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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

Laugh Out Loud with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

I don’t know about any other couples out there, but it is nearly impossible for my husband and me to find a television show that we both enjoy. We recently Read more...

Posted by on June 20, 2014

Are You Getting It? Armageddon It.

After the Dark is a feature film version of the popular TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It for you non-preppers out there) party game, Would I Read more...

Posted by on June 9, 2014

Wild Weather

In my quest to again read all of the Bluestem and Caudill nominees for the 2015 awards, I’ve come across two Bluestem titles that fit in well with our recent Read more...

Posted by on June 6, 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

Paperboy by Vince Vawter

Paperboy, a 2014 Newbery Honor Book, accomplished both. An 11 year-old boy growing up in Memphis in 1959 takes over his best friend’s paper route for a month. While throwing Read more...

Posted by on May 30, 2014

Detroit: an American Autopsy

Detroit: an American Autopsy, award-winning journalist and Detroit native, Charlie LeDuff, returns home in 2008 to work for the Detroit News, a struggling old newspaper. LeDuff is searching for the story Read more...

Posted by on May 28, 2014

We’ve got a Ticket to Ride

In 1872, on a wager of £20,000, Phileas Fogg travels around the world in 80 days. Now, in that same tradition a group of friends has gathered to make a Read more...

Posted by on May 26, 2014

I “Relished” Every Minute

I have a love/hate relationship with graphic novels. On the one hand, they are fun to read and I can usually finish one off in about an hour.  On the Read more...

Posted by on May 16, 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

Andrew’s Brain

Andrew’s Brain for our March selection, I bit the bullet and dove in.  Andrew is a troubled cognitive scientist whose story unravels through brief glimpses into his past, which happens Read more...

Posted by on April 30, 2014

All Joy and No Fun

by Jennifer Senior, parents reveal their struggles, daily lives, and hopes and regrets to the author as she visits their homes and watches them interact with their children and each Read more...

Posted by on April 9, 2014

Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars, based on the books by Sara Shepard, is a great series for binge watching and that’s just what I’ve been doing. Four high school friends are shattered by Read more...

Posted by on March 28, 2014

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

This is Where I Leave You might be the best book I read all year. I could not put down this hilarious yet heartfelt glimpse of one week in the Read more...

Posted by on March 21, 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

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