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Dick Francis jockey, mystery writer 10/31/1920 - 2/14/2010 My friend Theresa turned me on to Dick Francis and his mysteries. Her whole family was already hooked. And it only took one before I was, too. Francis' books followed a certain formula, but that formula included honorable men of integrity...
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Do you ever have trouble remembering which book comes next in the series you are reading? Do you ever find yourself staring at the copyright page, only to realize you still don't know which book is next? To all of you who have ever tried to find the next book in a series (or discover the first one...
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What a delicious piece of fiction! A truly precocious eleven year old girl delves into the gory details of a murder in her family's cucumber patch with the zeal and insight of Sherlock Holmes. The year is 1950 and Flavia de Luce lives in a giant manor house with her older sisters and her reclusive...
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I just finished this book a few days ago, and I still have yet to find the right words to describe it. Here is what I wrote on GoodReads right after I read it: At once monochrome, dull, and gray and at the same time hauntingly beautiful, The Girl with Glass Feet is a timeless love story doomed from the...
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I have a librarian friend who is constantly telling me about the books she has read that she thinks I need to read. We are talking two and three books in a day! She always has good suggestions and I do want to read them, but I was struggling for a way to keep track of all the things she wanted me to...
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This very readable and lavishly illustrated book is a survey of libraries, from the earliest gatherings of clay tablets in the library at Nineveh to the present grandeur of the Library of Congress. It is full of the characters of library history as well: from King Assurbanipal in 700 BCE, Mansa Musa...
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In September of 1965 Lorree Rackstraw was a graduate student in her second year at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, apprehensive about her new teacher, a relatively unknown writer named Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut had published just three books: The Sirens of Titan , Mother Night , and Cat's Cradle ....
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Paul Collins writes in a convivial and breezy style, and is the kind of natural storyteller who brings history to life. Nevertheless, in The Book of William , his scholarship and authority are undeniable, and make this book an important entry point for those interested in learning more about Shakespeare...
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I recall a gardening workshop where I posed a question having to do with lawns. The speaker asked what kind of grass I had and I replied "weedy grass." The audience laughed, but it was a serious reply. That was the only kind of grass I knew growing up and it is the same kind of grass I have...
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Adult Summer Reading Program participants, this year's program is winding down. We need your Reading Contest entry forms turned in by library closing time on Monday, July 20th for you to have your chance(s) to win a cash prize! Hopefully you've found some good books to read during the program...