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Throw Back Thursday This review of How to Find Morels by Milan Pelouch, was first posted on March 29, 2008. I chose to repost it now b...

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Throw Back Thursday This review of The Bone People , the 1985 Booker Prize winner by Keri Hulme, was first posted on October 4, 2008. ...

She listened to him with the closest attention; only interrupting him now and then with little words, intending to signify her approval. ...

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You do not get to meet everyone you want to in one lifetime – and sometimes maybe it can be for the better – but I do genuinely miss not ...

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Francesca G. Varela 's new novel  Listen is the story of a growing romance between two college musicians who learn about themselves ...

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It was obvious to me that the two older sisters needed money. Otherwise, why would they care about selling the winery? --  The Man Who W...

NATIONAL GALLERY SERENDIPITY IN TWO NOVELS I RECENTLY READ The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000; Booker Prize winner) ...

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Throw Back Thursday This review was first posted on July 7, 2010 Congratulations to Jack for winning a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Editori...

It was a still day, without much wind. The forest stood before us, and if it weren't for the dusty, sculpted path, it would have seem...

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As Harry left his mansion Irina ran up to him shouting, arms flailing, her hair in her eyes wet with tears. Harry's first thought -...

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Throw Back Thursday This review was first posted on March 24, 2008 Before there was Mad Men , there was John Cheever. The Stories...

When the policeman had gone I went upstairs to change. To visit the morgue I would need gloves, and a hat with a veil. --  The Blind Ass...

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