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  Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Fiction/Mystery 2025 Narrated by Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve Wes...

It all began in 2006.  Never in a million years would I have guessed I would still be blogging TWENTY years after I first pressed Publish on...

  The Black Wolf by Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #20 Mystery 2025 Finished on February 7, 2026 Rating: 3/5 (Good) Publisher...

  I hate to part with my books, but with limited space I've chosen to only keep those that I love and intend to read again someday. When...

  Of all of these shows my top picks are The Pitt, Shrinking, Bad Sisters, Black Doves, and Severance. The Diplomat is very good, but I didn...

Now that we're into February, I had better start sharing some of the posts I drafted at the beginning of the year. Yikes, the days are g...

Depoe Bay, Oregon January 2026 Hello, friends. I can't write this summary without bringing attention to the current state of affairs in ...

  The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #19 Mystery 2024 Finished on January 29, 2026 Rating: 3.5/5 (Good) Publisher...

  Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly Fiction 2023 Finished on January 23, 2026 Rating: 4.5/5 (Excellent) Publisher's Blurb: R...

  You Are Here by David Nicholls Fiction 2024 Narrated by Lee Ingleby and Lydia Leonard Finished on January 23, 2026 Rating: 4/5 (Very Good...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl . This week’s topic is technically Bookish Discoveries, but o...

  The Story of a Heart by Dr. Rachel Clarke Nonfiction 2024 Finished on January 20, 2026 Rating: 3.5/5 (Good) Publisher's Blurb: A rive...

  The Eights by Joanna Miller Fiction 2025 Finished on January 16, 2026 Rating: 4/5 (Very Good) Publisher's Blurb: Oxford, 1920. For th...

  Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg Katie Nash #1 Fiction 1993 Finished on January 7, 2026 Rating: 4/5 (Very Good) Publisher's Blurb: ...