"Ginny calls around ten, just as I'm hanging up with a client. She sounds urgent.
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Literary Quote of the Month
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one." - George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons
Friday, February 20, 2026
First Lines Friday... House Hunting Will Never be the Same
"Ginny calls around ten, just as I'm hanging up with a client. She sounds urgent.
Friday, December 29, 2023
11th Annual... First Book of the Year!
Every year, Sheila at Book Journey Reading Blog hosts the First Book of the Year event where book lovers and bloggers from all over submit a photo of themselves with the book they've chosen for their First Book of the Year. It's so much fun to see what everyone picks.
Want to join in on the fun? You can read all about it at Book Journey. And on January 1st I'll announce what my First Book of the Year for 2024 will be right here!


