Book Reviews
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Pump: A Natural History of the Heart by Bill Schutt
Everyone has a heart. Some are described as cold or big, some…
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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten
For these dark, cold winter nights, many readers turn to the…
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Favorite Reads of 2021
As we kick off a new year, I like to reflect on what I have read…
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Rabbits by Terry Miles
There is a lot going on in this world today. One need not be…
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Fun in the Snow for All Ages
Snowflake…
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Radius Books
A couple of times a year, we receive a box of free art books…
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WE ALL PLAY by Julie Flett & JOJO MAKOONS by Dawn Quigley
I love to set both small and larger reading challenges for myself…
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Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy and the New Battleground of the Cold War by Jeff Shesol
Shared national narratives matter. They cohere generations around…
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Courting Misfortune by Regina Jennings
America’s first detective agency, the Pinkerton Detective Agency,…
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All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
When Nicolette Farrell was eighteen, her best friend went missing.…
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Have you ever gotten a book recommendation that was so good you…
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The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
This book spoke to me. Like, I'm not kidding, it legit spoke…
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Illustrated Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Poe: Stories and Poems, a Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Gareth…
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DK’s Big Ideas Simply Explained Series
It’s likely that, at one time or another, you’ve perused…
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The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Character-driven versus plot-driven stories: Readers of literary…