Reading and Roaming
Here’s a round-up of the books I’ve discussed in my blog from January through March of this year. Happy reading to you all! MEMOIRS All at Sea by Decca Aiktenead Falling by Elisha Cooper Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance When in French: Love in a Second Language by Lauren Collins NOVELS Be Near Me …
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BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS. You’ll find fun with a favorite children’s book here along with Edna O’Brien’s sobering novel followed by a fast-paced thriller. THAT CAT I had the unexpected pleasure of reading The Cat in the Hat to a kindergarten class the other day—with some non-verbal assistance! It was Dr. Seuss Day and …
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RECENT READING I have two nonfiction books to recommend and, with you know who now in office, the first one about poverty seems especially appropriate. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. This is an important book and one that takes a different look at the lives of poor people in …
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BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS I have always been a book person. When I was a toddler, my mother would take me in the Taylor Tot (a popular stroller, very basic by today’s standards) to the nearby branch library for bunches of picture books. I was an early and avid reader and soon bored by the Dick and …
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