Saturday, February 28, 2015

Book Review: "The Long and Faraway Gone" by Lou Berney

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I'll be honest: the first thing that drew me to Lou Berney's The Long and Faraway Gone was the lettering of the title on its cover...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Book Review: "In Some Other World, Maybe" by Shari Goldhagen

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If life always turned out the way we hoped, the way we planned, the world would be a very different place. And so would literature, movies,...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Oscars 2014: Who will win and who SHOULD win??

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Tomorrow night is one of my favorite nights of the year—the Oscars. If you know me reasonably well, or have been following my blog, you...

Book Review: "Demons" by Wayne Macauley

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Full disclosure: I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review. "I wonder if stories can...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Book Review: "My Sunshine Away" by M.O. Walsh

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In the summer of 1989, in a Baton Rouge neighborhood, Lindy Simpson was the object of many adolescent boys' fascination. She was beauti...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

If I picked the Oscars: 2012

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As I've done in three previous posts, in preparation for the Oscars telecast on Sunday evening, I've been looking at the winners fr...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Book Review: "Wildalone" by Krassi Zourkova

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Thea Slavin is a piano prodigy raised in Bulgaria. The piano has dominated her life, taking precedence over almost everything, including he...