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From Here to the Great Unknown

January 24, 2025

from here

Those of us outside looking in, mired in our everyday lives, tend to mythologize celebrities and what their lives look like. The greater the star the larger they loom. This is even true for the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: memoir, pop culture

More 2024 Reading I Loved

December 30, 2024

more

I’m back with more books I loved in 2024. On Friday I shared the fact that almost all my 5-star favorite books for the year were backlist, but I still wanted to give a shoutout to this wide variety of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature Tagged: book clubs, favorite books, historical, memoir, mystery, thriller, vacation reading

The Last Days of Night

December 11, 2024

the last days

It’s hard to imagine that an ordinary and ubiquitous household item could be the source of riveting fiction, but in The Last Days of Night it is. Author Graham Moore makes a new, young lawyer the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 19th century, book clubs, historical

Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

December 5, 2024

black and blue

I’ve been trying hard to stick with reviewing more comforting reading, but I had a chance to delve into a favorite author’s backlist and took it. I’ve been an Anna Quindlen fan for years and recently ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, crime, social issues, women

The Puzzle Box

October 8, 2024

puzzle box

What do a traumatic brain injury, the imperial family of Japan, and a puzzle have in common? If you’re Mike Brink, a man whose football injury left him a savant in the world of patterns and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Japan, mystery, thriller

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