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Book Notices | Open House by Katie Sise
Katie Sise, Open House Amazon A decade before the book opens, art student Emma McCullough disappeared during a college party. Now, Emma's younger sister Haley is a student at the school herself. Her father holds out hope that Emma is... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | When All the World Was Young by Barbara Holland
Barbara Holland, When All the World Was Young Amazon I bought this book on October 12, 2007, which is the same day that I finished reading Bingo Night at the Fire Hall (my review), Holland's account of living on a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 2, 2021 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The Risk Pool by Richard Russo
Richard Russo, The Risk Pool Amazon One of my favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation is "The Inner Light," the one where Captain Picard is probed by an energy beam and left unconscious on the bridge. In the... Continue reading
Posted May 28, 2021 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists by Alexander McCall Smith / Hide Away by Jason Pinter
Alexander McCall Smith, The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists Amazon In this short addition (73 pages) to Alexander McCall Smith's Detective Varg series, Ulf and his colleagues in Sweden's Department of Sensitive Crimes look into a pair of insignificant... Continue reading
Posted May 23, 2021 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | Ninth Square by Gorman Bechard / Outsider in Amsterdam by Janwillem van de Wetering / The Talented Mr. Varg by Alexander McCall Smith
Gorman Bechard, Ninth Square Amazon I came for the location: Ninth Square, written by fellow Connecticut native Gorman Bechard, is set in and around New Haven, and there are lots of local references beyond the expected Yale and pizza—Willoughby's, Toad's... Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2021 at book-blog.com
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Dan Slușanschi School for Classical and Oriental Languages
Latin: Beginners (Language Course) Latin: Lower Intermediate (Language Course) Latin: Upper Intermediate (Language Course) Greek: Beginners (Language Course) Greek: Lower Intermediate (Language Course) Greek: Intermediate (Language Course) Greek: Upper Intermediate (Language Course) Greek: Advanced (Language Course) Coptic: Beginners (Language Course)... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2021 at Summer Classics
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Book Notices | The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith / Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Alexander McCall Smith, The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday Amazon This is the fifth book in Alexander McCall Smith's Isabel Dalhousie series. If you're this far along, you'll know what you're in for: occasional reflections on philosophy, music, and art... Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2021 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The Perfect Marriage by Adam Mitzner / Almost by Elizabeth Benedict
Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage Amazon This story has sort of a strange arc. Jessica and James are happily celebrating their first anniversary, but their "perfect marriage" was built on the backs of two destroyed relationships. Both exes are on... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2021 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | Never Go Back by Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard, Never Go Back Amazon Back in England for his mother's funeral, Harry Barnett winds up traveling to a Scottish castle for a 50th reunion weekend with his old RAF buddies. They'd been involved in an experiment at the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2021 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The Passengers by John Marrs
John Marrs, The Passengers Amazon John Marrs' The Passengers takes place in the same universe as his earlier novel The One (my review)—a not too distant future in which cool scientific advances tend to have unpleasant unintended consequences. In The... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2021 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | Sleeping with Schubert by Bonnie Marson / The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith
Bonnie Marson, Sleeping with Schubert Amazon Liza Durbin was in the women's shoes department at Nordstrom's when she was inhabited—literally, not figuratively—by the spirit of Franz Schubert. She sat down at the store's baby grand piano and played a piece... Continue reading
Posted Dec 29, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The School of Night by Louise Bayard
Louis Bayard, The School of Night Amazon In this 2010 novel, Louis Bayard twists the story of a modern treasure hunt around a centuries-old romance. "The School of Night" refers to a secret group of 16th-century intellectuals—among them Sir Walter... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens / The Givenchy Code by Julie Kenner
Chevy Stevens, Never Knowing Amazon The premise of this book kept me reading: An adopted woman's search for her birth parents goes about as badly as it possibly could when she finds out that her father's a serial killer and... Continue reading
Posted Nov 8, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith, The Right Attitude to Rain (Book 3) Amazon Things are heating up in Edinburgh! (And in Dallas, for that matter.) And love is in the air, at least for a couple of happy couples. This time out,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett / Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning Amazon I've been reading Ken Follett's novels for some 40 years. Used to be, he was the one author whose books I'd snatch up the moment they were published. I kind of fell... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | True Story by Michael Finkel
Michael Finkel, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa Amazon Shortly after Michael Finkel was fired by the New York Times for journalistic misbehavior, the story of a lifetime fell in his lap. A man named Chris Longo was in police... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | Drowning with Others by Linda Keir / Arsenic Under the Elms by Virginia A. McConnell / A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Linda Keir, Drowning with Others Amazon Andi and Ian Copeland were the "it" couple at Glenlake Academy. Twenty years and one seemingly perfect marriage later, their daughter Cassidy is a senior at the prep school. But when a car is... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The Man on Table Ten by Luke Smitherd / Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson / A Dangerous Thing by Josh Lanyon / The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Luke Smitherd, The Man on Table Ten Amazon Luke Smitherd's novella The Man on Table Ten poses an interesting question: What would you do to ensure your survival if the fate of the world depended on it? Smitherd's story is... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2020 at book-blog.com
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About Debra Hamel Debra Hamel studied classics as an undergraduate at The Johns Hopkins University and again as a graduate student at Yale, where she specialized in ancient history. Since receiving her Ph.D. in 1996 she has published a number of scholarly articles and reviews as well as publications for... Continue reading
Posted Aug 27, 2020 at dhamel.com
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Book Notices | The Ghost Writer by John Harwood / Half Broken Things by Morag Joss / High Crimes by Joseph Finder
John Harwood, The Ghost Writer Amazon John Harwood’s gothic novel The Ghost Writer centers on Gerard, a boy of 13 when the book starts, growing up in Australia, who begins a penpal correspondence with an orphaned English girl named Alice.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | The Rescue Artist by Edward Dolnick
Edward Dolnick, The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece Amazon In this very readable narrative, Edward Dolnick writes about the 1994 theft of Edvard Munch's Scream (or one version of the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | Into the Fire by Gregg Hurwitz / Killer Thriller by Lee Goldberg
Gregg Hurwitz, Into the Fire Amazon Into the Fire details Orphan X's latest--and maybe his final--mission This time, he's contacted on his super secure RoamZone phone by Max Merriweather, a down-on-his-luck construction worker who lands in serious trouble after his... Continue reading
Posted May 31, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | Unf*ck Your Habitat by Rachel Hoffman
Rachel Hoffman, Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess Amazon This is a book about cleaning that might have been written by your therapist. Rachel Hoffman--who doesn't seem to be a therapist in fact--gives advice about cleaning, sure, but... Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | In the Dark by Loreth Anne White
Loreth Anne White, In the Dark Amazon In the Dark is a story about what happens when a group of people is put in a real-life Survivor-type situation. Eight guests and their pilot are invited to go on an all-expenses-paid... Continue reading
Posted Feb 29, 2020 at book-blog.com
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Book Notices | Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg
Lee Goldberg, Lost Hills Amazon This is the first book in a new series by Lee Goldberg, author of a bajillion books, including the late Monk series, which I enjoyed a lot. This one is a police procedural focused on... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2020 at book-blog.com
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