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The Summer Before the War (book review)
It is a bittersweet–but more sweet than bitter– tale about (mostly) likable characters and the difficult times they find...
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Cloud Atlas (Book Review)
Wow. I give this stunning, thought provoking book, a rousing five stars. This is a most brilliant book, far...
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The Robe (Book Review)
I can't say enough good things about this book, and I give it an enthusiastic five stars. I think...
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Vanessa and Her Sister (Book Review)
This book is about the "Bloomsbury Group," which I didn't know much about before, even though I had heard...
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When the Emperor Was Divine (Book Review)
This books does not take long to read, but it is deeply affecting. I give it five stars.
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Murder at the Brightwell (Book Review)
This languidly paced novel was both undemanding and enjoyable. If you too are in need of an entertaining distraction,...
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Book Review: My Grandmother Told Me To Tell You She’s Sorry
This book is as different and wonderful as the exceptional almost-eight-year-old-girl and her chaotic, cantankerous, superhero of a...
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Book Review: Jade Dragon Mountain
I really liked this mystery set in 18th century China. It was fresh and well written, and it tied...
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Books We Got for Christmas
Here are the books that were under our family's tree this Christmas. What books did you receive that you...
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Book Review: Now and Again
How do we get past waste and pointlessness, to sow true bonds of health, freedom, and virtue in the...
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Book Review: The Last Runaway
This historical novel is set in Ohio and is about a Quaker girl from England who who becomes involved...
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Book Review: House of Thieves
Full of high society on the one hand, and squalor, poverty, and depravity on the other, it is this...