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"Anthem" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“Anthem” is a dystopian-themed thriller by Noah Hawley that’s set in current times in the United States. Citizens feel their personal...
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Jan 14, 20222 min read
"All Her Little Secrets" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“All Her Little Secrets” is a fast paced, suspenseful and socially relevant legal thriller and mystery. It also is a commentary on...
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Jan 12, 20222 min read
"Sea State" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
`Tabitha Lasley has written a remarkable memoir about six months living in Aberdeen, Scotland, where she gathered stories from oil...
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Jan 2, 20222 min read
"My Monticello"| Reviewed by Bill Schwab
“My Monticello” is a chilling, strident, intelligent collection of short stories that depict the vulnerability of Black Americans and the...
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Dec 19, 20211 min read
"Still Life" | Reviewed by Joan Kletzker
“Still Life,” by Sarah Winman, is a book you can lose yourself in. The author’s writing is exquisite. Her character development is...
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Dec 16, 20212 min read
"The Sentence" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich has written another stellar book, “The Sentence.” Like many of her books for children and adults,...
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Dec 14, 20212 min read
"Flying Blind"| Reviewed by William Winkler
In October 2018 Lion Air flight 610 departed the airport in Jakarta, Indonesia carrying 189 people. Twelve minutes later the airplane...
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Dec 8, 20213 min read
"Trains and Trolleys"| Reviewed by Bill Schwab
In 1849, the Pacific Railroad was commissioned to build and operate a railroad line from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Construction was...
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Dec 7, 20212 min read
"Oh William" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout has written a third book about fictional Lucy Barton, now a successful writer and a twice-married...
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Nov 27, 20212 min read
"The Comfort Book" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
Matt Haig, fresh off his million-copy bestseller, “The Midnight Library,” capitalizes on his success with his newest effort, “The Comfort...
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Nov 26, 20213 min read
“Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19”| Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Alina Chan, a scientist from the United States, and Matt Ridley, a science writer living in the United Kingdom, have collaborated on an...
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Nov 20, 20213 min read
"The End of Bias"| Reviewed by Bill Schwab
“The End of Bias” is another piece of the puzzle in the effort to dismantle sexism, racism, homophobia, ableism and other biases that...
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Nov 14, 20212 min read
"Wildcat" | Reviewed by Joan Kletzker
“Wildcat,” by John Boessenecker, is the fascinating account of a woman who was a stagecoach robber in 1899. Lillie Naomi Davy, known as...
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Nov 6, 20212 min read
"False Witness" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“False Witness,” by Karin Slaughter, focuses on contemporary America and its social and political issues such as the Covid-19 pandemic,...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
"Crossroads" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Born in suburban Chicago, raised and educated in suburban St. Louis, Jonathan Franzen is a voice of the post-World War II evolving middle...
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Oct 27, 20212 min read
"Beautiful World Where Are You" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“Beautiful World, Where Are You,” by Sally Rooney, is the story of four friends living in or near Dublin who are navigating their way...
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Oct 26, 20213 min read
“The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World”| Reviewed by Bill Schwab
On August 14th, 2016, San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench as his teammates stood on the sidelines...
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Oct 25, 20212 min read
"Matrix" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
“Matrix” is the first book I’ve read by Lauren Groff, and what a book it is. I was transfixed by this 12th century story told partially...
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Oct 21, 20213 min read
"Made in China"| Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Anna Qu’s memoir begins in Wenzhou, China where, for most of her first seven years, she was identified as “the girl without parents; a...
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Oct 19, 20212 min read
"The Death of Jane Lawrence"| Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson
A marriage of convenience is all that Jane Shoringfield wants. Unmarried farther into adulthood than she should be by societal standards,...
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