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Do Fairy Tales Ever Come True?
Reading Samantha Verant's How to Make a French Family: Love, Food and Faux Pas may convince you that fairy tales can come true! While attending...
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
So far this year I've read two memoirs that, in my estimation, earned five stars, the highest rating on Goodreads. Both are extremely well written,...
Q & A with David Giffels
In anticipation of his upcoming reading at Heights Libraries, local author David Giffels very generously answered a few questions for us regarding...
Stand up and be the change…
Over the past few months, the #metoo and #standup movements have gained a great deal of momentum and more and more women are finding the courage...
Alternatives to Fire and Fury
Since its well-publicized release three weeks ago, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House has been flying off library shelves. If you’ve...
Nonfiction Favorites: A Dozen from 2017
My favorite kind of nonfiction is memoir, especially stories about people raised in non-conventional families. This year I enjoyed: We Are all...
17 Titles I loved in 2017(Plus 2)
Another year is over, and, as usual, there were so many good books to read! Here is a sampling of what I really enjoyed. There are two moving...
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