THE UNLEASHED HEARTS A ONE-ACT PLAY Think an author can’t review her own work? Nonsense! I hope those who come to see and discuss the
Let’s take the long way home is Gail Caldwell’s memoir of friendship and the love that can endure past death. As a book reviewer whose least
The Magician’s Elephant, another DiCamillo gem. Oh, what a pleasure to recommend a new Kate DiCamillo book. Don’t be fooled by it’s being targeted to
It’s not often that an early-to-middle-reader book can charm and educate in one fell swoop, but that is exactly what Allyson Beatrice has accomplished in
If you read only one book this year, pick The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot, an accomplished science and creative nonfiction author has
How can it be that I am as old as I am and have not read Jim Harrison’s fiction before this? All I can say
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So Brave, Young and Handsome goes way past the streets of Laredo Leif Enger‘s long-awaited second novel., So Brave, Young and Handsome, takes the reader
MR. CHARTWELL Rebecca Hunt‘s debut novel is one that holds a weird distinction for me: It is a story that repels and compels at the
RETURN TO SENDER In Return to Sender, Julia Alvarez, popular American novelist whose cultural roots are in the Dominican Republic, has once again turned her depth of
How can a novel make you feel old and nostalgically young at the same time? Pick up Arthur Phillips’ The Song is You and you’ll
A BANQUET FOR HUNGRY GHOSTS – NEWS I am a huge fan of Ying Chang Compestine, which makes me happy to republish my updated review
THE WOMAN WHO SHOT MUSSOLINI Violet Gibson aims her pistol at Mussolini’s head, and Frances Stonor Saunders aims her ability to capture a rare historical
The Devil’s Company – History, mystery, thrills and chills in 1722 London. I can’t imagine why it’s taken me so long to climb on the
THE PHILOSOPHICAL BREAKFAST CLUB The Philosophical Breakfast Club may be the book to answer questions you never knew you wanted to ask. How did we get from
Can you remember when you first read Alice in Wonderland? Ever wonder about Alice? Or how Mr. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) came to write such
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