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Category Archives: books
The Guest Room Bookshelf . . .
Recently when I was with Other Half previewing an art auction I saw that the auction house was featuring a Book Sale, too! Hurray! Lots and lots of books to look through–the vast number of them was overwhelming–after a while … Continue reading
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The Racketeer by John Grisham
Talk about beach reading! Were we? Well, last night at book club, Grisham failed as a beach reader–rather ho-hum fare from a usually exciting author. All agreed it “went right along” up to a point, but was an unbelievable, … Continue reading
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Summer Reading List for 2017
summer reading plan for 2017 *** have added another! and another!see below *** The Racketeer by John Grisham X June book club selection Noise of Time by Julian Barnes … Continue reading
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Dead Wake by Erik Larson
If you are happily contemplating a cruise vacation in the near future this might not be the book you want to read right now! It’s the story of the last Atlantic crossing of the Cunard luxury liner in 1915 from … Continue reading
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Settle back for a visit with Isabel Archer for 623 pages–but then, who’s counting? Isabel has been brought to England from Albany NY (!) by an aunt, Mrs. Touchette, and as the book opens, she has arrived at Gardencourt—a lovely … Continue reading
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Don Quixote and Master Pedro by Miguel de Cervantes
Still reading it—about 200 pages to go! DQ and Sancho and I met an interesting character recently and I want to share him with you. Maybe if you have read the book, you remember him. It’s Master Pedro and he … Continue reading
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The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
This was the book club selection for May. We met last night. I’m happy to tell you that it was a popular selection! It was published in 1913 and maybe you’ve already read it–if not, here’s why you should:
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Visiting Yarmouth, Maine
O’Half and I — away we went to Yarmouth, Maine! It’s about a seven hour trip. And we took Woody!
I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
This book was on my summer reading list a few years ago and I put it off til just recently . . .
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A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Three Agathas in a row! Who said it couldn’t be done? I had been waiting for my new trade paperback copy to arrive—even tho I had started reading it in my old yellowed pulp copy . . .