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Tag Archives: fiction
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Books my Mother Loaned Me
I didn’t make it to the library to check out books even once while I was off – imagine the deprivation! Fortunately, my mother brought me nice books to read. Thank you, Mommy! Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi … Continue reading
Birds and Bees
Well, OK, so this first one looks kinda like it’s about that S thing, and the second one definitely has lots of stuff about bees in it… is that reaching too far? Anyway, both mainstream fiction of the sort typically … Continue reading
