Thursday, January 12, 2017

'On Living' by Kerry Egan: A Storyholder's Loving Look at Life Lessons

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I'll admit it.  For the first time in my adult life I experienced a reading slump. Has this ever happened to you? Slumps occur oc...
Monday, November 7, 2016

'Everything I Never Told You' by Celeste Ng: Not Just Another Gone Girl

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“He can guess, but he won't ever know, not really. What it was like, what she was thinking, everything she'd never told him. Whet...
Friday, October 14, 2016

"We Are Not Ourselves" by Matthew Thomas: One Family's Struggle with the American Dream and Alzheimer's

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My best friend Cari and I have similar tastes in books.  When we taught high school together, one of us would rave about a book and the o...
Friday, October 7, 2016

"Brooklyn" by Colm Toibin: A Quiet Reflection of an Ordinary Girl in Search of Home

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Not everyone wants a life full of adventure. Some people want to remain in their hometowns and follow the same paths that family and fri...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

"Love Warrior": A Memoir of Rock Bottom, Redemption, Infidelities and Finding Your Spirit

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Meet Basil, our new "office pug." He didn't quite understand the concept of sitting with a book, but he'll get the hang ...
Friday, September 2, 2016

'Girls on Fire': A Vicious, Seductive Look at Mean Girls at Their Worst

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Hamlet does not enjoy taking photos with books.  Our new "office pug" will be joining our family on September 11th.  We can'...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

'Before the Fall': Suspenseful enough to make it a page turner

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It's been awhile since I posted a book blog. Just so you know, I've been reading. Just so you know, the pictures with our new...