Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary, for the 1961 Club Emily's Runaway Imagination, review, Beverly Cleary, 1961 Club

Beverly Cleary's only historical novel for the #1961Club - perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/04/emil... #Booksky

The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart, for the 1961 Club The Ivy Tree, review, Mary Stewart, 1961 Club

The #1961Club begins with The Ivy Tree perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

WWW Wednesday - Special 1961 Edition WWW Wednesday, 1961Club

My WWW Wednesday, although I realize it's now Thursday perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/04/www-... #BookSky #1961Club

Six Degrees of Separation – from The Correspondent to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Six Degrees of Separation

See how I connected The Correspondent to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with stops in Devon, Scotland, London/Essex, more London, and Birmingham. Join #6Degrees of Separation the first Saturday of every month: tinyurl.com/69ddd9ck Have you read any of these?
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A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie #ReadChristie26 Agatha Christie, A Caribbean Mystery, review

Why not start the month with Agatha Christie? perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-ca... #ReadChristie26 @agathachristieh.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

I put a copy of The Bad Seed in the trash using a Kleenex so I wouldn’t defile myself by touching it and I would have been sure the child killer was after me if it had reappeared!

Thank you! I realized my mother hadn’t filed for her father’s two books or my father’s one, so did it for her.

Also, have you read any of Robert Goddard's books? They are mostly mysteries, some with dual time lines.

The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus - a dramatic adventure in Cornwall The Sea Child, review, Linda Wilgus

A captivating historical romance set in 19th century Cornwall: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-... #Booksky @lindawilgus.bsky.social

Other People's Houses by Clare Mackintosh – Reading Wales 2026 Other People's Houses, Clare Mackintosh, review, Sourcebooks

Celebrating Reading Wales Month 2026! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/03/othe... #Booksky

I just finished The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus, my first 5-star in quite a while

I liked the first few but then got bored.

February 2026 Reading a blog primarily about books

Recent reading! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/03/febr... #Booksky

While U.S. service members die in another forever war in the Middle East, Donald Trump’s “peace envoy” is raising money for his private equity firm.

The Lonesome Death of Daphy Michel Watch now | Haitian Woman, 31, Dies Alone at Pittsburgh Bus Stop Days After ICE Released Her Far From Home to Die.

Haitian woman, 31, dies alone at Pittsburgh bus stop days after ICE released her to the streets far from home to perish. Rest in power, Daphy Michel: migrantinsider.com/p/the-loneso...

The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

The Senate must reject this bill.

I don’t remember this very well but gave it a grudging 3.

Good for Luke! Sorry the @celticsnba.bsky.social didn’t keep him.

The Met Opera’s Desperate Hunt for Money The Met has looked to a foreign government, to new strategies, even to outer space, in its scramble to find money to sustain the country’s largest performing arts organization.

As it confronts a deep financial crisis, the Metropolitan Opera has depleted its endowment by a third. The Met has looked to a foreign government, to new strategies, even to outer space, in its scramble to find money to sustain the country’s largest performing arts organization.

State Library Victoria 📚 #booksky

Six Degrees of Separation – from Wuthering Heights to One Night That Changes Everything a blog primarily about books

#6Degrees of Separation for March perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/03/six-... #Booksky

I do love Mrs Pollifax!

Graham Greene: The Man for a White Elephant Stall The Ministry of Fear   by Graham Greene published 1943 [ excerpt ] The third stall was the traditional one — the white elephant—though b...

A white elephant stall, Charlotte M Yonge, fortune teller, cake and a seance form a winning line in the CiB Books Blog Bingo. All kinds of unexpected in Graham Greene's Ministry of Fear clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2026/03/grah...

“It’s a very odd set-up.” #carolcarnac #thedoubleturn Timing is often all when it comes to reading, I find, and today’s book is a wonderful example of that. It arrived on the day I had finished reading the epic volume, “The Waste Land: A B…

On the blog today, another brilliant #CarolCarnac reissue from @blpublishing.bsky.social -such a clever and twisty one! @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/i...

The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien - Read Ireland 2026 The Country Girls, Edna O'Brien, ReadingIreland26

I am hosting my book group in March and selected this classic perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-... #Booksky #ReadingIreland26

Student Remains in Honduras After ICE Vows to Deport Her Again

NEW: Any Lucia López Belloza, a freshman at Babson College, was deported by mistake, in violation of a judicial order. A judge ordered her return by Friday. Now the Trump administration has said it will deport her again if she comes back.

Free gift link >>> www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

What did Trump officials tell the Netflix CEO today at the White House?

Looks like crony capitalism with the President corrupting the merger process in favor of the billionaire Ellison family.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.

Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.

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Reading to preschoolers at the Y for #BostonReads @boston.gov #MarcusBridgewater @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social #booksky

The US men’s hockey team should be celebrated, but the gold medal won by the US women is no laughing matter - The Boston Globe We were reminded just how far the fight for respect of women’s sports still has to go, and how much simmering sexism continues to bubble under the surface.

Well put by Tara Sullivan! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/24/s...