Posts tagged with ‘4 Star books’

  • Book Review: Robert McCloskey

    By on August 22, 2013

    While I was in Maine and in his stomping grounds, I read this biography of one of my favorite...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The Power of Habit

    By on March 26, 2013

    I have thought a lot about the power of habits over the years. This book is good and well...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The Flight of Gemma Hardy

    By on March 8, 2013

    Not particularly a Jane Eyre fan, I was reluctant to read this book fashioned closely after that story. ...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The Reluctant Widow

    By on February 25, 2013

    I have long been recommended by many to read Georgette Heyer – people commonly say that anyone who likes...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Abstract City

    By on February 18, 2013

    I liked this book more than I thought I would, and I give it four stars. It is both...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Miss Buncle

    By on February 11, 2013

    When I read strongly positive reviews of the two books shown below, I decided to get them from inter-library...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The Shoemaker’s Wife

    By on February 1, 2013

    This is a clean, sweeping saga of marriage, hard work, family, Italian Opera, friendship and love. The story begins...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Joy for Beginners

    By on December 7, 2012

    A few years ago I reviewed this author’s "School of Essential Ingredients." When I saw she had a new...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books

    By on November 15, 2012

    I had seen this book in my book catalogs so when it showed up on a library’s new book...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Arcadia

    By on November 9, 2012

    I read this new fictional account of a hippie commune because there was a time when I read a...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: I’ve Got Your Number

    By on October 13, 2012

    This somewhat trite romantic comedy was the perfect antidote to the other book I was reading simultaneously... the one...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Strength in What Remains

    By on October 12, 2012

    I knew precious little about the genocide in Burundi, so when I saw this true story written by an...

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    Polly Castor

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