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Santa is a Swindler

The Santa Claus Man by Alex Palmer

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“At such a thrilling time in New York City, it did not seem ridiculous to trust the Santa Claus Man, but rather, ridiculous to doubt him.” In 1913, a man named John Duval Gluck Jr. requested that the General Post Office of New York City direct all letters to Santa to his small office in the back of a local chop house. For the past two years, the Post Office had been looking for an organization to properly handle these letters, saddened by the idea […]

If It Walks Like a Duck and Talks Like a Duck (and Does Autocorrect Ducking Things)

(won't you let me) walk you home from school by somethingdifferent

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After postcardsandbooks‘ post I am newly emboldened to publicly review fanfiction! I feel like doing so will also clarify my review of Bloodline, not that it was fooling anyone. First, rules, both my own ones and the ones that I am sticking with re: reviewing. No less than 5:1 ratio for books : fanworks (and honestly I reviewed two fanworks** last year in the course of reading 130 books, I am not often called to write page-long reviews) (although I always comment!) It’s okay for […]

because President Obama told me to

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

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I’m a fan of President Obama, so when he recommends books to read, I am quick to jump on the bandwagon. His recommendations so far have been well written and thought provoking, and Long Bright River (2020) by Liz Moore is no exception. Mickey is a Philadelphia police officer working the streets in the Kensington neighborhood. The area has seen better days, but now its factories are closed and it is overrun with opioid addiction. Mickey is intimately familiar with the opioid crisis as it has killed […]

Final Jeopardy

The Answer Is....: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek

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Appearing as a contestant on Jeopardy is the #1 item on my bucket list, so you can imagine how hard the passing of Alex Trebek hit me. Still, my natural reluctance toward celebrity memoirs was hard to overcome. Thankfully a copy of The Answer Is… was waiting under the Christmas tree this year. Trebek proves to be an engaging writer. The book is conversational in nature though there is a fair amount of biographical information up front. The first third or so is much more […]



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