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  The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan Nonfiction 2024 Finished on October 20, 2025 Rating: 4/5 (Very Good) Publisher's Blurb: A gor...

  Nonfiction November is one of my favorite blogging challenges. While I rarely participate in the weekly prompts, I love spending an entire...

  The Names by Florence Knapp Fiction 2025 Finished on October 19, 2025 Rating: 4.5/5 (Very Good) Publisher's Blurb: The extraordinary ...

  Orbital by Samantha Harvey Fiction 2023 Finished on October 12, 2025 Rating: 2/5 (OK) Publisher's Blurb: A slender novel of epic powe...

No Kings Protest 2025 Newport, Oregon I participated in my very first protest this past weekend! My 92-year-old mother said she would really...

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell Fiction 2016 Finished on October 1, 2025 Rating: 2/5 (OK) Publisher's Blurb: Daniel Sull...

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (4.5/5) The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (4.5/5) So Far Gone by Jess Walter (4.5/5/5)

  The 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge is one of my favorite reading challenges, and this is the sixth year that I've participated. ...

Little Whale Cove Depoe Bay, Oregon September 2025 Didn't I just post August's summary?! Time truly does seem to speed up the older ...

  A few days ago, I learned that my dear friend, Nan of Letters from a Hill Farm passed away on Sunday, September 21st. The last day of sum...

  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Science Fiction 2021 Narrated by Ray Porter Finished on September 19, 2025 Rating: 4.5/5 (Very Good) Goo...