September 26, 2025 · 8:00 am

Quote of the Week – September 26, 2025

There is no accounting for human beings.
Mark Twain

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September 25, 2025 · 8:00 am

#HRCYED Translation Challenge

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

  • The Secret Life of Elves (French) – Muriel Barbery (Trans. Alison Anderson)
  • Dance Dance Dance (Japanese) – Haruki Murakami (Trans. Alfred Birnbaum)
  • The Odyssey (Greek) – Homer (Trans. Emily Wilson)
  • The Nightmare (Swedish) – Lars Kepler (Trans. Laura A Wideburg)
  • Love’s Ripening (Farsi) – Rumi (Trans. Kabir Helminski & Ahmad Rezwani)

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September 21, 2025 · 6:00 pm

Sunday Night Music-God Knows I’m Good

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September 19, 2025 · 8:00 am

Quote of the Week – September 19, 2025

The secret of success is consistency to purpose.
Benjamin Disraeli

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September 18, 2025 · 8:00 am

#HRCYED Around the World

This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Around the World Prompt: (Note: I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library. Excepting the New Release challenge of course)

  • North America: The Monsters of Templeton – Lauren Groff
  • South America: Back to the Well (read in Aug) – Gustavo Bondoni
  • Africa: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
  • Europe: Mayhem – Sarah Pinborough
  • Asia: The Cat Who Saved Books – Sosuke Matsukawa
  • Australia: Will Save the Galaxy for Food – Yahtzee Croshaw
  • Antarctica: Lady Franklin’s Revenge – Ken McGoogan (It’s about an Arctic expedition, but I’m sure I have a Shackleton book laying about as well. That means this is subject to change if I find it.)

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September 14, 2025 · 6:00 pm

Sunday Night Music- Before the Light Takes Us

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September 12, 2025 · 8:00 am

Quote of the Week – September 12, 2025

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt

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September 11, 2025 · 8:00 am

#HRCYED Rainbow

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

  • Red: The Book of Witching – CJ Cooke
  • Orange: Persephone Station – Stina Leicht
  • Yellow: A Study in Sherlock – ed. Laurie R King & Leslie S Klinger
  • Green: Earthsea (the first 4 books) – Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Teal: Voyage of the Damned – Frances White
  • Light Blue: Lady Franklin’s Revenge – Ken McGoogan
  • Blue: Winter of the Gods – Jordanna Max Brodsky
  • Purple: The Family Game – Catherine Steadman
  • Pink: The Female Marine – ed. Daniel A Cohen
  • Black: Cackle – Rachel Harrison
  • White: Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Silver/Gold: The Continental Op – Dashiell Hammett
  • 7+ Colors: Adventures in Yarn Farming – Barbara Parry

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September 7, 2025 · 6:00 pm

Sunday Night Music- Barton Hallow

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September 5, 2025 · 8:00 am

Quote of the Week – September 5, 2025

You must be the judge of your own happiness.
Jane Austen

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