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Stephen P. Kiernan
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The Baker's Secret
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2017
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The Curiosity
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2013
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The Hummingbird
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2015
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Universe of Two
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2020
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The Glass Château
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2023
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12 editions
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Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System
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2006
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Authentic Patriotism: Restoring America's Founding Ideals Through Selfless Action
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2010
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Final Acts: Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make
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2009
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Pollock's Last Lover: A Novel of Art and Deception
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HOT LUCNH SPECIAL
Hi friends. This month's specials are:
In fiction, & SONS by David Gilbert. I'm not sure this book ís a novel, in the traditional sense. And he uses a strange third person voice that is somehow omniscient to tell the story too. But the pop of language, the tragicomic pace, the intelligent insight, striking detail and free-spirited embellishment are absolutely worth the ride.
In poetry, ASK ME by Wi Read more of this blog post »
In fiction, & SONS by David Gilbert. I'm not sure this book ís a novel, in the traditional sense. And he uses a strange third person voice that is somehow omniscient to tell the story too. But the pop of language, the tragicomic pace, the intelligent insight, striking detail and free-spirited embellishment are absolutely worth the ride.
In poetry, ASK ME by Wi Read more of this blog post »
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| An excellent memoir of the working rural life, told with keen precision and a big heart. It contains not one sentence of smarmy sodbuster tales, but rather explains the honor and responsibility in being the steward of a piece of land and the many ani ...more | |
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This book has a spectacular opening: great and unique characters, an emotionally rich setting (a young woman seeing Paris for the first time, who is traveling with a grandfather full of nostalgia and memories mostly sweet). And a great hook for the p ...more |
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I am late to the party, finally reading this huge bestseller that became a powerhouse movie. But wow is it good. I've read a number of books about people with dementia (Iris by John Bayley the best of them), and this one surpasses them all. It contain ...more |
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One of the most gratifying things a novel can do is serve justice on the villain. By that measure, this book is enormously satisfying. But that is far from its only virtue. Set in the late 1700s, it has clear and lucid prose that never sounds mannere ...more |
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I loved this book even though I have no interest in immersing in freezing water. The writing wears the camouflage of polar plunging, but really this is a self-help book about responding to hard times with personal growth. Yes, the photos and content a ...more |
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Enough people raved about this book that I read past the point when I wanted to stop -- about 70 pages in, and nothing had happened yet. This is a jail house story that shows compassion for the condemned men, while making slight or no reference to th ...more |
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In the best of thrillers, everyone is a suspect. And in this incredibly compelling audio tale, the characters remain questionable even 15 years later. What starts as a bunch of high school partiers on a rowdy Fourth of July turns into a mystery and a ...more |
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It is astonishing that a book about race, written in 1924, could hold up so well a century later. But this classic stands tall -- for the most part. Set in the days when India was part of the British Empire, it delivers a condescension by the ruling ...more |
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| I received this book as a gift, and that's how it ought to arrive: from a friend who wants to share some sweetness. Harris, the author of Chocolat, has woven three stories into one: the sweetness of boyhood freedom and making unusual friends, the str ...more | |
“And what is life but a little row in a small boat, every moment leaving what we know, every stroke unable to see where we are headed?”
― The Curiosity
― The Curiosity
“After all, what is love but the desire to know another person as thoroughly and deeply as possible? Every quirk and passion, each response to the changes of time, every possible inch of skin? Also perhaps to be ourselves known, with all our flaws, yet somehow miraculously still be desired?”
― The Curiosity
― The Curiosity
“We all have times when life intervenes and we get little done. But when our days are numbered, it feels like a kind of thievery. If there is ever a chapter in life with no time to waste, it is the last one.”
― The Hummingbird
― The Hummingbird
Polls
January 2014 -- Science Fiction
This poll decided which two books will go on to the second round of voting for the Beyond Reality Science Fiction Book of the Month for January 2014.
This poll decided which two books will go on to the second round of voting for the Beyond Reality Science Fiction Book of the Month for January 2014.
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“But history does matter. There is a line connecting the Armenians and the Jews and the Cambodians and the Bosnians and the Rwandans. There are obviously more, but, really, how much genocide can one sentence handle?”
― The Sandcastle Girls
― The Sandcastle Girls
“Everything about [chance] scares the bejesus out of so many people; it's the this thing they try to avoid at all costs. Don't travel to the Middle East these days - there's a chance something could happen. Don't get involved with that new fellow on Creamery Street - I hear a lot of mud was scraped off his floor after the divorce. Don't have your baby at home - there's a a chance something could go wrong. Don't don't don't... Well, you can't live your life like that! You can't spend your entire life avoiding chance. It's out there, it's inescapable, it's a part of the soul of the world. There are no sure things in this universe, and it's absolutely ridiculous to try and live like there are!”
― Midwives
― Midwives
“And what is life but a little row in a small boat, every moment leaving what we know, every stroke unable to see where we are headed?”
― The Curiosity
― The Curiosity
50 Book Pledge 2013
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Help us make reading a bigger part of our lives by pledging to read 50 books in 2013. Visit http://www.50BookPledge.ca for more info. Of course, you ...more
Ask Emma Donoghue - Tuesday, April 22nd!
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Join us on Tuesday, April 22nd, for a special discussion with authorEmma Donoghue ! The author will be discussing her book Frog Music. Become a fan o ...more
