Thought I’d do the #20TBRbookChallenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf and post 1 book per day for 20 days. No particular order. No explanations. Just covers. 2/20 A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs
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Thought I’d do the #20TBRbookChallenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf and post 1 book per day for 20 days. No particular order. No explanations. Just covers. 1/20 Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
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BOOK REVIEW: The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg.
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A fascinating look at bacha posh, Afghani girls who are raised as boys.
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What are 5 books you've read and loved that you sometimes feel no one else has?
Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Unset
The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg
The Antidote by Karen Russell
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #BrendaBarkersNextChapter by Wendy Tokunaga.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Last Road Trip by Jennifer Klepper. A multi-POV, dual timeline story. Five college friends redo their aborted road trip that ended in disaster.
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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #WinterLoon by Susan Bernhard. A beautifully written coming of age novel with a lyrical, uplifting resolution.
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BOOK REVIEW: In the Great Quiet by Laura Vogt. Gorgeous prose in a slow-burn pioneer romance set in the Oklahoma land rush of 1893.
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If you need a break from books and (especially) politics, here's a photo of the newest member of the family:

My March 2026 book reviews. The best of these: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield and the Cork O’Connor mystery series by William Kent Krueger.
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My March 2026 books read. (I’m at 53 of a 200-book goal for the year.) The best: the Cork O’Connor mysteries by William Kent Krueger; The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg; and Liberty Street by Heather Marshall.
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I reread the entire series periodically. Love it!

From Content to Institution: How AI Accusations Are Reshaping Trust in Writing Every new piece of writing now carries a quiet suspicion.

Accusation is becoming infrastructure.
You don’t need proof—just enough noise to destabilize credibility.

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My Melt the Ice toque, inspired by similar hats worn to symbolize Norwegian resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II. The pattern can be found at www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib.... Proceeds from pattern sales support immigrant aid agencies.
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BOOK REVIEW: Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger. The 3rd of 22 well-written private investigator mysteries, this one a tour de force of juggled potential villains.
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Love that book

ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #Midwives by Chris Bohjalian puts a woman’s right to choose where and how to birth her child up against the medical establishment.
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BOOK REVIEW: Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger. The 2nd of 22 in this series of well-written private investigator mysteries.
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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: Illusion of Truth by James L’Etoile. 3rd in the Emily Hunter detective series. Wild plot swings and a seemingly unending supply of suspects.
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BOOK REVIEW: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger. The 1st of 22 novels in this well-written private investigator series.
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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #TheNickelBoys by Colson Whitehead. A searing look at an abusive reform school in Tennessee that wreaked havoc on the lives of countless young men.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Portrait by Emilia Kelly. A gothic novel that falls somewhat flat despite its moody environs.
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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #TheLastOutlaws by Tom Clavin. A look at the post-Civil War bandits who ravaged banks and trains from Kansas to California.
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Loved this book

The perfect gift for someone woke enough to care about human rights.
“There’s plenty of sharp, suspenseful action to savor here in this impressively poignant, hauntingly realistic, and searingly moving tale. —Kirkus Reviews
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BOOK REVIEW: #TheThirteethTale by Diane Setterfield. A book lover’s book—a twisted gothic mystery studded with literary references. A gem.
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Oil Prices Could Reach $200 A Barrel, Iran Official Says At least three ships were struck by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying ships Wednesday.

At least three ships were struck by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying ships Wednesday.

Avoid using real product names in story If thinking about using names of real products in your story, you may want to reconsider. Why?Product names date the manuscript. Soap, for example has been around a long time (and hopefully will be…

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ICYMI BOOK REVIEW: #FruitOfTheDrunkenTree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. A semi-autobiographical novel of Columbia during the 1990s and emigrating to the US.
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My February 2026 book reviews. The best: Winter Loon by Susan Bernhard, Midwives by Chris Bohjalian, and Illusion of Truth by James L’Etoile.
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