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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Review: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
I embarked on a genre study of graphic novels because I had only a cursory knowledge of them. It is difficult to help a library patron if you do not know your complete collection. You can’t direct a patron to … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Literature, Graphic
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Review: Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman writes mysteries set on the Navajo reservation which is mostly in Arizona but spills into the four corners region of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. He first introduced Lt. Joe Leaphorn, a middle-age detective who has been on … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recommended Books
The folks over at The Broke and the Bookish asked us to think about the top ten books I recommend the most. Working in a library means people ask me for recommendations all the time. Sometimes they are very specific … Continue reading
Posted in General, Top Ten Tuesday
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Review: Dream When You’re Feeling Blue
“Dream When You’re Feeling Blue” is historic fiction set during 1943-45 in Chicago. It is the story of three Irish-Catholic sisters at work and in love during World War Two and how they coped with every day life. Of course … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, TBR Challenge 2013
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Review: Wicked Uncle by Patricia Wentworth
Miss Silver is a combination of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. She sits quietly and knits and then pops in with a small cough to instruct the police on the evidence they have missed. She works not like Miss Marple … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery, Vintage Mystery Challenge 2013
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Review: Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
I added “Main Street” to my Classics Club reading list because it appeared on a number of “books you should read before you go to college” lists. In the Classics Club “spin” of a few weeks ago, “Main Street’s” number … Continue reading
Classics Club March Meme
Here is our Classics Club monthly meme for March: Do you love Jane Austen or want to “dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone”? (Phrase borrowed from Mark Twain). Why? (for either answer)? Favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Classics Club
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Review: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
My book group chose “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo as our March selection. This book has won many awards including the National Book Awards and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Boo herself has won a Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading
Posted in Nonfiction, Nonfiction Adventure Club
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Reverend Detectives – Short Reviews
If you are a Roman Catholic, these are exciting times with the upcoming election of a new Pope. As one who worked for several years as a secretary in the local diocesan offices, I have a bit of understanding what … Continue reading
Posted in Mini Reviews, Mystery
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Reading, reading, reading……
I opened my Google Reader this afternoon and found 351 book-blogger posts in my in-box. Yikes! I’ve spent some serious time reading this week, but last weekend we visited my youngest daughter at college and that’s when I got behind. … Continue reading
Posted in General
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