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		<title>Friday 56 and Book Beginnings: Hamnet</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Book Beginnings&#160;is a weekly meme hosted by&#160;Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you’re reading. The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Head Full of Books where every Friday you pick a book and turn to page 56 or 56%, and select a sentence [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2025 My Year in Books</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Whitney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 06:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year, Everyone! While I didn&#8217;t post much in 2025, I thought it would be fun to do a mad-lib style meme to sum up my year of reading. Describe yourself: Clever Little Thing by Helena Echlin How do you feel: Wicked by Gregory Maguire Describe where you currently live: Where the River Merges [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Whitney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.&#160; If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This meme is hosted by Carole’s Random Life in Books On My TBR This Week [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Whitney]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[October was a slow month of reading and blogging. October flew by mainly consisting of work and weekend laundry. My book club typically reads books that have been adapted to movies or tv series. However, last month we went off script and read Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris and went to a reading at a local [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Friday 56 and Book Beginnings: The Turn of the Key</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Whitney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Book Beginnings&#160;is a weekly meme hosted by&#160;Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you’re reading. The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Head Full of Books where every Friday you pick a book and turn to page 56 or 56%, and select a sentence [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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