...
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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book ...
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

January 2024 -- MONTHLY WRAP UP

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  MONTHLY WRAP UP January 2024 I made a strong start to the reading year, finishing 13 books in January, including six TBR 24 in '24 boo...
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Lines of Deception by Steve Anderson -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Please join me every Friday for Book Beginnings! Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, al...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

2023 Reading Recap

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2023 READING RECAP Before 2024 is too far along, I wanted to do a little recap of my 2023 reading. I read 139 books in 2023, about 30 more ...