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La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith

by HRevvdon@evpl on Sunday, December 27 2009, 2:18pm

La’s Orchestra Saves the World (2009) by Alexander McCall Smith is the first book in a long time that I have sat down and read in one sitting. McCall’s book is an old fashioned story set in Suffolk, England, during World War II. La, short...

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Filed under: WWII, England, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Alexander McCall Smith, Las Orchestra Saves the World

The Secret Adversary by Dame Agatha Christie

by HRevvdon@evpl on Saturday, December 26 2009, 1:09pm

Agatha Christie’s young upper-class detectives Tommy and Tuppence are often overshadowed by her better known detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Tommy and Tuppence are totally different than either. They are young and fun and out for adventure...

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Filed under: mysteries, crime, Agatha Christie, international intrique, Tommy and Tuppence

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

by HRevvdon@evpl on Friday, December 25 2009, 5:36pm

The Forgotten Garden (2009) by Kate Morton is reminiscent of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden (1911) for just a few pages. Burnett appears in the novel only long enough to get inspiration for her classic story. The Forgotten Garden drifts...

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Filed under: the Secret Garden, Brisbane, novel, Cornwall, Edwardian England, The Forgotten Garden

Matchless is just that ...

by myzticrhythmz@evpl on Wednesday, December 23 2009, 7:00pm

Every year some of your favorite authors pop up with a new title for the holiday season, and this year is no exception. Richard Paul Evans , Linda Howard , Garrison Keillor , Wally Lamb and several others have new books this Christmas. My favorite this...

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Filed under: fiction, Christmas, christstmas stories, Little Match Girl, Gregory Maguire, fairy tales, Matchless

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

by HRevvdon@evpl on Wednesday, December 23 2009, 5:04pm

The second book of a trilogy by Stieg Larsson (1952 - 2004), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) follows The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2008). I enjoyed Dragon and blogged about it a few months ago. It was a dark thriller; Fire is also a dark thriller...

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Filed under: thriller, swedish, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larrson, The Girl Who Played With Fire

Christmas Reading

by Shh_ImReading@evpl on Friday, December 18 2009, 10:54am

I hear from a lot of people that they don't have time to read around the holidays. I can certainly understand that, but I need the escape of my favorite hobby more than ever during the busy month of December. At the top of my Christmas reading list...

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Filed under: fiction, knitting, Kate Jacobs, Christmas, Lee Smith, Susan May Warren

Losing Mum and Pup: a memoir

by kiya@evpl on Tuesday, December 15 2009, 10:56am

Christopher Buckley usually writes funny, satirical novels ( Supreme Courtship ; Thank You for Smoking ). I have read a few of his novels and enjoyed them. Still, I almost didn't pick up his newest book, Losing Mum and Pup , about the year during...

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Filed under: memoir, death, Christopher Buckley, parents, William Buckley

Double Take worth a look

by myzticrhythmz@evpl on Friday, December 11 2009, 9:13am

You're walking down the street and a legless man on a skateboard zooms by. Your first reaction--shock? disgust? pity? Welcome to Kevin Michael Connolly 's world. Author of the recent memoir Double Take , Connolly was born without legs. Instead...

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Filed under: nonfiction, books, biography, memoir, Photography, human behavior, skiing, Kevin Michael Connolly, travel, social attitudes

Ford County: Stories by John Grisham

by HRevvdon@evpl on Tuesday, December 1 2009, 6:46am

I downloaded John Grisham’s Ford County: Stories (2009) from EVPL’s Digital Library before heading out on my holiday road trip, Thanksgiving 2009. I started out pretty early in the morning listening to this wonderful collection of short stories...

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Filed under: Rural Life, short stories, Ford County Stories, Erskine Caldwell, John Grisham, Tobacco Road, Gods Little Acre

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