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Monday, March 31, 2014

Harriet the Spy - The Movie

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Well, I am sorry to report that the three best things about Harriet the Spy - the movie - are Eartha Kitt in a cotton-candy pink wig, t...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Delight by J.B. Priestly

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J.B. Priestly delighting in his typewriter and pipe It just has to be said -  Delight by J.B. Priestly is a delight! I got my h...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

A Little Treasury of Great Poetry edited by Oscar Williams

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I hate to admit it, but I am really not much of a reader of poetry. Billy Collins and Mary Oliver aside, I don't spend much time i...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

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"My name is Harriet M. Welsch. I used to be a spy." Or perhaps Harriet, now 61, still is a spy and right now is sitt...
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle

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I am a big fan of Peter Mayle and his 1993  Hotel Pastis , a novel of Provence, did not disappoint. It has all sorts of things going for...
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Friday, March 14, 2014

In Which Michael Sims takes a look at Henry David Thoreau

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 Henry David Thoreau (1854) by Samuel Worcester Rowse My book of the year for 2012 was The Story of Charlotte's Web: E.B. Wh...
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Monday, March 10, 2014

Right here, on our stage, Billy Collins

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Billy Collins Kentucky Author Forum My second literary find on the DVD shelves of the library was an interview with American poet Bill...
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