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May 17, 20222 min read
"Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
"Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance,” By Alison Espach, is a gripping, coming-of-age novel that peels back the layers of grief,...
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cstucky2
May 10, 20222 min read
"Half Baked Harvest Every Day" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
While I don’t spend as much time in the kitchen as I did when our children were growing up, I’ve become an enthusiastic fan of Tieghan...
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cstucky2
Apr 10, 20223 min read
"Shmuel's Bridge"| Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Former Fontbonne University English Professor and poet Jason Sommer has penned a searing, yet illuminating memoir certain to stay with...
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cstucky2
Mar 23, 20222 min read
"The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found"
Author Frank Bruni wasn’t overly concerned when he woke one morning feeling sluggish, the vision in his right eye blurry. Later in the...
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cstucky2
Mar 8, 20222 min read
"In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Bestselling author Amy Bloom writes with courage and honesty in her poignant, thoughtful book “In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss.” The...
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cstucky2
Feb 27, 20222 min read
"One Italian Summer: A Novel" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Author Rebecca Serle’s new release “One Italian Summer” is an easy read set in Positano, an Italian city on the breathtaking Amalfi...
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cstucky2
Feb 21, 20222 min read
"I Must Betray You" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
There’s much to be learned in the heartfelt, illuminating thriller “I Must Betray You” by Ruta Sepetys. The award-winning author...
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cstucky2
Feb 2, 20222 min read
"No Land to Light On" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
A Syrian man and woman meet in America, arriving in the U.S. at different times and under far different circumstances. Their experiences...
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cstucky2
Jan 13, 20222 min read
"The Maid" Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
It’s been ages since I’ve read a book with a more endearing character than the protagonist author Nita Prose has created in her simple,...
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cstucky2
Jan 5, 20222 min read
"The School for Good Mothers"| Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider.
View it as negligence or a knee-jerk misstep by a sleep-deprived single mom. Readers of “The School for Good Mothers,” by Jessamine Chan,...
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cstucky2
Nov 14, 20212 min read
"The Family" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
The focus of “The Family,” an immersive new novel by Naomi Krupitsky, makes this must-read a fascinating story from page one. It’s about...
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cstucky2
Oct 27, 20212 min read
"The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
“The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven” isn’t a memoir, but it’s written as such, told in first person by a fictional hunter who spent years...
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cstucky2
Oct 5, 20212 min read
"The Lincoln Highway" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
With a satisfied sigh and ready smile, I closed the cover on “The Lincoln Highway,” a historical fiction novel that begs for a reread by...
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cstucky2
Sep 29, 20212 min read
"Cloud Cuckoo Land" | By Anthony Doerr
It’s been a long time coming, but a treasure is worth waiting for. Anthony Doerr enraptures with “Cloud Cuckoo Land” a gorgeously written...
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cstucky2
Sep 27, 20212 min read
"When Ghosts Come Home" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
I’ve been a Wiley Cash fan since his debut novel “The Last Ballad.” His next two books were equally addictive, “This Dark Road to Mercy,”...
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cstucky2
Sep 14, 20212 min read
"Apples Never Fall" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
You’ve got to love Liane Moriarty, known for bestsellers like “Big Little Lies,” made into a Netflix series, and “Nine Perfect Strangers”...
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cstucky2
Aug 24, 20212 min read
"The Guide" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Author Peter Heller has been a favorite of mine since I absorbed “The Dog Stars” (2012) in one sitting. His novel “The River” (2019)...
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cstucky2
Aug 12, 20212 min read
"The Reading List"| Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
They comfort, educate, inspire, challenge, sadden and tickle us—become treasures that live on in our minds and hearts. The most cherished...
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cstucky2
Aug 3, 20212 min read
"Agatha of Little Neon" Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
I was smitten from the first page with “Agatha of Little Neon,” a treasure of a debut by Claire Luchette with the most endearing...
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cstucky2
Jul 16, 20212 min read
"Falling" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
True to life experiences went into the new thriller “Falling” a riveting time-stealer about an ill-fated flight in which the pilot faces...
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