I won an ARC of Swing Low by Miriam Toews during the April 2011 Readathon. It is a memoir of the author’s father, written by her but from her father’s perspective. About the Book: Mel Toews is in the hospital. Why, he cannot quite remember. There are other select bits of memory that seem to …
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Thoughts on “Death Wishing” by Laura Ellen Scott, and a GIVEAWAY!
When Laura Ellen Scott emailed me about Death Wishing, she mentioned she’d gotten my name from Steve Himmer, author of The Bee Loud Glade, which, as many of you know, I adored. How could I resist that connection? About the Book: There’s no denying the world is getting strange. An odd phenomenon has sprung up: …
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Thoughts on “The Borrower” by Rebecca Makkai (Audiobook)
I received a copy of The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai on audio for review from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. About the Book: Lucy Hull is a 20-something children’s librarian in Hannibal, Missouri. Her favorite patron is a ten-year-old boy named Ian, and Lucy happily helps Ian smuggle books deemed inappropriate by his conservative evangelist …
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Thoughts on “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making” by Catherynne Valente
After reading many glowing reviews of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente, I knew I wanted to read it. A member of my book group was kind enough to lend me her copy. About the Book: At 12 years old, September is a precocious child. She …
Sunday Salon: “That Day in September”
Before I left for my August travels, an author named Artie Van Why contacted me to see if I’d like to read his short memoir, That Day in September. Unsure of how much reading I would get done during my trip, I was reluctant to commit to another book, but I loaded it onto my …