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I always had a soft spot for the ol’ spook

Who Was Edgar Allan Poe? by Jim Gigliotti

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Once you recommend one book in the Who Was series (Who Was, Who Is, even What Is) you have pretty much said everything you need about them. They are fun, simple, and while might not get “down and dirty” you do find a little dust here and there. I tend to like the books about people over the “things” or events (though the Ice Age was interesting as it showed that we are still learning about it, even though it seems like something that is […]

The Plot of The Plot is a Very Good Plot

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

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Who owns a story? A plot? That is the core issue of this novel. Jacob Finch Bonnen is a struggling writer who has fallen into teaching creative writings in MFA programs after publishing two novels. The first was well received and landed him on a list of new and noteworthy authors, and his second basically confirmed his place in the obscurity that can only be experienced by the once-great.  During a low-residency MFA program, he meets a student who changes his life. Evan Parker is […]

Poetry and dogs and cats and wheelbarrows oh my

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

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When I first came to work at the bookstore one of my coworkers had been in the business for several years (but not at “our” store) and one author he liked was Sharon Creech. I would read a few of her books because of his recommendation and the new one that had just come out. But I realized she was an author that wrote books you “liked or not” that book but not necessarily a “like or not” the actual author kind of author. I […]

Fern and Otto besties on an adventure

Fern and Otto: A Story about Two Best Friends by Stephanie Graegin

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Fern and Otto: A Story about Two Best Friends is an adorable book about friendship. But it is also about one friend who probably needs some special glasses to see the adventures right in front of him! And, of course, there are adventures aplenty for Fern and Otto. Much of which are more exciting then first look would assume. These two friends go out looking for an adventure that is more exciting than the one Fern is writing about in her book (enjoying themselves, each […]

Not as fluffy and carefree as the title and cover make it seem

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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#CBR12 Bingo: Pandemic (read what you want) Official book description: Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.   They’re polar opposites.   In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.   Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal […]

Dead men tell no tales….. unless it is in the form of a trilogy

Exquisite Corpse by Penelope Bagieu

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With a title like Exquisite Corpse, I was not sure what to expect. What journey was Penelope Bagieu (with translation by Alexis Siegel) going to take me on? Was I going to be Brazen or would I be California Dreaming again? Neither. I was in the middle of Pairs, locked in an apartment with one crazy-a$$ author, a girl who is as naïve as she is a selfish-20-something and one editor who put the fatale in femme fatale. Zoe is less than sophisticated. She hates […]



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