“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.“
Oscar Wilde
Quote of the Week – December 5, 2025
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Quote of the Week – November 28, 2025
Thomas Paine
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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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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Quote of the Week – November 21, 2025
Plato
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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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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