I hugely enjoyed  " The Wedding People " by Alison Espach the first time I read it, back in February 2025 , and I immediately pegg...

Annoying things:   Maybe it's because I spent three weeks at my dad's, but it feels like this summer was especially short and went b...

Right now...*  * (A (mostly) monthly series/meme .  Explanation of how this started & my inspirations in my first "Right now" ...

If you were old enough to pay attention to the news in the late 1990s, you'll know who  Monica Lewinsky  is. She's the young White H...

My D.E. Stevenson fan group read " Still Glides the Stream "  together not that long ago, in the summer of 2021 (previous reviews...

I finally picked up " Yesteryear " by Caro Claire Burke, one of this year's "buzz" books, after hearing a lot about ...

" Flying Solo " by Linda Holmes is a followup to her debut novel " Evvie Drake Starts Over, " which I read earlier this ...

Annoying things:   For the first time ever, I lost my cellphone last month (July). Thankfully, it was only a temporary thing:  I left it sit...

I've been collecting "odds & ends" of links for at least a month now... I know I've missed out on recording a LOT of g...

I've always gotten " Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris " and " Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day " mixed up in my mind (with ...

I was looking for something short and light to read, and thought of a book that's been on my list for a while -- " Mrs. Harris Goes...

" Young Woman and the Sea " by Glenn Stout is the September pick for my Childless Collective Nomo Book Club . First published in 2...