Baker’s Dozen III

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike
  6. Poloberg
  7. Alert
  8. Copen and Hagen
  9. Ronny
  10. Folly

Musician friend: she had her name legally changed to Folly.

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike
  6. Poloberg
  7. Alert
  8. Copen and Hagen
  9. Ronny
  10. Folly
  11. Lon’Cherie’

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike
  6. Poloberg
  7. Alert
  8. Copen and Hagen
  9. Ronny
  10. Folly
  11. Lon’Cherie’
  12. Moorea

Her parents honeymooned there

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike
  6. Poloberg
  7. Alert
  8. Copen and Hagen
  9. Ronny
  10. Folly
  11. Lon’Cherie’
  12. Moorea
  13. Dorcas

Who was married to Rowell, come to think of it.

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell

snarky historical writer and columnist

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles

Discovered, yes. Liked? Not necessarily.

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell

Some think her prose is too overblown, but I like her

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab

If someone wants to start a new topic, go ahead. This one seems to have stalled.

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab
  6. Kim Harrison

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab
  6. Kim Harrison
  7. Isaac Marion

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab
  6. Kim Harrison
  7. Isaac Marion
  8. Tamsyn Muir

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab
  6. Kim Harrison
  7. Isaac Marion
  8. Tamsyn Muir
  9. James Patterson

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab
  6. Kim Harrison
  7. Isaac Marion
  8. Tamsyn Muir
  9. James Patterson
  10. Chaney Kwak

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab
  6. Kim Harrison
  7. Isaac Marion
  8. Tamsyn Muir
  9. James Patterson
  10. Chaney Kwak
  11. Frederic Tuten

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab
  6. Kim Harrison
  7. Isaac Marion
  8. Tamsyn Muir
  9. James Patterson
  10. Chaney Kwak
  11. Frederic Tuten
  12. Matt Haig

Authors You Have Discovered This Year

  1. Sarah Vowell
  2. Amor Towles
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Maggie O’Farrell
  5. V. E. Schwab
  6. Kim Harrison
  7. Isaac Marion
  8. Tamsyn Muir
  9. James Patterson
  10. Chaney Kwak
  11. Frederic Tuten
  12. Matt Haig
  13. Adrian Tchaikovsky

Next up:

Things you can say about your house, but not about your significant other

  1. Cost 'way more than I was willing to pay at first.

Things you can say about your house, but not about your significant other

  1. Cost 'way more than I was willing to pay at first.
  2. Just a starter, will upgrade when I can afford it.

Things you can say about your house, but not about your significant other

  1. Cost 'way more than I was willing to pay at first.
  2. Just a starter, will upgrade when I can afford it.
  3. Believe it or not, I prefer to use the back door.

This made me laugh.

Things you can say about your house, but not about your significant other

  1. Cost 'way more than I was willing to pay at first.
  2. Just a starter, will upgrade when I can afford it.
  3. Believe it or not, I prefer to use the back door.
  4. It’ll take more than a coat of paint to make her look good again.

Things you can say about your house, but not about your significant other

  1. Cost 'way more than I was willing to pay at first.
  2. Just a starter, will upgrade when I can afford it.
  3. Believe it or not, I prefer to use the back door.
  4. It’ll take more than a coat of paint to make her look good again.
  5. It was too much for me to take care of on my own, so I hired some help.

-“BB”-