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Review from Judith: The Lacemaker and the Princess by Karen Brubaker Bradley
The Lacemaker and the Princess by Karen Brubaker Bradley Mid-grade novel, paperback $8.99 What’s the next best thing to being a princess? Being a princess’s best friend, of course. In The Lacemaker...
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What We’re Reading Wednesday
Time to get the staff to rifle through their backpacks and briefcases and report on the contents. Susan is reading: After the Falls: Coming of Age in the 60s by Catherine Gildiner (Memoir, Hardcover,...
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Review from Mike: When God Was A Rabbit by Sarah Winman
When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman Headline Books Paperback, $24.99 Nine year old Elly has a very nice pet rabbit whose name is God. What most people don’t...
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Staff Pick: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared...
Click to check our stock status on this title. Susan: “Wonderful story about a 100-year-old man who runs away from this nursing home on his birthday The hilarious events that follow are juxtaposed by...
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Staff Pick: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Click to check stock status on all editions of Anna Karenina. Judith: “When Anna visits Moscow in order to help keep her philandering brother’s wife from leaving him, she meets Count Vronsky, setting...
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Staff Pick: The Parasol Protectorate Series by Gail Carriger
Click to be shown a list of all Carriger’s novels. Judith: “Victorian London. But not the one from the history books. Vampires and werewolves have been integrated into society (up to a point — there...
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Staff Pick: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Jeanie: “The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe will open your heart. It is a celebration of literature, of kindness and compassion. The gems of wisdom are bountiful so be prepared with your...
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Owl’s Nest Books’s Summer Reads / CBC Radio
(Photo credit: danmachold) For those of you who weren’t able to hear our Mike and Susan on CBC Radio today, or those of you who did, but missed a title or two, here are some summer reads as selected by...
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Staff Pick: The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler
Someone wrote a book about us! Well, almost. The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler Paperback, $18.99 The bookstore in Deborah Meyler’s novel is The Owl in New York City. When lonely international student...
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Staff Pick: Longbourn by Jo Baker
Longbourn by Jo Baker Recommended by Judith Fans of Downton Abbey will thoroughly enjoy this peek behind the scenes of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Centering around housemaid Sarah and...
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