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Listen Up!

Ocean at the End of the Lane when it first came out last summer and loved every page. You meet a man who finds himself wandering to the old farm Read more...

Posted by on September 17, 2014

Narrative Nonfiction

I just finished up a class for graduate school that was all about adult popular fiction. My favorite genre that we discussed was narrative nonfiction. I am not the biggest Read more...

Posted by on September 3, 2014

Tiny House

Tiny: A Story About Living Small that follows Christopher Smith as he builds a tiny house. In general, a tiny house is a house that is under 200 square feet and Read more...

Posted by on June 25, 2014

The Director: A Novel

The Director. When a disheveled computer hacker stumbles into the American consulate in Germany, no one is prepared for the fallout it creates, especially newly-appointed CIA director Graham Weber. With Read more...

Posted by on June 2, 2014

Looking for a Green Thumb

Even though the calendar says it is May and time to plant my garden, I had hesitated (like many of us) due to the chilly weather! In the meantime, all Read more...

Posted by on May 5, 2014

Delicious Gluten Free Food

There seems to be a theme in all of my posts: I go to the library to find books on subjects that I have no previous or current knowledge on. Read more...

Posted by on March 19, 2014

Drift by Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow’s Drift. I am fan of her show on MSNBC and generally like everything about her. I have to also admit that I do not know much about military Read more...

Posted by on March 3, 2014

Gardening with An Inspirational Touch

Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart to read. The author, Carol Wall, is a contributor to Southern Read more...

Posted by on February 12, 2014

The First Phone Call From Heaven

A phone call from heaven?  That would be a phone call not to miss! Mitch Albom hovers on the brink of believability as several characters in his new novel start Read more...

Posted by on December 23, 2013

Best Friend: A Dog at Your Side

It’s no secret that I am “a dog person.” Dogs have always been an integral part of my life since I trained my very first German Shepherd dog while still Read more...

Posted by on November 18, 2013

A Personal Glimpse: France Through Two World Wars

It is unusual to have two novels released within a few months of each other with a focus on France during wartime, and I thought I would give them a Read more...

Posted by on October 30, 2013

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