ADVENT 15 Days to Christmas!  

BOOK THOUGHTS Red & Green Books to Put You in the Holiday Spirit Here’s a red and green stack of Christmassy (or at least wintery) books...

ADVENT 16 Days to Christmas!  

BOOK REVIEW If We Still Lived Where I was Born by Maria Giura I try to read poetry every morning, but I am no student of the genre. I don...

  ADVENT 17 Days to Christmas!

  ADVENT 18 Days to Christmas!

  ADVENT 19 Days to Christmas!

BOOK THOUGHTS November 2025 Monthly Wrap Up Thank goodness we have books to get us through the rough patches! November had its highs and low...

ADVENT 20 Days to Christmas!

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Afterward by Bristol Vaudrin Thank you for joining me this week for Book Beginnings on Fridays where participan...

  ADVENT 21 Days to Christmas!

ADVENT 22 Days to Christmas!

  ADVENT 23 Days to Christmas!

  ADVENT: COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS We are officially in Advent season! I love Christmas and everything about it. One of my favorite traditions...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote Thank you for joining me this week for Book Beginnings on Fridays wh...

  BOOK REVIEW A Map of Her Own by Dede Montgomery Dede Montgomery’s new book, A Map of Her Own , is historical fiction at its best. The nov...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Persuasion by Jane Austen Thank you for joining me this week for Book Beginnings on Fridays where participants...

BOOK THOUGHTS October 2025 Monthly Wrap Up I read a lot in October because of a lull in my work schedule. Then November blew up and I forgot...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Falstaff by Robert Nye Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Thank you for joining me this week for Book Beginnings on Fridays wher...

BOOK REVIEW The Luck of the Bodkins by P. G. Wodehouse The Luck of the Bodkins is typical P. G. Wodehouse , which makes it typically deli...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS If We Still Lived Where I was Born  by Maria Giura Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Pleas...

  CLASSICS CLUB SPIN Spin Number 42 UPDATE: Spin Pick = No. 17! I'm working on  my second Classics Club list , with 28 of my 50 picks st...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS A Map of Her Own by Dede Montgomery Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the ope...