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"Go Back to Where You Came From" Reviewed by Bill Schwab
cstucky2
  • 6 hours ago
  • 3 min

"Go Back to Where You Came From" Reviewed by Bill Schwab

Wajahat Ali was under the mistaken impression that being born in the United States meant that he was an American. But after many...
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"Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
cstucky2
  • 4 days ago
  • 3 min

"Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab

In early 2020, an ominous virus was rapidly spreading over several continents. On March 8th, Holland America's Zaandam departed Buenos...
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"Riverman" | Reviewed by Bill Winkler
cstucky2
  • 7 days ago
  • 2 min

"Riverman" | Reviewed by Bill Winkler

On Labor Day morning 2014, Ben McGrath was preparing to launch his kayak into the Hudson River when he noticed a battered red plastic...
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"Lapvona" | Reviewed by Carson Mowery
cstucky2
  • Jun 22
  • 2 min

"Lapvona" | Reviewed by Carson Mowery

Fans of Ottessa Moshfegh have long known of the author’s skill in crafting the unfathomable, and even the absurd, a practice she...
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"When Ghosts Come Home" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
cstucky2
  • Jun 21
  • 3 min

"When Ghosts Come Home" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab

Best-selling author Wiley Cash will make a presentation on his novels this Friday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Washington Public Library....
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"City of Orange" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
cstucky2
  • Jun 18
  • 2 min

"City of Orange" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz

A man wakes up in a cement culvert near an abandoned highway. He has a head injury, and as he comes to his senses, he wonders who tried...
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"64 Cardinals" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
cstucky2
  • Jun 16
  • 2 min

"64 Cardinals" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab

Before there were designated hitters, wildcards, and division championships, the only way for the Cardinals to compete in the World...
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"The Grand Design" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
cstucky2
  • Jun 15
  • 2 min

"The Grand Design" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz

Dorothy Draper was the most popular interior designer between 1925 and into the 1960s. Draper is the subject of the historical fiction...
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"The Last Slave Ship" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
cstucky2
  • Jun 13
  • 3 min

"The Last Slave Ship" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab

Ben Raines, wearing a wet suit and scuba gear, slipped into the muddy waters of the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. It was April 9th, 2018,...
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"The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird” | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
cstucky2
  • May 25
  • 3 min

"The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird” | Reviewed by Bill Schwab

Pulitzer Prize winner Jack Davis scores with his majestic double biography of the bald eagle as both creature and symbol. “Americans...
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"The Trials of Harry S. Truman" Reviewed by William Winkler
cstucky2
  • May 17
  • 2 min

"The Trials of Harry S. Truman" Reviewed by William Winkler

Jeffrey Frank is an American journalist and novelist who has written for “The New Yorker” and “The Washington Post.” His first work of...
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"The Book Woman's Daughter" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
cstucky2
  • May 3
  • 2 min

"The Book Woman's Daughter" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz

“The Book Woman’s Daughter,” by Kim Michele Richardson, is a prime example of why we relish historical fiction literature. I learned...
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"Sea of Tranquility" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
cstucky2
  • Apr 29
  • 2 min

"Sea of Tranquility" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell

In Emily St. John Mandel’s “Sea of Tranquility,” the author makes a fascinating return to Science Fiction. In her breakthrough fourth...
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"Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom"| Reviewed by Bill Schwab
cstucky2
  • Apr 25
  • 3 min

"Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom"| Reviewed by Bill Schwab

Carl Bernstein is primarily known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting with Bob Woodward on the Watergate scandal. But in this...
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"The Younger Wife" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
cstucky2
  • Apr 23
  • 2 min

"The Younger Wife" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz

At the beginning of “The Younger Wife,” by Sally Hepworth, the reader knows the story doesn’t end well. In an opening flash-forward...
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"Groundskeeping" | Reviewed by William Winkler
cstucky2
  • Apr 18
  • 2 min

"Groundskeeping" | Reviewed by William Winkler

Owen is a student at Louisville’s fictional Ashby college, working on the groundskeeping crew to cover his attendance at a graduate-level...
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"The Heartbeat of Trees" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
cstucky2
  • Apr 10
  • 2 min

"The Heartbeat of Trees" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab

One of the ways many people remained upbeat during the anxious and trying days of the pandemic was to spend time outdoors. Parks and...
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"Memphis" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
cstucky2
  • Apr 5
  • 2 min

"Memphis" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz

“Memphis,” by Tara M. Stringfellow, is a 3-generational story of mothers and daughters whose resilience and goals for their loved ones...
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"A Forgery of Roses" | Reviewed by Rachel Bolte
cstucky2
  • Mar 31
  • 2 min

"A Forgery of Roses" | Reviewed by Rachel Bolte

Some books are really hard to describe, simply because they fit so much within their pages. “A Forgery of Roses," by Jessica S. Olson, is...
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"Peril"| Reviewed by Bill Schwab.
cstucky2
  • Mar 28
  • 2 min

"Peril"| Reviewed by Bill Schwab.

For this final volume of Bob Woodward's trilogy of books about the Trump presidency—(first, “Fear,” then “Rage,” and now “Peril”)...
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