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cstucky2
Nov 16, 20242 min read
"Ina Garten: A Memoir, Be Ready when the Luck Comes" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
If you’re like me you have some of her cookbooks, which include down-to-earth recipes for everyday meals. There’s not a hint of fussy in...
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cstucky2
Nov 11, 20242 min read
"A Reason to See You Again" | Reviewed by Tonya O'Connell
“A Reason to See You Again,” by Jamie Attenberg, is the story of the women in the Cohen family. The daughters and mother are in crisis,...
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cstucky2
Nov 10, 20243 min read
"Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Conviction" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Best-selling author John Grisham, and John McCloskey, a pioneer in the Innocence Movement, relate 10 painful to-read stories of wrongly...
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cstucky2
Nov 7, 20242 min read
"Intermezzo" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Beautifully written, “Intermezzo,” by Sally Rooney, opens with Peter, age 32, a Dublin lawyer, and his brother Ivan, age 22, a chess...
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cstucky2
Nov 7, 20242 min read
"The Barn" | Reviewed by William Winkler
In August 1995 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy from suburban Chicago, was visiting a cousin in the Delta region of northwestern...
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cstucky2
Nov 3, 20242 min read
"The Blue Hour" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“The Blue Hour,” by Paula Hawkins, is a testament to the author’s gift for creating mystique and psychological suspense through...
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cstucky2
Nov 1, 20243 min read
"The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized- crime Boss” | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
High-profile capitalists associated with the Gilded Age (1870-1900) were John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, and Cornelius...
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cstucky2
Oct 30, 20242 min read
"The Madness" | Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson
No one at the government psychiatric hospital would guess that the rigid, professional Dr. Mina Murray grew up a witch’s daughter in a...
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cstucky2
Oct 27, 20242 min read
"Dogs and Monsters" | Reviewed by William Winkler
British author Mark Haddon’s most recent book, “Dogs and Monsters.” is a collection of eight short stories, several of which are...
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Valerie Jankowski
Oct 27, 20243 min read
Thoughts on Attending an Author Event
For me, author events are simultaneously inspiring and scary. During the event, I am inspired by the author as they share their writing...
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cstucky2
Oct 23, 20242 min read
"The Burning Earth: A History: Reviewed by Bill Schwab
The major story of our time is not the launch of artificial intelligence nor the contention in US politics, it is the continuing...
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cstucky2
Oct 21, 20242 min read
"Counting Miracles" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
As usual Nicholas Sparks does not disappoint. “Counting Miracles” is a love story full of blessings and tragedies, about finding a place...
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cstucky2
Oct 18, 20242 min read
"Bone of the Bone" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Journalist Sarah Smarsh is not bashful about sharing the details of her earliest years. She was born to an unwed 17-year-old mother with...
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cstucky2
Oct 17, 20242 min read
"The Mesmerist" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Caroline Woods takes a page from history, combining fact with fiction, to create “The Mesmerist” an absorbing historical fiction novel...
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cstucky2
Oct 9, 20242 min read
“The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife” | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Just before 80-year-old Fred is evicted from his tiny apartment, he finds brief respite in a nearby park on a lake near a small town in...
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cstucky2
Oct 9, 20243 min read
"The Sequel" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
It takes quite an imagination to conjure up and carry through the complicated plot line and wicked surprises in “The Sequel,” by Jean...
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Clover
Oct 5, 20244 min read
Unique Books to Keep You Guessing
Get ready for some pleasing, peculiar picks—not shiver-me-timbers scary reads, but a trio of “Unique Books to Keep You Guessing.” There’s...
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cstucky2
Sep 26, 20243 min read
"The Night We Lost Him" | Reviewed by Tonya O'Connell
“The Night we Lost Him,” by Laura Dave, is the story of the Noons, a family dealing with some unique dynamics. The fact that their...
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cstucky2
Sep 21, 20242 min read
"The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia" | Reviewed by William Winkler
The fictional village of Santa Chionia, the setting of Juliet Grames’s novel “The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia, is nestled in the...
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cstucky2
Sep 16, 20243 min read
"Ruin Their Crops on the Ground" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Food is the foundation of joy, sustenance, and freedom—and the root of oppression. In a wide-ranging exploration of American history,...
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