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"Fellowship Point" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Agnes Lee and Polly Gardner are lifelong friends who own shares in a vacation spot on a peninsula jutting out from the coast of Maine...
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Jul 7, 20222 min read
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Teresa's Pick: "The It Girl" by Ruth Ware
Hannah Jones meets April Clarke-Cliveden during their freshman year at Oxford University. They have a group of close friends - Will,...
Neighborhood Reads
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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"Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
There is historical fiction and then there is historical fiction. Some books in this genre can be read without a lot of focus, as mere...
cstucky2
Jul 6, 20223 min read
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Sights, Scents and Sounds
Sometimes humans take too much for granted in our wide, wonderful world—things in nature we bees pay attention to in our daily flyovers....
Clover
Jul 6, 20224 min read
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"Jackie and Me" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“Jackie and Me” is a historical fiction novel that takes place in 1951 around the time that John (Jack) Kennedy met Jacqueline Bovier. ...
cstucky2
Jul 5, 20222 min read
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Cheryl's Pick: "Nightcrawling" by Leila Mottley
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are on their own. Their father is dead and their mother is living in a halfway house. After Marcus’s pipe...
Neighborhood Reads
Jul 1, 20221 min read
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"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...
cstucky2
Jun 30, 20223 min read
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On the Move
With summer in full swing, kids will be “On the Move,” heading off for camp or vacation fun with family and friends. To commemorate this...
Clover
Jun 30, 20224 min read
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"The Angel of Rome" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Author Jess Walter has enjoyed great success with his novels “The Cold Millions,” (2020) and “Beautiful Ruins” (2012). He’s back wowing...
cstucky2
Jun 29, 20222 min read
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"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...
cstucky2
Jun 27, 20223 min read
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Maria's Pick: "The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams
Until I read Pip William’s novel, “The Dictionary of Lost Words”, I hadn’t questioned how the first dictionaries were compiled. I...
Neighborhood Reads
Jun 24, 20221 min read
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"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...
cstucky2
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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"This Dark Road to Mercy" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Don’t miss the opportunity to meet best-selling author Wiley Cash this Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Washington Public Library. His...
cstucky2
Jun 22, 20222 min read
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"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...
cstucky2
Jun 22, 20222 min read
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"When Ghosts Come Home" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Set during four days in the fall of 1984, this murder mystery examines crime and forgiveness, the relationship of a father and daughter,...
cstucky2
Jun 21, 20223 min read
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Laurie's Pick: "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
Elizabeth Zott is an accomplished chemist working at the Hastings Institute during the 1960s. Her male colleagues do not respect her, and...
Neighborhood Reads
Jun 18, 20221 min read
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"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...
cstucky2
Jun 17, 20222 min read
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"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...
cstucky2
Jun 15, 20222 min read
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"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...
cstucky2
Jun 15, 20222 min read
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"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,...
cstucky2
Jun 13, 20223 min read
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