Tag: nonfiction
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Book Review: The Great Gatsby
This “Cook the Book” edition (Chronicle Books) is a republishing of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, complete with a set of 15 recipes at the end of the book, recipes of the food and drink mentioned throughout the novel. This edition is beautifully done, with an authentic Art Deco feel to it thanks…
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Book Review: Here After by Amy Lin
I checked this book out from the new release shelf at my local public library, Aspen Hill Public Library of Montgomery County, MD, and I must admit I was drawn to it by its size and cover. It is a hardback, but it is a non-traditional size, more of the size of a diary or…
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Book Review: How to Have a Happy Birthday: Create Meaning, Fulfillment, and Joy on Your Special Day by Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming
Should be easy, right? It’s your birthday. There’s a cake. With candles. People sing. You make a wish and blow out the candles. Presto. You are having a happy birthday. But, it really isn’t that simple at all. In her new book, which she proclaims herself that it was a long time coming, Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming…
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Book Review: Let’s Make Dumplings by Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan
What a charming cookbook! I took my time and savored each and every recipe in Let’s Make Dumplings (Ten Speed Press, 2021) by Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan. The subtitle of this book is “A Comic Book Cookbook,” but there is nothing comical about the step by step instructions and authentic recipes in this book.…
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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: 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: The Page Turner by Viola Shipman
Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the ebook ARC of this new novel, by an author new to me. Viola Shipman is the pen name for memoirist Wade Rouse. Rouse uses the pen name Viola Shipman for his fiction to honor his grandmother, and traces of that sentiment are found in this…
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo 