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Book Review: "Elizabeth I: A Novel" ~ by Margaret George

Title: Elizabeth I: A NovelAuthor: Margaret GeorgePages: 671, including the Author's AfterwardPublisher: Viking Books, an imprint of Penguin...
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Review: "The Dawn Country" by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear

Title: The Dawn CountryAuthors: Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael GearPages: 292, not including the Selected Bibliography sectionPublication...
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Review: "As Always, Julia" edited by Joan Reardon

Title: As Always, Julia - The Letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVotoAuthor: Joan Reardon (edited by)Pages: 400This book published in December of...
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Labor Day celebrates the people who worked to build our country.

Last year for Labor Day, I reviewed Katherine Paterson’s “Bread and Roses,Too,” which was of personal importance, as I was born...
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Review: "In the Shadow of Lady Jane" ~ by Edward Charles

Title: In the Shadow of Lady Jane Author: Edward Charles Pages: 442 In the Shadow of Lady Jane is a beautifully written novel based on the life of...
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Review: "The Know-It-All" by A.J. Jacobs

In this age of The Hills, Keeping up with the Kardashians, and more award shows than you can shake a stick at, it's no wonder that A.J. Jacobs felt...
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What do you do when your history catches up with you?

“The Keepers’ Tattoo” by Gill Arbuthnott is riveting with its suspense and intrigue. We meet Nyssa, a cheerful and sweet girl...
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Review: "You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story", by Annabelle Gurwitch & Jeff Kahn

You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up is most often referred to as a "marriage memoir" and it is easy to see why. The entire format of the...
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Review: "Small Things Count", by Jackie O'Donnell

Local author (and former high school teacher) Jackie O'Donnell has been writing most of her life. In her book Small Things Count, she shares some...
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Beth Hoffman brings you a summer read like no other

With the start of summer and summer vacation, there is no better book to review than “Saving CeeCee Honeycutt” by Beth Hoffman. Our...
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