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Aug

15

2018

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What Would You Recommend?

This is a link we’ve had in the files for quite some time now… Even though the titles aren’t quite so fresh, it’s still a fun tool. The Seattle Times created interactive book recommendations based on reviews from the paper. You know what’s even more fun, though? Visiting a local independent bookshop to ask a bookseller …

Oct

2

2014

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing

Further Reading About
“A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing”

Here’s a nifty new idea that Phinney Books is including in their weekly e-newsletter: Links of the Week. They compile links of reviews so you can read up about a book before you pop into the shop. On A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing Feeling daring? Want to try something new? The stateside praise for …

Sep

3

2014

1

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Not Quite What I Was Planning

Ten Word Reviews

Do you remember six-word memoirs? Well, the staff at Village Books in Bellingham, WA is compiling ten-word book reviews! Now, this doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy a traditionally substantial New York Times review or a snack-sized Kirkus review. But the ten-word reviews are like an amuse-bouche for the brain. Having struggled to whittle down my …

Jan

27

2014

Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd

When Oprah Winfrey speaks, people listen.She has a pretty good track record of picking good books for her book club. Since relaunching Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 in 2012, she has chosen The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis, which got a good boost from Oprah but didn’t really hit the big time, and “Wild” …

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