Author D. R. Oestreicher

“I still care deeply about the Middle East, about global warming, about growing inequality, but these are no longer my business; they belong to the future.” Oliver Sacks, approaching his 80th birthday, in his book, Gratitude, 2015. #booksky

In 1956, women had ambitions and desires. Men who didn’t respect them died. Who knew? And all in a small town. Peyton Place. The book was banned, but the ideas exploded into the women’s liberation movement. Not the book you were told it was. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/10/peyt...

In celebration of #BatWeek #bats #ilovebats #batweek2025 The world is on the verge of a pandemic. Using tribal and scientific medicine, can a small group of amateur scientists solve the unsolvable? Amazon link: amzn.to/47iiCCU

My favorite of all time #JeffersonAirplane #1960s #music #rock #psycodelic

I recall when Cracker Jacks switched from plastic prizes to paper ones. I never bought another box. 😢

Fall foliage at Mont Tremblant, Quebec

Trois-Rivières. The Ursuline Nuns settled here in 1697. Also to cathedral.

Montmorency Falls

When Mr. Webber dies in Kellner’s Books, he leaves The Book of Doors to Cassie. “Any door is every door.” Cassie can teleport anywhere in space and time. She has many adventures with this and other magic books. A clever and confusing book. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Harold receives a letter from Queenie, whom he hasn’t seen in 20 years. She is in hospice. He believes she won’t die for as long as it takes him to walk to her. The walk is also his penance for his life’s sins. It goes viral. A novel of redemption. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

You are on my TBR list 📚📚📚

Today is 9/16/25 or 16/9/25.
The only Pythagorean triple date.
3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2
#math #maths

Hitchhiker’s guide to the solar system

The dark side of California history. The Filipino immigrant experience. From the Spanish-American War to farm laborers to World War II allies to anti-Asian sentiments in the 21st century, the US relationship with the Philippines has been difficult. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/09/ever...

Four generations of fathers and sons. Francisco, Emil, Chris, Enzo. Fathers want their sons to benefit from their experience. Sons want to set off in their own direction. Each generation lives in a different society. How can they span this gap? #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/09/ever...

This is a picture of a cat sleeping in a suitcase

I’m going to need a bigger suitcase

Lily Bloom hated that her mother stayed with her abusive father. At 23, she married neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid. His sister Allysa was Lily’s best friend. Sadly, Ryle had a temper. Lily found herself in the same situation as her mother. Stay or go? #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/09/it-e...

Took me 50 years to figure this out.

When Maya was 17, she watched her boyfriend murder her girlfriend. She didn’t know how he did it, and no one believed her. 7 years later, she saw him murder another girl on social media. She returned to her hometown to solve the mystery. Horror. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Fascinating

Mika Moon was raised by Primrose, the Very Secret Society of Witches’ matriarch. The rule was that witches must live alone. Mika was in trouble when she agreed to teach 3 young witches living together at Nowhere House. A cozy romance. Five stars. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

We need to normalize separate bedroom. It’s not just for royals.

Antonia struggles to find herself after her husband dies. She stages an intervention for her eldest sister. She aids undocumented Mario in rescuing his fiancée from the coyotes. She asks, Who is the most important? A meditation on life after death. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/08/afte...

Most popular fruits

Tomatoes - 182 Million Metric Tons.
Bananas - 115.74 Million Metric Tons.
Watermelons - 103.97 Million Metric Tons.
Apples - 86.14 Million Metric Tons.
Oranges - 75.54 Million Metric Tons.
Mangoes - over 40 Million Metric Tons.

Do not worry

Canberra. I cheated, because I’ve been there. Also Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Alice Springs, but not Perth. 😂🤣 Favorite place: Cairns

Delete the post works. When the Internet sees things I could never have imagined, I also delete my posts.

Two lost people: Tova Sullivan, 70, lost her only child, Erik, when he was 18. Cameron Cassmore, 30, was raised by his aunt and is searching for his father. Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, saves them. 6/5 stars. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/08/rema...

i really need all these people who think any anguish in a ts song is about a man to ask themselves if they are ever sad, angry, tormented, haunted, depressed in their own lives by things other than a romantic relationship.

A complicated romantasy about a human princess, Homily, and a shapeshifting mass of gray flesh, Shesheshen [Mandarin for Thank God]. 2025 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Homily’s mother, the Baroness, wants to kill Shesheshen for cursing her family. #booksky 1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...