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Because when your library delivers, one book post is just not enough.  True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel Plot: “The story begins in February of 2002, when a reporter in Oregon contacts New York Times Magazine writer Michael Finkel with a startling piece of news. A young, highly intelligent man named Christian Longo, on the FBI’s […]

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(More) Books I Read in April & Whether or Not You Should Read Them.

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender Plot: “On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother’s emotions in the cake. […]

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Books I Read in April and Whether or Not You Should Read Them.

The Girl on the Train Plot: A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people’s lives. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch […]

Book Reviews

The Best Books I Read in March.

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