Monday, February 23, 2026

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking -- Take 2

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As I said , I had been meaning to read Quiet for a very long time.  When it first came out, I took one look at the title and th...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

What I'm Reading Now -- The Rivers Amazon

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S and I were shopping for vintage books recently and he picked up one I didn't really expect.  It's called The Rivers Am...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

Unfinished Books -- Overwhelmed and Stuck

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There are a lot of books in the world.  I always try to remind myself of that when I'm reading a book that just isn't doing it for m...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Happy Birthday, E!

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Saturday, February 7, 2026

The Emperor's Last Island and Skeleton Coast - Take 2

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I had a love-hate relationship with The Emperor's Last Island . The "hate" portion began early in the book when th...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

What I'm Reading Now -- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

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My February 2026 Reading Challenge  selection, and a book I've been meaning to read for years, is Quiet: The Power of Introv...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

The Midnight Feast -- Take 2

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My first venture into the Lucy Foley mystery canon turned out to be entertaining but a week later totally forgettable.  The Midn...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

What I'm Reading Now -- Skeleton Coast and The Emperor's Last Island

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Continuing my literary march across the world's southern oceans, I've simultaneously picked up two books to poke through now that I...
Friday, January 23, 2026

What I'm Reading Now -- The Midnight Feast

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I've had Lucy Foley's book The Guest List  on my to-read list for some time.  More recently, I added The Paris Apartment...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

The Reader's Companion to South Africa -- Take 2

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As is to be expected with a compilation of essays - and in fact as I specifically anticipated in my first post related to The R...