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Thursday, May 9, 2024

The Royal Secret by Lucinda Riley -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The Royal Secret by Lucinda Riley Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the open...
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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Outsider in Amsterdam by Janwilliams van de Wettering -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS Outsider In Amsterdam by Janwilliams van de Wettering Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share ...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Road Trip Books -- BOOK THOUGHTS

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  BOOK THOUGHTS Road Trip Books What are you up to this week? I’m heading off to drive from my house in Portland to my sister’s house in O...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Julius by Daphne du Maurier -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Julius by Daphne du Maurier Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sen...
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Rut or Routine? -- BOOK THOUGHTS

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  BOOK THOUGHTS Rut or Routine? I’m a creature of habit, for sure. There are some things I like to do over and over, the same way, for years...
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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo -- 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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Book and Birthdays -- BOOK THOUGHTS

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BOOK THOUGHTS Books and Birthdays Today is my husband’s birthday so I baked his favorite German chocolate cake!  I have other birthday plans...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Kingsley Amis, Favorite Author -- BOOK THOUGHTS

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  BOOK THOUGHTS Kingsley Amis, Favorite Author "If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing." ~ Kingsley Am...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Last Chance in Paris by Lynda Marron -- 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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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

On Commingling -- BOOK THOUGHTS

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BOOK THOUGHTS On Commingling Do you commingle your books?   My husband and I commingle our finances, and even our music CDs. But we would no...
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Thursday, April 4, 2024

Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

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  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Well, what happened last week? Beats me! I totally spaced Book Beginnings! I must have had my mind on Easter. S...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

March 2024 -- MONTHLY WRAP UP

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  MONTHLY WRAP UP March 2024 Thanks to an unexpected, unusual, but much appreciated lull in my workload, I read more books in March than I’v...
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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