Reading and Roaming
MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 I’ve averaged reading about a book a week this year, mostly novels and a small selection of memoirs and other nonfiction. Here are my favorites in no particular order. What were your favorite reads this year? I’d love to hear from you! FICTION Most Inventive Novel: The Underground Railroad by Colson …
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READING ROUND-UP. What follows are the mini reviews of all the books I’ve written about in the past three months. A friend suggested I aggregate them so here they are. Everything from Madoff to an advice columnist to a neglected author in nonfiction to several mysteries plus a host of novels from the most literary …
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CHAGALL IN THE GARDEN Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota is celebrating Marc Chagall’s art and his depiction of flowers in it. Several areas of the outdoor gardens are planted in the French style, the conservatory has stained glass screen reproductions as backdrops for orchids, and Payne Mansion has a handful of some original Chagall paintings. …
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