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The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

by Guatemama@evpl on Friday, January 9 2009, 10:53am

Many fans of the Oprah book club will remember author, Wally Lamb, from his previous books, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True . After a lapse of many years, Lamb is back with this new epic which is rather heavy both in subject matter...

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Filed under: families, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Littleton Colorado, Connecticut, psychological fiction, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Columbine High School Massacre

Most anticipated books of 2009

by googler@evpl on Thursday, January 8 2009, 10:06am

The Millions, a blog on books, arts, and culture, has published a list of the year's most anticipated books that will make any reader's mouth water. It's in chronological order, so you can plan what you'll want to read month by month....

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The Song Before It Is Sung (2007) - Justin Cartwright and the film Valkyrie (2008)

by HRevvdon@evpl on Sunday, January 4 2009, 3:23pm

I like to read historical novels about World War II, not about the battles, politics, or war tactics, but stories about the home front, resistance, and the historical figures involved. Usually what I have read has been about the Allied side of the conflict...

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Filed under: Nazis, Germany, Von Trott, Berlin

Possible Side Effects - Augusten Burroughs (2006)

by HRevvdon@evpl on Saturday, January 3 2009, 5:08pm

Possible Side Effects is a collection of short memoirs by Augusten Burroughs, as his previous books are. Augusten Burroughs has had one of the most interesting and bizarre childhood and young adulthood ever. His family puts the dysfunctional in "dysfunctional...

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The Shack

by bookchick@evpl on Saturday, January 3 2009, 3:19pm

The Shack by William P. Young has literally left me speechless. I have no idea how to describe this novel in a few short sentances. And yet, here are some of my attempts. It is a story of: ...redemption. ...how to be truly loved. ...how life is in relationships...

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Filed under: reviews, The Shack, William Young

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise - Ruth Reichl

by HRevvdon@evpl on Sunday, December 28 2008, 4:08pm

Daphne Durham (Amazon.com) says “Ruth Reichl is a wonderful memoirist--a funny, poignant, and candid storyteller whose books contain a happy mix of memories, recipes, and personal revelations.” This is a great description of Reichl's book...

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Filed under: Food, memoir, critic, recipes, Rachel Reichl, New York Times

"Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates

by MediaPhile@evpl on Friday, December 26 2008, 4:04pm

I just finished this 1961 novel by Richard Yates. The paperback edition's cover, published to coincide with the release of the new movie, caught my attention. Directed by Sam Mendes of "American Beauty" fame, "Revolutionary Road"...

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Filed under: reviews, revolutionary road, richard yates, leo dicaprio, sam mendes, kate winslet

Strong at the Broken Places

by wag.mado@evpl on Tuesday, December 23 2008, 4:55pm

This book's preface begins, " These are the faces of illness in America. Do not look away.......Quite simply, they are us. " If you have ever known someone with a chronic or terminal illness, you probably already know that each person approaches...

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Filed under: nonfiction, central library, books, faith, alcoholism, families, biography, illness, muscular dystrophy, ALS, lymphoma, bipolar disorder, Crohns disease

The Oxford Project

by bookchick@evpl on Monday, December 22 2008, 10:00am

From the very first page this book had me hooked. Photographer Peter Feldstein lived in Oxford, Iowa his whole life when in 1984 he decided to photograph every person in his small town. Peter describes this project as a "...social experiment, a way...

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Filed under: biography, Rural Life, Photography

A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living: A Novel by Michael Dahle

by HRevvdon@evpl on Sunday, December 21 2008, 1:32pm

I read about this novel on the Barnes & Noble website as one of THE books to read this year. It was described as darkly humerous. It is somewhat humerous - I would not call it dark humor. More like blue blood slapstick. The main character is a "bumbling...

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My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals

by librarianinheels@evpl on Thursday, December 18 2008, 11:18am

I love food, and I am a sucker for a man who can cook. So when I heard Melanie Dunea being interviewed on NPR about her book My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and their Final Meals , I knew I needed to check it out, especially since the Introduction is written...

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Filed under: Food, cookery, Anthony Bourdain, chefs, cooking, Melanie Dunea

A Christmas murder mystery...and Agatha Christie...two of my favorite things.

by HRevvdon@evpl on Tuesday, December 16 2008, 9:26pm

I thought I had read all of the Agatha Christie murder mysteries years ago. Then, while Becky was searching for a book of Christmas short stories for me, I found Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot's Christmas. The only ties to Christmas are the...

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Filed under: Christmas, Hercule Poirot, murder, Agatha Chrisie, mystery

Sherman Alexie is One Fine Poet!

by Bufkinite@evpl on Tuesday, December 16 2008, 3:59pm

Another post to this blog mentioned Sherman Alexie's book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian , which I checked out, read, and thoroughly enjoyed. "I want more ," I said to myself, and set out to discover more about this writer...

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Filed under: fiction, books, Native American, Sherman Alexie, poetry

Classic Christmas stories

by GoldensRule@evpl on Monday, December 15 2008, 8:48am

Christmas is more than shopping... something I hear myself saying more and more lately. It is also a time to pull out those special Christmas books and share them with family and friends. Here are a few that come to mind (all are very short). Truman Capote's...

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Sandra Dallas - Unusual story lines

by HRevvdon@evpl on Monday, December 15 2008, 8:13am

I am a big reader of southern regional novels, but I stumbled on a Sandra Dallas book called The Persian Pickle Club a couple of years ago and I have read most of Ms. Dallas' books since then. Recently I finished New Mercies and really loved it. Most...

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Filed under: Natchez, Denver, Sandra Dallas, 1940s

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