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This is my favorite selection of books - I love everything about plants and what you can do with them.

Owls have spherical eyeballs they have "eye tubes" that go far back into their skulls—which means their eyes are fixed in place, which is why they have to turn their heads to see. The size of their eyes helps them see in the dark, and they're…

I checked this book out just days before the Falmouth Public Library closed, and soon after that, they asked us not to return items until further notice. There are worse books to be sequestered with.

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…

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.…

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!

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.

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

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