Category: books
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Book Review: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
The Husbands (Knopf Doubleday, 2024), debut novel by Holly Gramazio, a writer and video game designer, is an interesting read. I waited for quite some time to get a copy from my local library. I read it quickly, but it’s taken me several days to decide what I want to say about it in this…
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Book Review: Rachel to the Rescue by Elinor Lipman
I’ve been a devoted fan of Elinor Lipman since 1988. I had just moved from Louisiana to Maryland for a new job in exciting downtown Bethesda. I lived near the Bethesda Metro and walked to my office building just a block from the Metro’s food court. Between work and home I had to pass a…
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Book Review: How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
How do you feel about books that start with an epigraph? Yea or nay? I generally like it, but sometimes I have no idea of its relevance until deep into the book. Not with this one, however. Last night I finished How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley. This book is VERY popular right now.…
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Book Review-Only the Best: The Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann Lowe by Kate Messner and Margaret E. Powell, illustrated by Erin K. Robinson
Kate Messner is one of my favorite authors and when I see one of her new books, I just have to grab it and read it right away. Today one of her books was offered as a Kindle Special Deal, and I did just that. Only the Best: The Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann…
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Book Review: Looking for You by Alexander McCall Smith
Before there was Match.com, eHarmony.com, or Tinder.com, there were individuals or agencies that “made introductions,” much like the matchmakers of the old days, like Yenta in the famous Fiddler on the Roof. The underlying theme of Fiddler is one of the key words of the musical: tradition. In Alexander McCall Smith’s series A Perfect Passion…
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Book Review: Murder by the Book by Lauren Elliott
Murder by the Book (the novel, Kensington Cozies, 2018) by Lauren Elliott is the first in the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery series. I checked this book out to read on my Kindle via Libby through my local MCPL mostly because of the title and the cover. Many years ago, I directed a play by…
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Book Review: You’re Not a Real Dog Owner Until … by Scott Dooley and Jason Chatfield
As much as I love reading, I am relatively new to graphic novels, comics, manga, and other illustrated works. I requested an ARC of You’re Not a Real Dog Owner Until … by Scott Dooley and Jason Chatfield to broaden my perspective on this mixed media form of literature. (It didn’t hurt that I am…
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Book Review: Stemosaurus by Andrew Root, illustrated by Mark Chambers
Hmmm, let me see. What would happen if you combined the universally beloved topic of dinosaurs with something that is not always universally beloved? Something like…math? This is the premise behind Stemosaurus by Andrew Root and illustrated by Mark Chambers. I must admit my knowledge of dinosaurs is scarce, and I probably couldn’t name many…
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo 