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History
Sunny Solomon

Key System Streetcars

Vernon J. Sappers, born in 1917, was a prolific collector of all things relating to the Key System, the beloved San Francisco Bay Area mode

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This 'N That
Sunny Solomon

Black History Month, Or Not

It is February fellow-Americans, and we know, as readers, students, television programmers and booksellers, what that means: It’s Black History Month! What I’ve never understood

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Fiction
Ann Ronald

The Stranger’s Child

I don’t think I’ve ever read such an intricately patterned novel about generations of gay men. The Stranger’s Child moves from the beginning of the

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This 'N That
Sunny Solomon

Pre-caffeine Thinking

While reading my morning online edition of Shelf Awareness, I spotted a nifty quote from Kelly Justice, the owner of Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia.

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Fiction
Ann Ronald

The Thirteenth Tale

Imagine Daphne du Maurier, sipping absinthe and smoking pot, while rereading Jane Eyre and rewriting The Turn of the Screw! That is precisely my impression

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Fiction
Ann Ronald

The Children’s Crusade

Shrewd and subtle are two adjectives I would use to describe Ann Packer’s novel, The Children’s Crusade, which traces several decades of dysfunctional California family

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Known and Strange Things
Reviews
Sunny Solomon

Known and Strange Things

KNOWN AND STRANGE THINGS   If a picture is worth a thousand words, then my two photos of Teju Cole‘s collection of essays, Known and Strange

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The President is Missing
Fiction
Ann Ronald

The President is Missing

The President is Missing – A rip-roaring thriller for readers of every political persuasion. Co-authors Bill Clinton and James Patterson must have had marvelous fun crafting

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Contact Us

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Mystery
Sunny Solomon

Kismet

If it ever stops raining and snowing up here in the Sierra, Jakob Arjouni’s terrific crime novel, Kismet, will be right near the top of

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Fiction
Sunny Solomon

A Good American

Sometimes when picking a new book to review, it’s best not to look at the advance praise printed on the back cover. Words like “epic,

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