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Category Archives: Book Reviews
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert (2015) Q. What is creativity? A. The relationship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration. When people hear that I’m a blogger, they often ask how I come up … Continue reading
Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (2015) Rarely has a book been as highly anticipated as Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman. The discovery of a long-lost manuscript by the author of the beloved classic To Kill a Mockingbird … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, alexandra finch, atticus finch, babylon, civil rights movement, desegregation, go set a watchman, harper lee, harpercollins, isaiah, jack finch, jean louise finch, jim crow south, maycomb, new york, old testament, racism, scout finch, to kill a mockingbird
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Dads Who Go The Distance
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (2013) Us by David Nicholls (2014) Father’s Day is the perfect time to highlight two noteworthy books featuring particularly intrepid dads. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of … Continue reading
The Boys in the Boat
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (2013) “Where is the spiritual value of rowing?…The losing of self entirely to the cooperative effort of the crew as a whole.” George Yeoman Pocock Once in a while, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1936 olympics, 1992 olympics, al ulbrickson, berlin, bobby moch, crew, daniel james brown, dream team, george pocock, great depression, hitler, joe rantz, nazi, racing shell, rowing, seattle, shorty hunt, the boys in the boat, tom bolles, u.s. men's olympic basketball team, university of washington, washington, washington huskies
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The Rosie Effect
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion (2014) If you enjoyed The Rosie Project as much as I did, you’ll be thrilled to know that Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Graeme Simsion’s second novel The Rosie Effect. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged asperger's, asperger's syndrome, australia, don, don tillman, fatherhood, genetics, graeme simsion, new york, pregnancy, rain man, rosie, rosie jarman, sheldon cooper, the baby project, the big bang theory, the rosie effect, the rosie project, the wife project
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014) Once upon a time, there was a French girl who was enthralled by the creatures that dwell in the sea. In a land far away lived a German boy who … Continue reading
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Tagged all the light we cannot see, anthony doerr, blindness, daniel leblanc, etienne leblanc, france, frank volkheimer, germany, jutta pfennig, madame manec, marie-laure leblanc, national museum of natural history, radio waves, saint-malo, werner pfennig, world war II, zollverein
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Don’t Judge A Book By Its Genre
One of my favorite blogs is The Book Jam. I always look forward to getting the latest book recommendations from Lisa Christie and Lisa Cadow, friends and avid readers in Norwich, Vermont. The Book Jam also features author interviews and … Continue reading
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Tagged abnegation, abraham lincoln, beth reynolds, divergent, e. lockhart, eleanor & park, faction, fear landscape, gale, harry potter, harry truman, his excellency george washington, john adams, peeta, rainbow rowell, the book jam, the book thief, the fault in our stars, the hunger games, the sorcerer's stone, twilight, we were liars, ya fiction, ya literature, young adult fiction, young adult literature
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We Were Liars
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (2014) The bad news is that summer is coming to a close. The good news is that there’s still time to squeeze in one more terrific summer read. In fact, one quiet afternoon may … Continue reading
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Tagged cadence, cadence sinclair eastman, e. lockhart, fairy tales, family, gat, island, johnny, martha's vineyard, migraines, mirren, summer, the liars, traumatic brain injury, trust fund, we were liars
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Long Man
Long Man by Amy Greene (2014) It is the summer of 1936 and the town of Yuneetah, Tennessee is disappearing. The Tennessee Valley Authority has dammed the river known as Long Man, which runs through this valley, and the water … Continue reading
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Tagged amos, amy greene, annie clyde dodson, beulah kesterson, dam, east tennessee, flooding, gracie dodson, great depression, hydroelectricity, james dodson, long man, river, silver ledford, tennessee, tennessee valley authority, the price of progress, tva, valley, yuneetah
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