Save the Wallace Stegner Study Update 8/25/11
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
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
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
Quotation of the Day Putting Food & Books on the Table “I was once having dinner with an international group, and an American was complaining
August 2011 Booksales, Free book offer & Fall Booksale Bonanza August Monthly Booksale at 125 Gentry Way, Reno (rear of building) Saturday, August 13 (10AM
IMPORTANT UPDATE Now it’s getting exciting! Les Earnest’s email is noteworthy on a couple of levels: 1) the cost is not outrageous and should be attainable;
FRIENDS OF THE WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY MONTHLY BOOK SALE Okay, all you folks in the Reno area, or our nearby California neighbors who can’t pass
Two days ago I posted a review of The Heming Way by Marty Beckerman. I was happy to get it posted in time for today’s
To all of you who have read and value Wallace Stegner’s writing, fiction and nonfiction, I have an important announcement and plea for support. A
Recommending a book for dad is much easier than a title for mom, at least that was my experience when I pounded the brick and
Any fellow reader who has their own small library and then has had to box up that library because of a move, and then in
You thought I could pass up this National day of importance? Trains were a big part of my childhood because they were a big part
I will add to this later today, but wanted to at least alert you to two of my favorites: Philadelphia Chickens, by Sandra Boynton —
I am happy to pass on to my visitors this notification of an important PBS show on National Day of Holocaust Remembrance, May 1st. This is
I just finished reading Lord of Misrule and it proves what I’ve known since I was a kid: nothing beats a good horse story. The characters
What could be better than sitting down with a really good book and your favorite cup of coffee or tea? Well, okay, maybe that book and
Do I read mysteries? That’s a question I’m often asked. I do, but not many. I love those “literary thrillers” by Matthew Pearl and just
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