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I read and write reviews. And make quilts.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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The Copywriter
I sometimes wonder what made us poets in the first place. Did we accidentally sell our souls to the devil when we were children, without knowing it? from the Copywriter by Daniel Poppick “So,…
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February 3, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Books, News
Book mail included American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed by Isaac Fitzgerald and A Far Flung Life by M. L. Stedman. New on my NetGalley shelf are The Obit Habit by Romalyn Tilghma…
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February 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents... with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
February 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents... with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
Her face was so artificially plumped and frozen that it resembled a Greek mask that slid between genres and setttled on tragicomedy.
#sundaysentence
#brawler #laurengroff @riverheadbooks.bsky.social
#sundaysentence
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February 1, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Her face was so artificially plumped and frozen that it resembled a Greek mask that slid between genres and setttled on tragicomedy.
#sundaysentence
#brawler #laurengroff @riverheadbooks.bsky.social
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January 31, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Rules of the Heart by Janice Hadlow
Under the power of that love, I gave up everything I once thought valuable–loyalty, honor, pride, and dignity; all domestic happiness, even my own self-respect. from Rules of the Heart For th…
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January 31, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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One Sun Only by Camille Bordas
Life’s not supposed to be exciting…Only certain things are, like a good soccer game, or wen you fall in love and stuff. from One Sun Only by Camille Bordas First off, I want to call out…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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#piecebypiece
#kimdanielson
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Piece By Piece by Kim Danielson
When I lost things that connected me to memories of people, it felt like losing the people for the second time. from Piece by Piece All the years we moved from parsonage to parsonage there were cer…
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January 29, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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#CommemorativeAmericanQuilts
#schiffercraft
#sandrasider
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January 28, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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London Sojourn by Rebecca knuth
Perhaps my current quest is in part an attempt to return to an imagined home and put down roots, and I am searching for something that feels like home or trying to create it. from London Sojourn by…
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January 27, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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A Great Act of Love by Heather Rose
Everyone is doing their best to forget exactly what brought them here, and what stops them going home, as you’ll soon discover. from A Great Act of Love by Heather Rose It was a time of great…
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January 26, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Memory lied as often as it didn’t, and what you’d forgotten could shape you as surely as what you hadn’t.
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#randomhouse
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January 25, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Memory lied as often as it didn’t, and what you’d forgotten could shape you as surely as what you hadn’t.
#sundaysentence #ebcounterswithunexpectedanimals #bretanthonyjohnston
#randomhouse
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Vigil by George Saunders
Greed, greed, one could taste it in the air. from Vigil by George Saunders A successful, wealthy, businessman is dying. He believes he was one of the most powerful on earth in his time. He has no r…
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January 25, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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#AmericanRambler
Walking the Trail of #JohnnyAppeseed
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Walking the Trail of #JohnnyAppeseed
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January 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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#AmericanRambler
Walking the Trail of #JohnnyAppeseed
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#AmericanRambler
Walking the Trail of #JohnnyAppeseed
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#ninamcconigley
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Cowboys and East Indians by Nina McConigley
I was raised on a ranch. I learned to keep my expectations low. from Split Estate by Nina McConigley I immensely enjoyed these stories about Indians in the American West, often mistook for Native A…
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January 24, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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Island at the Edge of the World by Mike Pitts
I read Thor Heyerdahl as a teen, and also Chariots of the Gods by van Daniken, and even Jared Diamond’s Collapse, all with their ideas about Easter Island, who erected those statues and what …
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January 23, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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Departure(s) by Julian Barnes
‘Incurable yet manageable,’ that sounds like….life, doesn’t it? from Departure(s) by Julian Barnes Such a strange novel. The narrator is Julian Barnes, a writer in his mid-s…
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January 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Crucible by John Sayles
Let’s make Dearborn part of America again! King Henry V-8 (protest signs) from Crucible by John Sayles This sprawling novel embraces fifteen pivotal years of Detroit history, with numerous hi…
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January 20, 2026 at 5:50 PM