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Book Review: The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins has caused some buzz so far this year with her thriller/mystery The Girl on the Train, which is being touted as the British...
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Mar 7, 20154 min read


Book Review: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed hiked the Pacific Crest trail–starting in California, going through parts of Oregon, and ending in Washington State–when...
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Nov 29, 20144 min read


Book Review: Land of the Blind by Jess Walter
Review By: Laurie Fundukian Those who read my reviews know that I tend to become enamored with a writer, but perhaps don’t discover them...
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Oct 5, 20145 min read


Book Review: The Light in the Ruins
Many readers may be familiar with Chris Bohjalian’s novel Midwives, which was a popular “Oprah pick” back when she had the power to move...
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Aug 2, 20144 min read


Intriguing Summer Reads
A Summer Trio Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn’s third novel, published in 2012, became a sensation, and will make its feature film debut in...
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Jun 13, 20143 min read


Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Young adult (YA) literature continues to be a hot commodity. From the Hunger Games to Divergent series, everyone seems to be reading YA,...
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Apr 5, 20143 min read


Book Review: Why Does the World Exist by Jim Holt
Why is there something rather than nothing? This question, which occurs in many different forms throughout the pages of history, also...
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Feb 18, 20142 min read


Book Review: Dred: The Great and Dismal Swamp
Much time has gone by since the 13th Amendment, prohibiting slavery, was passed in December 1865. Black History Month is a good time to...
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Jan 20, 20145 min read


Dean Dauphinais Book Review: “Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair” by Anne
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair (Riverhead Books, 2013) is the perfect follow-up to Anne Lamott’s wonderful Help,...
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Nov 27, 20132 min read


Book Review: The Interestings
Megan Wolitzer’s novel, The Interestings, is as compelling as its title suggests (along with extremely well-written and engaging), but...
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Oct 13, 20134 min read


Book Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Many of us don’t contemplate time on a deep level. Sure, we worry about getting to work or appointments promptly, and often lament the...
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Aug 4, 20133 min read


Book Review: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald is a good companion piece that fits with the spirit of this summer’s resurgence of The Great Gatsby,...
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Jun 2, 20134 min read


Book Reflection: Love, by Leo Buscaglia
Behold what you love and find dear. Be blind of eye and deaf of ear, so that when you’ve taken firm grasp of what you love, not even...
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May 17, 20132 min read


Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule the World By Christopher Steiner
The full title of Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule the World may intimidate some readers at first glance, but it is in fact a...
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Apr 1, 20133 min read


Book Review: Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Anyone who has ever been on a diet, or worked in a large organization, or even dealt with their family during the holiday season knows...
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Apr 1, 20134 min read


Book Review: The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, with his sixteenth novel, has managed to tell the horrific tale of the Armenian Genocide while maintaining a wonderfully...
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Feb 2, 20134 min read


Book Review: Carry the One
The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2012 came out the first week of December, and Carol Anshaw’s fourth novel, Carry the One, took...
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Jan 20, 20134 min read


Book Review:Winesburg,Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg, Ohio is a town whose inhabitants, living in the early 20th-century Midwest, ache for fulfillment, passion, and meaning, and...
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Nov 21, 20124 min read


Book Review: Gone Girl
Gone Girl was the hot summer read for those who were not reading that other popular “trashy” novel. But Gone Girl cannot be filed in the...
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Oct 28, 20123 min read


Book Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
A book that combines the stunning settings of 1960’s Italy and present-day Hollywood, and throws in legendary actor Richard Burton as a...
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Oct 2, 20124 min read



