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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Irene Butter, Author of Shores Beyond Shores: From Holocaust to Hope, My True Story - AUTHOR INTERVIEW

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Irene Butter was Anne Frank's neighbor in Amsterdam before her family was shipped to a concentration camp. In her new memoir, Shores Be...
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Monday, August 10, 2020

Billy (the Kid) by Peter Meech - Book Review

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Billy (the Kid) by Peter Meech (2020) What if Sheriff Pat Garrett hadn't shot and killed William Bonney in 1881? What if Billy the Kid...
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Friday, August 7, 2020

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley on Book Beginnings

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Good grief! It's Friday afternoon and I just remembered to post Book Beginnings. This week has been crazy bus...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Arzak + Arzak by Juan Mari Arzak and Elena Arzak - BOOK REVIEW

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Arzak + Arzak by Juan Mari Arzak and Elena Arzak (2020, Grub Street Cookery ) Restaurante Arzak in San Sebastian is legendary. The family e...
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Thursday, July 30, 2020

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch on Book Beginnings

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Another summer week is rolling by. This one feels like it has gone so fast. It's the first really warm week of the summer he...
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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Hidden Falls by Kevin Myers - BOOK REVIEW

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Hidden Falls by Kevin Myers (2020, Beaufort Books ) Kevin Myers' new novel, Hidden Falls , follows protagonist Michael Quinn bac...
Friday, July 24, 2020

The Likeness by Tana French on Book Beginnings

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS I am late posting this week! So sorry! My sister is moving and I was helping her the last couple of days....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Sandell Morse, Author of The Spiral Shell: A French Village Reveals its Secrets of Jewish Resistance in WWII: Author Interview

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Author Sandell Morse has written widely for literary magazines including Ploughshares and the New England Review . Her new book,  The S...
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Saturday, July 18, 2020

Off Island by Lara Tupper: Book Review

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Off Island by Lara Tupper (Encircle Publications, 2020) In Off Island , Lara Tupper creates an imagined history of artist Paul Gaugui...
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Thursday, July 16, 2020

A Small Earnest Question and Signatures: Literary Encounters of a Lifetime on Book Beginnings

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Fridays seem to come around faster and faster, even though the hours of each coronatime day can go so slow...
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Sunday, July 12, 2020

Peter Meech, author of Billy (the Kid): Author Interview

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Peter Meech is an author and screenwriter. His debut novel, Billy (the Kid) , came out earlier this year. In it, Meech imagines the famo...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

Make Russia Great Again by Christopher Buckley on Book Beginnings

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS It's time for Book Beginnings on Fridays again and it finally feels like summer here in Portland! What ...
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Sunday, July 5, 2020

Listening at Lookout Creek: Nature in Spiritual Practice by Gretel Van Wieren - BOOK REVIEW

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Gretel Van Wieren went on a retreat to the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon’s western Cascade Mountains to reconnect with the nat...
Saturday, July 4, 2020

Happy Independence Day!

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This is the text of the Declaration of Independence, signed by representatives of the original 13 United States. The original document is...
Thursday, July 2, 2020

The Spiral Shell and Braided in Fire: BOOK BEGINNINGS

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BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY As we head into this long Independence Day weekend here in the US, I have two books to share on Book Beginni...
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