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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 — Playing Catch-Up Here with a Grab-Bag of Books for you

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 — Playing Catch-Up Here with a Grab-Bag of Books for you

I’ve been reading, yes, but I’ve also been packing and trying to get the house organized to leave it for almost two months and visiting the kids before we leave and meeting with the housesitter…

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A Quick Word….

A Quick Word….

I’ve been reading greedily and saving my blogging for over here, so I thought I’d pop in and share some recent Instagram posts about Kate Atkinson’s A God in Ruins until I’m ready for a…

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Two Mysteries and Some Italy. . .

Two Mysteries and Some Italy. . .

You know I love my mystery novels. . . I made sure to download a few to my Kobo eReader for the long plane rides to and from Paris. Peter Robinson’s Abattoir Blues is his 22nd…

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H is for Hello Again. . . and also for Helen Macdonald’s Hawk book. . .

H is for Hello Again. . . and also for Helen Macdonald’s Hawk book. . .

Very near the top of my What Will I Do Now That I’m Retiring list is “Resurrect My Reading Blog” with perhaps ten or twenty exclamation marks following that commitment. This is a teeny, tiny…

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Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life

Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life

I just turned the last page of Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life and closed the book, and I must say it’s the most satisfying — and intriguing — novel I’ve read for some time.  The novel’s…

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