April 25, 2022
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Fiction
April 23, 2022
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Fiction
May God Forgive by Alan Parks
This is a real page-turner, especially if you enjoy conflicted protagonists, gritty crime fiction and atmospheric landscapes. 1970s Glasgow provides the rainy, gloomy backdrop for this dark tale of crime and near-crime committed by the villains and sometimes by the police.
April 23, 2022
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Fiction
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
A dense, complex and far-ranging but ultimately fully satisfying tale full of Jewish and European history, religion and politics will delight those who love big books about big ideas.
March 1, 2022
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Nonfiction
Saving Yellowstone by Megan Kate Nelson
The history of Yellowstone is checkered with altruism, egotism, greed and cruelty juxtaposed with notions of preserving important natural features for the enjoyment of the people. Great effort went into the conservation of what we now view as one of our nation’s greatest treasures.
March 1, 2022
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Nonfiction
After the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport
A comprehensive view of the Russian emigres, exiles from Imperial Russia and subsequently the Soviet Union. Intimate details of persons and outlines of the cultural and political outcomes engendered by the exodus at the turn of the 20th century. Rich with information and meticulously researched, it is a work of great merit.
February 17, 2022
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Fiction
Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti
An autobiographical fiction with meaning for any reader, particularly if language and its meaning to humankind is of interest. Sometimes funny and warm, sometimes dark and disturbing, it’s a great work of literature.
February 14, 2022
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Fiction
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
As a young woman discovers dark secrets about her grandmother, a noted psychiatrist, she also plumbs the depths of the “monster within all of us”. A good scary story with a warm heart.
February 14, 2022
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Nonfiction
In the Margins by Elena Ferrante
A penetrating examination of the sources of creative writing and the methods and motives thereof. For all lovers of books, words and writing.
February 14, 2022
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Fiction
The Heretic by Liam McIlvanney
A quick-paced and character-driven Scottish mystery set in the gray and somber streets of Glasgow follows murder and gang-related retribution to a satisfying ending that should please any whodunit reader.
December 24, 2021
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Fiction