Friday, June 19, 2015

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob DeZoet

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 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob DeZoet    by David Mitchel   Reviewed by Robert May This book of historical fiction takes place at the ...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Last Runaway

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The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier The story takes place in rural Ohio in 1850. A young Quaker woman named Honor Bright has recently mov...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Euphoria

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Euphoria by Lilly King Reviewed by Cris Wilson Margaret Mead was a role model for many girls coming of age in the 60's. We had ...

All the Light You Cannot See

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All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Reviewed by Cris Wilson I’m not sure I  read a better...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

The Lizard Cage

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The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly Reviewed by Amy Stewart                The Lizard Cage is one of the most delicately woven and luminou...

Staff Choices

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At a recent staff meeting I asked the members of our staff to tell Pageturners what they had read in the last few months and what they would...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Treasure Island

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Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson Reviewed by Robert May In the 50 years since I first read this adventure quest story, only I h...

Falling to Earth

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Falling to Earth by Kate Southwood Reviewed by Julie Johnson I tacked the Earthquake Preparedness checklist to my bulletin boa...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Christina's Choices

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   Your friend at the Main Desk Christina Lobo says hello and would like to recommend the following fiction books for you! Two older favor...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Cartographer of No Man's Land

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The Cartographer of No Man's Land  by P.S. Duffy is a well-researched novel of World War I.  The main characters are from Nova Scoti...