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Thoughts on Recent Reads
posted by Deb
Friday, December 12, 2008
posted in: Books | Audiobooks Books | Suspense/Thriller
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Here is the latest batch of my thoughts on the books I have read (or listened to) lately:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I'd give this one 5 stars out of 5--it was that good! Listening to this book was a truly moving experience--I had tears streaming down my face as I was driving down the road listening to the last CD. Our narrator--Death--tells us how he became fascinated with Liesel Meminger, a.k.a. the Book Thief, after he first became aquainted with her on a train...
Local Author Invites You to Her Booksigning
posted by Deb
Thursday, September 25, 2008
posted in: Books | Literary News
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What We’re Reading
posted by Deb
Friday, September 12, 2008
posted in: Books | Customer Recommendations
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Change Your Life @ Your Library: Ann, Teresa and Marilyn’s recommendations
posted by Deb
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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As part of our Adult Summer Reading Program our participants are sharing about the books they would recommend to other patrons. Maybe your next great read will be from one of their suggestions!
Ann recommends The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
My favorite thing about this book is...although the novel was 961 pages, there was not one page unnecessarily written.
What We’re Reading
posted by Deb
Friday, June 27, 2008
posted in: Books | Contemporary Fiction Books | Non-Fiction
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Take a trip to old time Scotland with Liz Curtis Higgs
posted by Deb
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
posted in: Books | Historical Fiction Books | Inspirational
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You know you have really gotten into a historical fiction novel when after reading it you are thinking in the dialect of the characters. Such a thing happened to me recently after reading an installment in the Scottish series written by inspirational author Liz Curtis Higgs. Higgs has taken the Biblical story of Jacob and reworked it into 18th Century Scotland, quite a challenge when you consider that Jacob had multiple wives. And indeed, the main character Jamie does have a...
What do Library Staffers Do When They Aren’t Working?—READ!
posted by Deb
Saturday, July 01, 2006
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