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"Deliberate Cruelty" Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“Deliberate Cruelty,” by Roseanne Montillo, is the captivating true story about two well-known people involved in three murders. One was...
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Neighborhood Reads
- 3 days ago
- 1 min
Debbie's Pick: "Musical Tables" by Billy Collins
Poetry distills ideas down to their essence. Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States and author of twelve books of...
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Neighborhood Reads
- Nov 18
- 1 min
Maria's Pick: "Fellowship Point" by Alice Elliott Dark
Agnes Lee, now in her 80’s, is an author of children’s books and writes an adult fiction series under a pen name. She and her lifelong...
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cstucky2
- Nov 17
- 2 min
"Song of the Cell" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Wisconsin senator William Proxmire, the champion of Earth Day, was also known for his “Golden Fleece Awards,” citations of “wasteful”...
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cstucky2
- Nov 16
- 2 min
"The Lindberg Nanny" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
In 1932, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., 20-month-old son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his author wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was...
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cstucky2
- Nov 14
- 2 min
"Afterlives" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
“Afterlives” is a historical novel about German East Africa and the last days of the “scramble for Africa.” The story explores the...
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Neighborhood Reads
- Nov 13
- 1 min
Cheryl's Pick: "All Good People Here" by Ashley Flowers
After leaving Wakarusa, Indiana twenty years earlier, Margot reluctantly returns to her hometown to take care of her Uncle Luke who is in...
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cstucky2
- Nov 13
- 1 min
"And Yet, Poems" | Reviewed by Carson Mowery
Following the publication of her first collection of poems, “What Kind of Woman,” Kate Baer has become a beloved poet whose writing...
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cstucky2
- Nov 11
- 2 min
"How it Went" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Ernest Hemingway had Nick Adams. Wendell Berry has Andy Catlett. Both are fictional characters with autobiographical roots in their...
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Clover
- Nov 9
- 3 min
Thankful for ...
Though it might sound redundant, the phrase rings true—gratitude paves the way to happiness, making us better bees and human-bee-ings....
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cstucky2
- Nov 8
- 2 min
"Profiles in Ignorance" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Former “Harvard Lampoon” president and current “New Yorker” contributor Andy Borowitz has written a jibe-filled, but well-documented,...
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Neighborhood Reads
- Nov 5
- 1 min
Sami's Pick: "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
In this retelling of the classic Billy Goats Gruff, readers will encounter a delightful, and at times, a bit dark, story of a troll and...
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cstucky2
- Nov 4
- 2 min
"Anywhere You Run" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“Anywhere You Run,” by Wanda M. Morris, is a suspenseful, historical fiction novel about two Black sisters trying to escape Jackson,...
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cstucky2
- Nov 1
- 2 min
"Meredith, Alone" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
In the contemporary novel “Meredith, Alone,” by Claire Alexander, the main character suffers mightily from anxiety, panic attacks and...
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cstucky2
- Oct 31
- 3 min
"Wild: The Life of Peter Beard..." | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Wildlife photographer Peter Beard died in Montauk, New York, in March, the same month the 2020 pandemic was announced. Ironically, Beard,...
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Neighborhood Reads
- Oct 28
- 1 min
Maria's Pick: "Our Missing Hearts" by Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng’s newest novel, Our Missing Hearts is set in a dystopian future where the US government, in an attempt to recover from a...
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cstucky2
- Oct 27
- 2 min
"The Passenger" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Eighty-nine-year-old American writer Cormac McCarthy is the author of 12 novels as well as screenplays, short stories, and plays. His...
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cstucky2
- Oct 25
- 2 min
"Babel" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
“Babel” by R.F. Kuang is an immersive and ambitious alternate-history fantasy of the Victorian era British Empire that should be...
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cstucky2
- Oct 25
- 3 min
"Paul Newman: The Extraordinary Life of An Ordinary Man" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
The title of this memoir couldn’t be more spot on. Paul Newman didn’t take kindly to his movie-star status, didn’t like the fuss about his...
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Clover
- Oct 23
- 3 min
Frightfully Good Reads
In October’s Book Buddy Books, thrills and chills await, with nary a spook lurking in the wings. Instead, there’s wonder and fun in...
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