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Skinny Dip for Earth Day

Now I’ve just wasted at least 15 minutes trying to find the cartoon book review of this book for you, I’ll actually write my own. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen As Joey Perron hits the ocean, she is annoyed. Did … Continue reading

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Spin Doctor

Spin Doctor by Leslie Carroll Susan is a New York City psychologist who spends her early mornings in the laundry room doing pro bono sessions for the women of her apartment building. There’s the ballerina who can’t talk unless she’s … Continue reading

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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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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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Castles and Earthquakes

The Secret of Castle Cant by K.P. Bath This is a delightful little fairy tale novel. I guess you could call it fantasy, but there is no magic involved. The Barony of Cant is a tiny little country in Europe, … Continue reading

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Bel Canto

Right next to the fiction desk where I often sit, we have bags that are called Book Club Kits – 10 copies of the book with a reading guide packaged in a large canvas bag. The idea is that people … Continue reading

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Chick Lit Defined

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding Chicklit is one of those genre terms that one hears bandied about of late – OK, at least I hear it bandied about – and this book is the one generally credited with starting … Continue reading

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Grown-up Books

I told you it was so, and here it is: a couple of real written for grown-ups, not about babies books. The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens Confession: I feel at times that I lack real grown-up … Continue reading

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Classics

Well, I was supposed to have this talk for the teens on classics and award winners. I didn’t, because I ended up having my appendix out the day before and didn’t feel like toddling in to the library in my … Continue reading

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Deep Thoughts

I read this book for the second time while on leave. I love this book, and it is another older one. When I lived in Germany, it was still pretty new and popular, but I didn’t buy it because I … Continue reading

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