Monthly Archives: November 2025

Sunday Night Music- Killing Loneliness

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Books to Read- November 2025

  • The Best New True Crime Stories – Mitzi Szereto
  • The Lessons of History – Will & Ariel Durant
  • When Women Rules the World – Kara Cooney
  • Surprised by Joy – CS Lewis
  • Deviant – Harold Schechter
  • The Demon Next Door – Bryan Burrough
  • The Perfect Kill – Robert B Baer
  • Road Trip Elegies: Montreal to New York – Rufus Wainwright
  • Ghost in the Wind – EJ Copperman
  • Night Magick – Suri Rosen

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Quote of the Week – November 28, 2025

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
Thomas Paine

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Books Read – November 2025

Fiction

Hard Day’s Knight – Simon R Green

Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost – Donald Niedekker, Trans. Jonathan Reeder 

Short Stories

The Nightmare Box and Other Stories – Cynthia Gomez

Non- Fiction

How to manage Your Home without Losing Your Mind– Dana K White

Why I Hate Everything – Maggie Weber

This is Your Mind on Plants – Michael Pollan


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#HRCYED Adaptations

This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Adaptations prompt. This is one of the hardest prompts for me. Not because I don’t enjoy most of the adaptations, but because I’ve already read so many of the source materials! (Note: I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)

  • Modern Retelling: A Blade So Black (Alice in Wonderland retelling)
  • Mustical: The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
  • Graphic Novel: Jules Vern’s 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (graphic novel adaptation of the novel)
  • Play: Brewster’s Millions – George Barr McCutcheon (I recommend the movie. Say it ages ago, but it’s funny.)
  • TV Show: The Leftovers – Tom Perrotta
  • Web Series: Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (My friends rave about the Lizzie Bennet Diaries)
  • Animation: The Fantastic Mr. Fox – Roald Dahl 
  • Movie: Heist Society – Ally Carter

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Sunday Night Music- Twilight Zone

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Quote of the Week – November 21, 2025

The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato

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#HRCYED Series Staircase

This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Series Staircase: (Note: I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)

  • Solo: Riapoke – Bryan Nowak
  • Duology:
    • A Hard Day’s Knight – Simon R Green
    • The Bride Wore Black Leather – Simon R Green
    • (Completing a larger series with the last two books is acceptable as per the FAQ)
  • Trilogy: (I recommend the movies if you can find them!)
    • Nightwatch – Sergei Lukyanenko
    • Daywatch – Sergei Lukyanenko
    • Twilightwatch – Sergei Lukyanenko
  • Four or More:
    • False Value – Ben Aaronovitch
    • Amongst Our Weapons – Ben Aaronovitch
    • Stone and Sky – Ben Aaronovitch
    • Winter’s Gifts – Ben Aaronovitch

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Sunday Night Music- American Slang

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Quote of the Week – November 14, 2025

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.
Napoleon Bonaparte

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