BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Lessons by Ian McEwan Thank you for joining me this week for Book Beginnings on Fridays where participants shar...

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BOOK THOUGHTS The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis I just came back through the wardrobe from revisiting Narnia. I’m rereading C. S. Lew...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe  by C. S. Lewis Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Ple...

  BOOK THOUGHTS February 2026 Monthly Wrap Up Oh, the short month of February, when there are not enough days to read all the books! I manag...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share ...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS The Appeal by Janice Hallett Thank you for joining me this week for Book Beginnings on Fridays where participa...

BOOK THOUGHTS January 2026 Monthly Wrap Up Now that I'm "all-but" retired, I've been reading more. I've also been clea...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share th...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS You Can't Catch Us  by  Shannon McKenna Schmidt Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Plea...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS From First Breath to Last by Dede Montgomery Thank you for joining me this week for Book Beginnings on Fridays...

SO MUCH SERENDIPITY IN TWO RECENTLY READ NOVELS Have you had the experience of something coming up in a book -- an event, place, idea, histo...

BOOK BEGINNINGS  Thanks for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. I forgot to put my post up Thursday evening, so please forgive this s...

  BOOK REVIEW Afterward by Brisol Vaudrin Imagine you’re fairly young, living in a cool city, with a tedious starter job, but plenty of goo...

BOOKS I READ IN 2025 Every January, when I remember, I post a list here on Rose City Reader of the books I read the prior year. I keep track...