Teamwork Makes It Happen

Losing an hour of reading time to gain more daylight offers a worthwhile exchange.

[7 books, stacked from top to bottom: Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress, The Shop on Hidden Lane, Restore Me, Husband of the Year, And Now, Back to You; Fight, and one book showing only its bottom edges]

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Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress by Lorissa Rinehart

non-fiction

St. Martin's Press, 2025

"Go! Go! Go!" quoted from Congresswoman Rankin's journals and "Pivot!" as offered by the author in summary of the subject's life, sum up the scope of a challenging and rewarding life that ultimately benefitted millions of people.

The author's admiration echoes throughout this intimate biography that also chronicles the evolution of the U.S. parallel to technology and industries, and reflects present-day societal struggles of voter apathy, an unpopular war, redistricting, ranked choice voting, and the archaic nature of the electoral college.

This passage from chapter 27 reads with particular relevance:

"Our democracy has atrophied because the process by which political candidates are selected is under the control of an enormously powerful military-industrial establishment."

The Shop on Hidden Lane by Jayne Ann Krentz

contemporary speculative romance

Berkley, January 2026

Whether writing as Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle or Amanda Quick, this author's writing has offered me satisfying comfort reads for decades. She's always included a variety of characters (aside from Black and Brown people - sigh) in a range of ages and sexualities before doing so expanded into titles from the dominant publishing houses.

TBR BACissues (Book Acquisition Compulsion)

Restore Me by J.L. Seegars

Husband of the Year by M.A. Wardell

And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison

Fight by Sloane St. James

Always wishing you good health, peace of mind, safety, joy & some pleasure every day

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