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CURRENTLY READING:

The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai, by John Tayman
A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America, by Tony Horwitz (audiobook)


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PENDING ARRIVAL ON MY SHELF

The Secret Life of Cows, by Rosamund Young (bookray by travelina)
A Gentle Madness, by Nicholas A. Basbanes (coming from haahaahaa98 in Wish List Tag game)
An Exaltation of Larks, by James Lipton (coming from haahaahaa98 in Wish List Tag game)
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabin Alameddine (coming from haahaahaa98 in Wish List Tag game)
The Unlikely Disciple, by Kevin Roose (coming from haahaahaa98 in Wish List Tag game)


ABOUT ME

Bibliophile, ailurophile, cruciverbalist, Christian, liberal, parent, animal lover, BookCrosser!


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My Library Thing Page!

The Word Detective

McKays Used Books & More (My favorite book source, located in NC)

Cracked.com is hilarious and informative!


BOOKS READ IN 2025
1. Dayswork, by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel (audiobook)
2. The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton
3. The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
4. Home before Dark, by Susan Wiggs
5. Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, by Lauren F. Winner
6. The Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz (audiobook)
7. Penrod, by Booth Tarkington
8. The Vegetarian, by Han Kang (audiobook)
9. The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket (audiobook; reread)
10. The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels, by Henry James
11. A Short History of a Small Place, by T. R. Pearson (reread)
12. Death at the Sign of the Rook, by Kate Atkinson (audiobook)
13. The Reptile Room, by Lemony Snicket (audiobook; reread)
14. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (audiobook; reread)
15. Waking Up in Charleston, by Sherryl Woods
16. The Revenant: Hunted, by Brooke A. Richards
17. The Book of Eels, by Patrik Svensson
18. Puddn'head Wilson, by Mark Twain
19. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (audiobook)
20. The Wide Window, by Lemony Snicket (audiobook; reread)
21. The Word is Murder, by Anthony Horowitz (audiobook)


BOOKS READ IN 2024
1. Bringing Nature Home, by Douglas Tallamy (audiobook)
2. The Last Love: A Novel about Napoleon in Exile, by Thomas B. Costain
3. Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War, by Tony Horwitz (audiobook)
4. Swamp Story, by Dave Barry
5. Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History, by Eric Chaline
6. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson (audiobook)
7. Florida, by Lauren Groff (audiobook)
8. My Name is Resolute, by Nancy E. Turner
9. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness, by Sy Montgomery (audiobook)
10. Right Ho, Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
11. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, by Ed Yong
12. Extraordinary Goats: Meetings with Remarkable Goats, Caprine Wonders & Horned Troublemakers, by Janet Hurst
13. The Grip of Film, by Richard Ayoade
14. The Body: A Guide for Occupants, by Bill Bryson (audiobook)
15. Thank You, Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
16. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford
17. Gifts of the Crow, by John Marzluff (audiobook)
18. Carry On, Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
19. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
20. Countdown, by Deborah Wiles
21. The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
22. Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein
23. The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, by Simon Winchester
24. A Damsel in Distress, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
25. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades, by Rebecca Renner (audioboook)
26. Naturalist, by Edward O. Wilson
27. The Caretaker, by A. X. Ahmad (audiobook)
28. Something Fresh, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
29. In a Dark, Dark Wood, by Ruth Ware
30. An Alphabetical Life: Living it Up in the World of Books, by Wendy Werris
31. The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting, by Elizabeth Cohen (audiobook)
32. Once Upon a Time in Great Britain: A Travel Guide to the Sights and Settings of Your Favorite Children's Stories, by Melanie Wentz
33. Astray, by Emma Donoghue (audiobook)
34. Uncle Dynamite, by P.G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
35. The Night Tiger, by Yangsze Choo (audiobook)
36. Hot Water, by P.G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
37. Flood: A Romance of Our Time, by Robert Penn Warren
38. The Children of Green Knowe, by L. M. Boston (audiobook)
39. The Writing Class, by Jincy Willett
40. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, by Candice Millard (audiobook)
41. The Small Bachelor, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
42. Jubilee, by Margaret Walker
43. You Are One of Them, by Elliott Holt (audiobook)
44. Charlotte Street, by Danny Wallace
45. Leave it to Psmith, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
46. Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero, by Christopher McDougall (audiobook)
47. Psmith, Journalist, by P. G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
48. The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
49. The Legacy, by Katherine Webb
50. Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories, by Jincy Willett
51. Laughing Gas, by P.G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
52. Birds with Bracelets: The Story of Bird Banding, by Susan F. Welty
53. Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family, by Patricia Volk
54. Based on a True Story: Fact and Fantasy in 100 Favorite Movies, by Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen
55. The Year of Living Constitutionally, by A. J. Jacobs (audiobook)
56. Quite a Year for Plums, by Bailey White
57. Half-Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, by Jeannette Walls
58. Three Graves Full, by Jamie Mason (audiobook)
59. Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders (audiobook)
60. A Hand to Guide Me, by Denzel Washington
61. The Inner Life of Animals, by Peter Wohlleben
62. The Death of Mrs. Westaway, by Ruth Ware
63. The Changeling, by Victor LaValle (audiobook)
64. Lottery, by Patricia Wood
65. A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
66. The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle (audiobook)
67. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver (audiobook)
68. Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh
69. The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler (audiobook)