Category: Books
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Story in Review: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
I’d not heard a whit about this book before a friend gave me an extra ARC she had laying around. Since then, I’ve seen it pop up everywhere around the internet! I finally got a chance to read it and can see what the fuss is about. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal…
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Story in Review: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman takes place on a lonely island of rock situated at the tip of Australia. A lighthouse and its keeper, placed far away from all civilization, ensure that ships don’t take shortcuts and run aground on the shoals. The lightkeeper is named Tom, and he’s just returned from four years…
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Story in Review: Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling
Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling is a little book created from a big speech: Rowling’s 2008 commencement speech at Harvard University (you can read the speech on Harvard’s site here, and watch the video of the speech here). As with all things written by J.K. Rowling, the speech is full of nuggets of wisdom and…