Literature
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Today's Recommended Read: "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettApr 08, 2020 6:00 am - The end of the world seems unlikely fodder for the late Terry Pratchett, the English author behind the lighthearted Discworld fantasy series. Nor would one expect Neil G...
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Today's Recommended Read: "Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family" by Patricia VolkApr 07, 2020 6:00 am - "Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family" by Patricia Volk is the yummy memoir of Volk's New York City restaurant family. It's a favorite book of mine, first because ...
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Review: Novelist Don Winslow goes small and succeeds wildly
Apr 06, 2020 7:00 am - 'œBroken'ť by Don Winslow (William Morrow) Don Winslow, whose work includes a dozen of the finest crime novels written in the last 20 years, displays all of his strength...
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Wetmore's debut 'œValentine'ť is a gripping women's saga
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Today's Recommended Read: "In a Sunburned Country" by Bill BrysonApr 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Until I read "In a Sunburned Country," I didn't realize how entertaining travel literature could be. It's been nearly 18 years since former Daily Herald travel editor Ka...
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Book review: Samantha Irby offers comic relief in third essay collection
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Review: Readers will fall in love with the very intelligent dog Kipp in Dean Koontz's thriller 'Devoted'
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Book review: Friendships carry on in 'It's Not All Downhill'
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Recommended read: "Riding the Rap" by Elmore LeonardApr 03, 2020 6:00 am - Even if you think you're not familiar with Elmore Leonard, you probably are. The prolific writer - who penned more than 40 novels before his death in 2013 at age 87 - is...
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Book review: 'The Red Lotus,' a new novel with a pandemic plot, is both prescient and diverting
Apr 02, 2020 6:00 am - “The Red Lotus” by Chris Bohjalian (Doubleday), 400 pages What could be more suspenseful right now than the question of whether a virulent disease, relea...