I am so happy to tell you about this great event, and not just because friend and fellow-poet Florence Miller is a part of the
ATTENTION ALL BOOK BARGAIN HUNTERS ! ! ! FALL 2011 BOOKSALE BONANZA Please join us October 28 through November 6, 2011 for our spectacular
The machinations of our communities may take place in City Halls, but the heart of our communities lives in our local libraries. If Mr. Carnegie
I was back down in the Bay Area this week–book club in Clayton, prose critique group in Walnut Creek and grandkids in SF. While waiting to
Award winning novelist Maile Meloy, in her first novel for young readers (10 and up), has written something amazing. The Apothecary is the story of
Hands down, Bull Rider is the best all around family read that I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing this year. Suzanne Morgan Williams has written
When Harry de Leyer arrived at the weekly Holland, Pennsylvania horse auction, he was late. It was February 1956. He had driven through rough weather
This is an older poem, but one I thought just as relevant today as when first written. At The Superior Court Counsel speaks before
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS Vanessa Diffenbaugh, based on her debut novel The Language of Flowers, is an author to remember. If her opening sentence: “For
These is My Words has been out since 2008, so my wholehearted two thumbs up for this book may seem a day late and a
Now I’m hooked. One mystery is never enough, literary or noir, look-out-here-comes-a-bullet or the forensics of a TV crime show, this is fun, entertaining reading.
Stegner Study destination request sent to Los Altos Hills Council Here’s the latest from Les Earnest. Please take a moment and read the destination request
The power of a good picture book is a wondrous thing, especially those pictures books that bring historical figures to life. Author Alan Schroeder and
With a serious nod to my mystery-loving friends, I am reading as many of that genre as I can while the summer weather is here
A DEATH IN SUMMER For those of us who tend to read lighter at this time of year, summer can only mean a plethora of
Quotation of the Day Putting Food & Books on the Table “I was once having dinner with an international group, and an American was complaining
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