Book Reviews
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“Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner” by Antoni Porowski; “Everyone’s Table” by Gregory Gourdet
Summer’s intensely hot, humid days are on the way out, much…
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Random Road by Thomas Kies
Geneva Chase is a really good reporter. She writes well, has…
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Mend! : A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules
Over the last couple of years there has been a movement back…
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Project Hail Mary by Anthony Weir
“PROJECT HAIL MARY‘s” main character Ryland Grace is on…
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Our Team: the Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series that Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin
When thinking of historic moments or teams in Major League Baseball,…
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Almost American Girl, written and illustrated by Robin Ha
Area schools have been in session for a week or so now, and the…
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Houseplants for All: How to Fill Any Home with Happy Plants by Danae Horst
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve impulsively purchased…
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Beginning Reader Titles in the Children’s Department.
Summer Reading 2021 has come to a close at the Joplin Public…
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Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer
Tales of polar expeditions haunt because we know how they end.…
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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
As the title implies, MEXICAN GOTHIC by SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA…
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The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
”THE ART OF GATHERING” is PRIYA PARKER‘s gift to those…
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Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb! by Veronica Chambers, illustrated by Rachelle Baker
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb!
written by Veronica Chambers,…
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Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler
In 2014 we, meaning Post Art Library (the privately funded not-for-profit…
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“All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team” by Christina Soontornvat
The library is always a great place to be, but it has been especially…
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Inside Story: A Novel by Martin Amis
A frequently asked question of authors in "The New York Times…