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Everyone’s Reading ‘Lethal’ by Sandra Brown

Lethal is the book that Everyone’s Reading in the metro area this year. The annual “Everyone’s Reading” program, which is sponsored by the Detroit public libraries in Oakland and Wayne counties, have chosen author Sandra Brown’s novel Lethal as their … Continue reading

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National Writers Series and Beyond – A Book Lover’s Trip Worth Taking

There’s good reason why Traverse City was recently ranked as a top city for book lovers. Not only does this lakeshore city hum a little literary tune all its own, but it also falls in line with a mighty band … Continue reading

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Natalie Taylor Brings ‘Signs of Life’ to Birmingham Biggby Coffee

What do you do if you’re 24 years old, five months pregnant, and your husband suddenly – tragically – dies? If you’re Natalie Taylor, you write one honestly good book. Yes, we all know that shelves sag with overdone memoirs of … Continue reading

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Bruce Allen Kopytek Brings “Jake’s” Back to Birmingham – ‘Jacobson’s: I Miss It So!’

I clearly remember sunny strolls through the streets of Birmingham as a young girl. Hoping to hit my dad up for a new pair of Levi’s at Here and Now, popping into Machus for their famous savory salad, or ogling … Continue reading

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Ayad Akhtar’s ‘American Dervish’ – Muslim from the Midwest

Ayad Akhtar’s anticipated debut novel, American Dervish, hit shelves this past Monday. Though I reviewed it for the upcoming issue at Bookbrowse.com, I will share that it is a solid, accessible work that both delights and disturbs. Akhtar is an American-born, first-generation … Continue reading

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Au Revoir et Merci George Whitman, A Life Well Led…

Merci  Monsieur - “Perhaps no man has ever given as much to travelling strangers, lest, as an inscription on a shop wall reads, ‘they be angels in disguise’.”  A Bibliophile in Paris Link George Whitman, Paris Bookseller and Cultural Beacon – … Continue reading

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Author Alan Bradley Gives the Gift of Flavia this Christmas

 She’s baaacccckkkk! If you have yet to meet cheeky wunderkind Flavia de Luce, author Alan Bradley is giving you another fabulous chance. I’m Half-Sick of Shadows is the fourth installment in Bradley’s shrewd series involving the saucy eleven-year-old super sleuth, … Continue reading

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Tis’ the Season for Great Gift Titles

Tis’ the season to pick titles for the lit lovers in your life. Below is this week’s shopping list for those of you looking for great reads to put under the tree. For a little gift-giving on the side, each … Continue reading

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Julian Barnes’ “The Sense of an Ending” Exacts Emotional Price Worth Paying

Author Julian Barnes is no stranger to award-winning works. His past literary distinctions include the Somerset Maugham Award, The E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize among others. Now Barnes … Continue reading

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Wrap Yourself in Winter with ‘The Windward Shore’

Slowing things down in our furiously paced society is a discipline or luxury few of us can afford. Technology, economy, and mere 21st century self-preservation have together constructed a high-speed connection to a life that leaves many of us sapped … Continue reading

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