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A Comic Interlude: Pirate King by Laurie R. King

By On September 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Eleventh in Laurie R. King‘s imagined memoirs of Mary Russell — who is usually found investigating crimes related to national or international political intrigue, along with the retired Sherlock Holmes — Pirate King is a romp through Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta Pirates of [...]

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Alternatives to The Help by Kathryn Stockett

By On September 6, 2011 · 4 Comments

Middle-aged, middle-class, white female readers in my library still rave about The Help, the bestselling novel by Kathryn Stockett, which is now also a hit movie, but back when I read it, it disturbed me how (………….spoiler alert, for anyone still planning to read the book…………) the launching of the young white main character’s writing [...]

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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

By On April 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks wasn’t as good as I thought it would be when I started it, so I can’t give it a rave review, but I enjoyed it. Librarians come off pretty well in it, too, which is nice.
People of the Book is historical fiction lite — historical [...]

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The King’s Rose by Alisa M. Libby

By On August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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What might it have been like for a 15-year-old girl to be chosen by King Henry VIII as his fifth wife? In The King’s Rose by Alisa M. Libby, young Catherine Howard tells us the story of her dizzyingly abrupt rise to the throne. With court intrigue, gossip, and suspicions, the [...]

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