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The Library Book by Susan Orlean

January 4, 2019

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  It’s embarrassing enough to be ignorant about American history, but, as a librarian, to not know about the largest library fire in the country? I’m pretty sure my librarian membership can be ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: books, history, library, Simon & Schuster, true crime

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

December 12, 2018

You don’t need to be well-versed in history to know about the systematic decimation of Native American tribes by the American government as this country was being settled. What you probably did not ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, crime, Doubleday, history, Native Americans

Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

December 10, 2018

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Anne Lamott’s new book Almost Everything: Notes on Hope is not straight path reading. It’s not her style and I, for one, am grateful for that. But if you looking for succinct advice on how to feel ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: contemporary life, essays, inspiration, Riverhead Books

From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir

October 19, 2018

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  It may sound like fiction, but it’s fact: Beck Dorey-Stein answered a Craigslist ad and got a job working as a stenographer at the White House.  She was there for Barack Obama’s second term as ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: memoir, new adult, politics, Random House

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

June 15, 2018

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I feel like a broken record for all the times since 2017 that I’ve said, “Important reading. Timely reading. Everyone should read.”, but here I am again. Not That Bad, with its essays from women ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, essays, HarperCollins, social issues, women

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