BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYSJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierThank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.MY BOOK BEGINNINGIt was a cold grey day in late November. The weather had changed overnight ..read more

BOOK THOUGHTSSeven Deadly SinsThere is a "Seven Deadly Sins" challenge that periodically buzzes around Bookstagram. It caught my eye the other day and was just the inspiration I needed to try something creative. What "sinful" books are hiding on your shelves? Here's my collection: PRIDE: a big or challenging book The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. It took me years to get through this ..read more

BOOK REVIEWPocketful of Poseys by Thomas Reed (Beaufort Books, 2023)Pocketful of Poseys is a warmhearted family story about a brother and sister charged with scattering their mother Cinny's ashes. The catch is that Cinny wanted her ashes mixed with the ashes of her husband, their father, and scattered in five different places around the world. She also left the money to finance the trip. Grace ..read more

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYSMen at Arms by Evelyn WaughThank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.MY BOOK BEGINNINGWhen Guy Crouchback's grandparents, Gervase and Hermione, came to Italy on their honeymoon ..read more

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYSBrighton Rock by Graham GreeneThank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.MY BOOK BEGINNINGHale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him ..read more

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYSThe Eustace Diamonds by Anthony TrollopeThank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.MY BOOK BEGINNINGIt was admitted by all her friends, and also by her enemies,—who were in truth the ..read more

 BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYSShow Game by Steve AndersonThank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.MY BOOK BEGINNINGI have the bastard, finally, I got him. Target number one.-- from Show Game by Steve ..read more

 BOOK THOUGHTS12 Books Soon!This was a hair on fire week for me with work. The deadline in the Boy Scout bankruptcy to file all claims on behalf of sexual abuse survivors was May 31. I am happy to say that we now have everything filed on behalf of our 69 clients with claims, but it was insane getting it all done. I don't have the capacity to actually concentrate on a book, but I am ..read more

 BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYLost & Found: Public Theology in a Secular Age by Michael A. MiltonThank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.MY BOOK BEGINNINGSome argue the case from anecdotal evidence ..read more

 BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYSWarming Up Julia Child: The Remarkable Figures Who Shaped a Legend by Helen Lefkowitz HorowitzThank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.MY BOOK BEGINNINGJulia Child was a ..read more