Book Reviews
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Counting your read books — how many will you read in 2020? by Jeana Gockley
The end of the year and the start of a new one is typically…
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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helen Tursten Review by Patty Crane
Helen Tursten is a Swedish mystery writer with two very successful…
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Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence
Librarians love books. We love the smell and the feel of books.…
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma and Manga Claus: The Blade of Kringle written by Nathaniel Marunas, illustrated by Erik Craddock
One of the things I like best about the holiday season are the…
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Why? by Adam Rex and Claire Keane & Saturday by Oge Mora
The end of the year is always a scramble to chip away at my TBR…
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“The New Frontier: 112 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating” (Ree Drummond), by Lisa E. Brown
Do you have any authors that seem like old friends? You read…
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The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal
Rhett and Link met in the first grade at Buies Creek Elementary…
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Men of Valor by Irene Hannon; Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center; Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates; Bloody Genius by John Sandford
My book choices lately include a police procedural, Christian…
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Semiosis by Sue Burke
Part Planet of the Apes, part 2001: A Space Odyssey; “Semiosis”,…
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Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Librarian Seeks Book - Needed quick! Great book to read. Looking…
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Mildly Spooky Missouri
Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks by David E. Harkins
Missouri’s…
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THEY CALL ME GUERO by David Bowles/DANCING HANDS by Margarita Engle
Twelve-year-old Guero (a lifelong nickname referring to his pale…
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Short Attention Span? Try These Short Stories, Films
I’m sure most people have been in a situation where someone…
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The Consultant by Tj O’Connor
Tj O’Connor is a former government anti-terrorism agent. He…
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Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Being a teenage girl is rough. Being a teenage girl trapped on…