Fiction
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It’s Snoopy And Woodstock For Me
If you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion (like a Pokémon or fantasy pet), what would it be? I had to think about it for awhile this morning because there are so many great fictional cartoon pets to choose from. I thought about the mouse in Tom and Jerry. Then I thought about Garfield the cat. But I’m going with Snoopy and his fluttering friend, the little yellow bird, Woodstock from the Peanuts comics and cartoons. I always enjoyed the holiday Charlie Brown shows and the comic strips growing up. Continue reading
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This Week’s Cross-Platform Book Best Sellers
Book Riot’s September 17, 2026 roundup combines rankings from The New York Times, Amazon Charts, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and Indie Bestsellers to identify the books showing the broadest sales momentum across major U.S. lists. Allen Levi’s Theo of Golden, Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl, and Kathryn Stockett’s The Calamity Club appeared on all five tracked lists, while Rachel Gillig’s gothic romantasy sequel The Knave and the Moon and Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear landed on four. Among the notable three-list titles were Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James’s The Disappearers, a novel set against the repercussions of a gay man’s… Continue reading
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The Dome By Stephen King
What’s the longest book you’ve ever read? I started reading The Dome by Stephen King in 2013. I never finished it in 2013. It still sits somewhere in my Kindle books library waiting to be finished. I don’t know if I ever will. If I ever go back to it, I’ll probably have to start over. Bear in mind, as much as I like fictional stories, I much prefer reading non-fiction. You know, something I can learn from. Continue reading
