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Set in late 19th-century America, The Last Crossing (McClelland and Stewart) follows a mismatched band of travellers from the United States into the British Territories. Charles and Addington Gaunt have been sent from England to find their brother, Simon. Lucy Stoveall joins the group on a private...
A town outcast is blamed for a young girl’s murder in Guy Vanderhaeghe’s novel The Last Crossing (McClelland & Stewart). Custis Straw is not the most popular guy in town plus he knows the murdered girl. When the body is found the local sheriff doesn’t think he has to look too far for the culp...
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10 Discussion Questions for Book Clubs and Others The Imperfectionists: A Novel Tom Rachman Source: One-Minute Book Reviews www.oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com This guide for reading groups and others was not authorized or approved by the author, publisher or agent for the book. It is copyrighted...
Who has the best record of predicting the winners of the American Library Association’s Newbery and Caldecott Medals? For my money, it’s Elizabeth Bird, a children’s librarian for the New York Public Library who writes the popular Fuze #8 blog for School Library Journal. Bird has p...
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I write likeNeil GaimanI Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!When I read about this site on Helen's Book Blog this morning, I thought I'd go ahead and let it analyze my writing. I had, after all, seen it posted on several blogs. Not expecting much and tota...
Today's teaser if from Multiple Choice by Claire Cook (2004), page 204. Yep, it's from near the end, but I promise you that it's no spoiler. Just something that I'm pondering about what it's like to raise children, especially when you are still dealing with their teen years and can't (ye...
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As many of you noticed, we launched a new progress updater last month, and I wanted to give some feedback on how it's doing. The new updater is still on the upper right side of the homepage, but is better than the old one in a few key ways: * It's more intuitive and user friendly * A beautiful new...
We're on a widget streak here at Goodreads these days. The Goodreads Reader now has its own widget, which you can access by clicking the "embed" button on any Goodreads Reader page. Check out this one of Alice in Wonderland: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass You...
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The 2008 Rochester International Jazz Fest is in full swing, and this page has been taken over and re-dubbed for the week. If you are looking for other RIJF goers who seek virtual and face-to-face interactions, check these guys out: Jazz Rochester Fretful Porpentine Krazy Barrister The...
The 2008 Rochester International Jazz Fest is in full swing, and this page has been taken over and redubbed for the week. If you are looking for other RIJF goers who seek virtual and face-to-face interactions, check these guys out: Jazz Rochester Fretful Porpentine Krazy Barrister The Refrigera...
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While the Bible barely mentions Mary Magdalene, the "prostitute" who followed Jesus (there is no evidence that proves that was her profession), there are many churches devoted to her teachings as one of the prophets. She walked with Jesus and earned the title, "Apostle of the Apostles" by seeing...
Published first in Spanish, this book's English release was pushed back after the earthquake in Haiti. However, now is the perfect time to read about the beginning of the Haitian culture with its mix of freedom and oppression. Seeing the poverty during the telethons did not share its historical grac...
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The two works of art I saw this weekend could not have been more different, but they both concerned people with lives of outer perfection but inner emptiness for whom a key event shatters their complacency.One of the theatre directors I admire most, Dutch director Ivo van Hove, has a love of raw emo...
Charles Lambert's 2008 debut novel Little Monsters is about how the quality of love we receive in our formative years can impact the love we express to others in the rest of our lives, whether that is in personal relationships, creative art, or political acts. I began writing my thoughts about it h...
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