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My bookshelves are small and mostly gardening books.

These little owls are from the 1960's.

You know you have the time now … read Proust! And if Proust seems too overwhelming … read Thirkell!

Started reading the Decameron written in 1348 during the Black plague. 100 stories in 10 days. Amazing!

I have a small house and an affinity for old dictionaries. Hence my reference book end table. And yes, War and Peace is there merely because it fit. No, I haven’t read it.

Each morning I awaken to find my bedside books piled in a different order than the night before; each is fighting for ‘pride of place’, hoping to be the next one I will read!

Here are my bookshelves. And I really do keep them this neat.
There is one sentimental book in the lot - Mr. McFadden's Hallowe'en by Rumer Godden. I read it in the 6th grade and as a result, dressed up as a jack-o-lantern for book report day.…

This novel deals with a strange epidemic caused by a novel virus which suddenly appears in a California college town. It was published in early 2019 (!), but the parallels with this year are sometimes uncanny.
Thanks to the Libby app on my tablet, I…