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BOOK REVIEW:  All Who Wander by Joe Clifford

BOOK REVIEW:  All Who Wander by Joe Clifford

All Who Wander is a fascinating look at the long-term effects of insufficient love, emotional and physical abuse, as well as poor choices in relationships and life in general. Brooke, trapped in a broken family (one that’s missing a mother but has an added stepbrother...

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BOOK REVIEW: Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

BOOK REVIEW: Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Wisdom Corner is the second in the Virgil Wounded Horse mystery series. Like its predecessor, Winter Counts, it is set on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota and picks up where that novel left off. Virgil has become an “enforcer,” administering justice when...

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BOOK REVIEW: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

BOOK REVIEW: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra does a remarkable job piecing together the story of a woman from the first century BCE about whom very little is actually known. Schiff pulls together many early sources, extrapolates as many facts as she possibly can, then pieces them into a coherent vision...

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BOOK REVIEW: There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

BOOK REVIEW: There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

I LOVE Elif Shafak’s work and am working my way through her twelve novels. With every read I find a new favorite, but There Are Rivers in the Sky is my all-favorite so far.  The book opens in 630 BCE, in Ninevah, the capital of the ancient Assyrian Empire along the...

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BOOK REVIEW: Whistler by Ann  Patchett

BOOK REVIEW: Whistler by Ann  Patchett

As I have been with so many other authors, I am slowly working my way through Ann Patchett’s oeuvre, starting years ago with Bel Canto. Whistler ties with Tom Lake as my—so far—all-time favorites of her works. Tom Lake is a quiet story. Whistler tells of a family...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Berrybender Narratives by Larry McMurtry

BOOK REVIEW: The Berrybender Narratives by Larry McMurtry

I have been slowly working my way through Larry McMurtry’s oeuvre. The Berrybender Narratives brings together the four volumes of the epic story of the American West: Sin Killer, The Wandering Hill, Sorrow’s River, and Folly and Glory. In these books, he sets the...

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New Artsy Bookish Giveaway – With $10 Amazon Gift Card

New Artsy Bookish Giveaway – With $10 Amazon Gift Card

I had so much fun doing a big, beautiful, artsy bookish giveaway haul last month, I've decided to do it again! This time, I'm upping the ante by including a $10 Amazon gift card in one of the prize combos. It's only on for eight days, so enter while you can... Good...

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BOOK REVIEW:  All Who Wander by Joe Clifford

BOOK REVIEW:  All Who Wander by Joe Clifford

All Who Wander is a fascinating look at the long-term effects of insufficient love, emotional and physical abuse, as well as poor choices in relationships and life in general. Brooke, trapped in a broken family (one that’s missing a mother but has an added stepbrother...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

BOOK REVIEW: Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Wisdom Corner is the second in the Virgil Wounded Horse mystery series. Like its predecessor, Winter Counts, it is set on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota and picks up where that novel left off. Virgil has become an “enforcer,” administering justice when...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

BOOK REVIEW: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra does a remarkable job piecing together the story of a woman from the first century BCE about whom very little is actually known. Schiff pulls together many early sources, extrapolates as many facts as she possibly can, then pieces them into a coherent vision...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

BOOK REVIEW: There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

I LOVE Elif Shafak’s work and am working my way through her twelve novels. With every read I find a new favorite, but There Are Rivers in the Sky is my all-favorite so far.  The book opens in 630 BCE, in Ninevah, the capital of the ancient Assyrian Empire along the...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: Whistler by Ann  Patchett

BOOK REVIEW: Whistler by Ann  Patchett

As I have been with so many other authors, I am slowly working my way through Ann Patchett’s oeuvre, starting years ago with Bel Canto. Whistler ties with Tom Lake as my—so far—all-time favorites of her works. Tom Lake is a quiet story. Whistler tells of a family...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: The Berrybender Narratives by Larry McMurtry

BOOK REVIEW: The Berrybender Narratives by Larry McMurtry

I have been slowly working my way through Larry McMurtry’s oeuvre. The Berrybender Narratives brings together the four volumes of the epic story of the American West: Sin Killer, The Wandering Hill, Sorrow’s River, and Folly and Glory. In these books, he sets the...

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