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Spin #44 for the Classics Club, May 2026

Short Story Wednesday: More Stories from Three for the Chair

Tatiana: Martin Cruz Smith

Six Degrees of Separation: From Wild Dark Shore to Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

Short Story Wednesday: Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood

Books Read in March 2026

Short Story Wednesday: "Lucky Dip" by Liza Cody

Short Story Wednesday: More Hercule Poirot Short Stories

A Wrinkle in Time: Madeleine L'Engle

Spell the Month in Books — March 2026

Short Story Wednesday: Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night

A Brush with Death: Sheila Pim

Books Read in February 2026

Six Degrees of Separation: from Wuthering Heights to Dancing in the Dark

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Muriel Spark

Going to Beautiful: Anthony Bidulka

Murder of a Lady: Anthony Wynne

Short Story Wednesday: More Short Stories by the Lockridges

Spin #43 for the Classics Club, February 2026

Books Read in January 2026

Short Story Wednesday: USA Noir

Old Filth: Jane Gardam

Books Read in November and December 2025

My Results for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2025

Short Story Wednesday: Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie

Short Story Wednesday: Christmas Stalkings, ed. Charlotte MacLeod

Books Read in September and October 2025

Oh William!: Elizabeth Strout

Short Story Wednesday: More Stories from Christmas Stalkings

The Satan Sampler: Victor Canning

Short Story Wednesday: Short Stories from Christmas Stalkings

Six Degrees of Separation: From Seascraper to Tokyo Express

Short Story Wednesday: Two Christmas Stories by Lorrie Moore

At the Table of Wolves: Kay Kenyon

Short Story Wednesday: Thrilling Tales

My Books from the 2025 Book Sale

Short Story Wednesday: The Grantchester Mysteries

Books Read in August 2025

Perplexing Plots: David Bordwell

Short Story Wednesday: Two Hercule Poirot Short Stories

Annual Book Sale 2025: My Husband's Books

Spin #42 for the Classics Club, October 2025

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea: Rebecca Thorne

Short Story Wednesday: The Literary Ghost, ed. Larry Dark

Short Story Wednesday: "The Portobello Road" by Muriel Spark

#HYH25: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Annual Book Sale 2025: My Son's Books

Pesticide: Kim Hays

Short Story Wednesday: Get in Trouble by Kelly Link

Short Story Wednesday: Collections from the Book Sale

Spell the Month in Books — September 2025

Short Story Wednesday: Jewel Box by E. Lily Yu

Introducing London: Our New Cat

Spell the Month in Books — August 2025

Short Story Wednesday: "The Summer People" by Kelly Link

Books Read in July 2025

At Bertram's Hotel: Agatha Christie

Short Story Wednesday: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Ninefox Gambit: Yoon Ha Lee

Six Degrees of Separation: From The Safekeep to Tales of the South Pacific

Short Story Wednesday: "I Am Not Fluffy" by Liza Cody

Books Read in June 2025

Spell the Month in Books — July 2025

Short Story Wednesday: More Stories from Five Tuesdays in Winter

Oona Out of Order: Margarita Montimore

The Burgess Boys: Elizabeth Strout

Short Story Wednesday: "Immune to Murder" by Rex Stout

Six Degrees of Separation: From Theory & Practice to The Paris Diversion

Death by Accident: Bill Crider

Short Story Wednesday: "One Morning They'll Hang Him" by Margery Allingham