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Light and Dark

My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan In Keenan’s third offering featuring former lover Phillip and Gilbert and their best pal Claire, the action is fast, furious, and hilarious. (No, I haven’t read the first two, either, but I might look … Continue reading

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Gifts part III

As a librarian, I am bound to respect all genres and to tell you that I will help you find whatever book it is that you want to read next. As a gift-giver, however, romance is a challenge: most romances … Continue reading

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Gifts Two

Now, remembering all the books that I read, I proceed onwards: Last year, I found out that our youngest teen niece read Sunshine, Robin McKinley’s first adult novel, a vampire book, which had been rejected by her twenty-year-old sister because … Continue reading

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Gifts – Part One

It’s been quite a while since I found the time to post. I’m feeling terribly behind, and also that I’ve forgotten one of the books I read. Hopefully not, and if it was something fabulous that you all really need … Continue reading

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Bear Daughter

Bear Daughter by Judith Berman Here we have an absolutely beautiful fantasy book. It’s based in Northwest Native American spirituality, which is new and different for my fantasy reading. Cloud wakes up one morning in front of her mother’s house … Continue reading

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My Ultimate Money Book

Rejoice with me, my friends, for I have found the book I was looking for, and it is every bit as good as I hoped it would be! I was discussing the last money book I reviewed with a friend, … Continue reading

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Rococo

Rococo by Adriana Trigiani B – short for Bartolomeo di Crespi – is a decorator who puts his heart into his work. Although he could have stayed in New York after design school, he chose to return to his small … Continue reading

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good teen reading

Letting Go of Bobby James, Or, How I Found My Self of Steam by Sally Jo Walker by Valerie Hobbs Sally Jo “Jody” Walker is 16 years old, and the first member of her family to graduate from eighth grade. … Continue reading

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On Not Having Millions

You Don’t Have to Be Rich by Jean Chatzky I’m looking for a book that will help us solve our trying to pay the mortgage, the car payments, the student loans, daycare, plus saving for retirement and college and a … Continue reading

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Certified Tree Hugger

Green Living: The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth by E Magazine I don’t normally include the post-colon parts of book titles here, but this one explains the book very well. I have it on loan from … Continue reading

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