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"Margo's Got Money Troubles" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Margo is the epitome of a young woman faced with a problem. She is not yet 20-years old but is pregnant, without financial resources,...
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cstucky2
- Aug 3
- 2 min
"Autocracy, Inc." | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
According to Anne Applebaum, a student of dictatorships, nearly three-quarters of the world's populace lives in autocracies. Noted for...
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Clover
- Aug 2
- 4 min
Cool School Picks
Clover is all over her “Cool School Picks” -- books guaranteed to make the grade as we kick off another year of reading, writing and...
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cstucky2
- Jul 30
- 1 min
"The Wedding People" | Reviewed by Jenni Olson
"The Wedding People," by Alison Espach, is a novel that has a little something for everyone. This book has a blend of dark humor, hope,...
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cstucky2
- Jul 28
- 2 min
"The Lion Women of Tehran" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
It’s magical to pick up a book and become one with the story. I knew I had a goodie in my hands with “The Lion Women of Tehran,” by...
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cstucky2
- Jul 24
- 2 min
"The Next Mrs. Parrish" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“The Next Mrs. Parrish” by Liv Constantine is a sequel to“The Last Mrs. Parrish” (a 2017 Reese’s Book Club Book) in which very wealthy...
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cstucky2
- Jul 23
- 2 min
"White Poverty" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
"One of the most damnable features of our common life is the way we talk about poverty as if it's an anomaly and not a feature of our...
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Clover
- Jul 22
- 4 min
Friends the World Over
Clover’s excited to share her newest picks, books that celebrate “Friends the World Over.” Though we’re familiar with our buddies in the...
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cstucky2
- Jul 18
- 2 min
"Skies of Thunder" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Most readers are familiar with the European Theater of Operations in World War II, including the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944, and...
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cstucky2
- Jul 16
- 2 min
"The Safekeep" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“The Safekeep” by Yael Van Der Wouden, is a fictional novel, a story of desires; the desire to belong, to be loved, the desire for sex,...
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cstucky2
- Jul 12
- 2 min
"Fire Exit" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Charles Lamosway, the main character in “Fire Exit,” by Morgan Talty, has never felt like he belonged anywhere. Now, nearing middle age,...
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cstucky2
- Jul 11
- 2 min
"The Wide Wide Sea" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
“The Wide Wide Sea,” by Hampton Sides, takes us on a trip through Captain Cook’s final journey of exploration where he was killed in the...
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cstucky2
- Jul 11
- 2 min
"Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
With a pleasant blend of autobiography and self-help guidance, Jen Psaki draws on her 20 years of public service to give readers a...
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cstucky2
- Jul 9
- 3 min
"The God of the Woods," | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
As soon as I started “The God of the Woods,” I was mystified and held captive. Author Liz Moore was immediately in control of my psyche,...
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cstucky2
- Jul 9
- 2 min
"That Night in the Library" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“That Night in the Library,” by Eva Jurczyk, is a contemporary mystery thriller set on a college campus in Vermont at the William E....
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cstucky2
- Jul 3
- 2 min
"The Bear" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Twenty-something sisters Elena and Sam live with their ailing mother on San Juan Island in the “The Bear,” by Julia Phillips, a novel...
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cstucky2
- Jul 2
- 2 min
"The Great River" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Calvin, the 6-year-old enfant terrible of Bill Watterson’s comic strip from the 80s and 90s, had this to say about the natural world;...
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cstucky2
- Jun 28
- 3 min
"The Rulebreaker" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Barbara Jill Walters was a trailblazer in television journalism. She was not the first woman television journalist. She was the one who...
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cstucky2
- Jun 26
- 2 min
"Horror Movie" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
In 1993, Valentina, a director, and Cleo, a screenwriter, gathered a small group of college acquaintances to shoot a low-budget horror...
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cstucky2
- Jun 25
- 3 min
"All the Colors of the Dark"| Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
I finished “All the Colors of the Dark” with a sigh knowing I’d been immersed in an upcoming classic, a novel that would be one of my...
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