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Debbie's Pick: "River of the Gods" by Candice Millard
We often learn history along a timeline: the Battle of Hastings, 1066; the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804; the first person on the...

Neighborhood Reads
Jun 10, 20221 min read
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Val's Pick: "Love & Saffron" by Kim Fay
If you’re looking for a novel that is short and sweet, please try Love & Saffron by Kim Fay. This book was published in February of 2022,...

Neighborhood Reads
Jun 4, 20221 min read
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"The Pages" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Go to a used book shop. Find a volume that appears well-worn, well-used, well-loved. Pick it up and turn it over in your hands. Examine...

cstucky2
May 31, 20222 min read
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Maria's Pick: "The Foundling" by Ann Leary
This historical novel was inspired by the author’s grandmother, who had worked at an institution for mentally disabled women in the...

Neighborhood Reads
May 28, 20221 min read
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"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...

cstucky2
May 25, 20223 min read
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Mariah's Pick: "Book Lovers"by Emily Henry
“Sometimes, even when you start with the last page and you think you know everything, a book finds a way to surprise you.” Nora Stephens...

Neighborhood Reads
May 23, 20221 min read
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Debbie's Pick: "Underland: A Deep Time Journey" by Robert MacFarlane
In Underland: A Deep Time Journey, Robert MacFarlane takes the reader into the vast complexity of the worlds beneath our feet. These...

Neighborhood Reads
May 21, 20221 min read
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"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...

cstucky2
May 17, 20222 min read
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"Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
"Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance,” By Alison Espach, is a gripping, coming-of-age novel that peels back the layers of grief,...

cstucky2
May 17, 20222 min read
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Val's Pick: "The Summer Place" by Jennifer Weiner
There are a few authors whose books I will buy no matter what the book is about. Jennifer Weiner is one of those authors. I have been a...

Neighborhood Reads
May 14, 20221 min read
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"Half Baked Harvest Every Day" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
While I don’t spend as much time in the kitchen as I did when our children were growing up, I’ve become an enthusiastic fan of Tieghan...

cstucky2
May 10, 20222 min read
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Feelings Come and Go
Emotions can be as varied as the weather—sometimes we’re sunny and bright and other times storm clouds gather and we feel out of sorts....

Clover
May 9, 20223 min read
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Laurie's Pick: "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune
Linus Baker is busy living his mundane life working as a caseworker overseeing the well being of children housed in government orphanages...

Neighborhood Reads
May 6, 20221 min read
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"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...

cstucky2
May 3, 20222 min read
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Maria's Pick: "How the Word is Passed" by Clint Smith
“The history of slavery is the history of the United States. It was not peripheral to our founding; it was central to it. It is not...

Neighborhood Reads
May 1, 20222 min read
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"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...

cstucky2
Apr 29, 20222 min read
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"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...

cstucky2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
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Cheryl's Pick: "Verity" by Colleen Hoover
Verity was the first Colleen Hoover book I read and, I must say, I am a fan! It is one of the best books I have read in a while. Lowen is...

Neighborhood Reads
Apr 24, 20221 min read
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"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...

cstucky2
Apr 23, 20222 min read
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"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...

cstucky2
Apr 18, 20222 min read
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