If you are naturally curious, are an avid genealogist or simply love historical non-fiction, this book is for you. Eve escapes to London from Germany with her parents and her brother. Hitler is in power and the family is Jewish. One morning, over breakfast, Eve, her father and mother are sitting around the table, their […]
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes is a beautifully written, powerful and honest book of conversations through correspondence between a mother and her son. Anderson Cooper who lives a busy life, as a journalist calls to check in with his mom last minute as he boards a plane to leave on assignment. He is surprised to
Happy April and Easter, With longer spring days it can be hard to sit still and read. A lounge chair, reading sunglasses and a glass of ice tea is in the future for me if I want to actually finish a book. Book club recently picked and read Fourteen by Leslie Johansen Nack; one of
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Happy December, It is such a busy time of year and it is my hope that you can find those peaceful moments to curl up with a good book and escape the craziness. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer is Fredrik Backman’s most recent book. The book starts with a letter
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Happy October and the beginning of Fall! I have probably said this before, but let me just say it again. I love fall! It is my favorite time of year, and when the nights get chilly, it is time to curl up with a great book.
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Do you all know who Susan Branch is? I hope you do and I hope you love her artwork and books as much I do. I just finished The Fairy Tale Girl by Susan Branch and I will tell you the review is completely biased and here’s why….
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Good morning, I hope you all are enjoying your summer and readin’ some great books. If you read the post last week, Comfort Me with Apples, we are going to continue the Ruth Reichl conversation with the second book we had for book club in July. If you are just joining, welcome. I loved Garlic
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I love food, cooking and writing, and Ruth Reichl is a woman after my own heart. Comfort Me with Apples is a book I sunk my teeth into and loved from beginning to end. The story begins in 1978 where Ruth is living in a commune in Berkeley, California, married and beginning life as a
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