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August 27, 1908 – Birthday of Lyndon B. Johnson and Review of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power” by Robert A. Caro 27 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
Lyndon Baines Johnson, our 36th President, is remembered not only for the tragedy of Vietnam but for the miracle of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This book is a magnificent way to find ...
August 26 – National Dog Day 26 Aug 2013 | 12:02 pm
August 26 is National Dog Day, a holiday to celebrate dogs and all that they do for us, and to welcome those in need into our lives through animal rescue. It is also a day to acknowledge presidential...
Sunday Salon – On Evaluating Children’s Books 25 Aug 2013 | 12:40 pm
Occasionally (and more and more frequently) I have been asked to read and review a children’s book in its e-version, but I don’t consider it a very satisfactory way to do it. The reason is umami. Uma...
Kid Konnection – Review of “Max and the Tag Along Moon” by Floyd Cooper 24 Aug 2013 | 12:29 pm
When I saw Floyd Cooper had a new book out, I couldn’t wait to read it. This one is about a little boy who goes to visit his grandpa, and was sad to leave. But “Granpa” told him the moon would follow ...
Review of “The English Girl” by Daniel Silva 23 Aug 2013 | 12:10 pm
I know there are plenty of fans of Daniel Silva, but I had never read his books. I am so glad to have changed that with The English Girl, because this writer is much better than the usual mediocre far...
Review of “Burning” by Elana K. Arnold 21 Aug 2013 | 12:41 pm
This is a coming-of-age romance between recent high school graduate Ben Stanley from the dying company town of Gypsum, Nevada, and a Romani (“Gypsy”) girl Lala White whose family has set up a campsite...
Review of “Night Film” by Marisha Pessl 19 Aug 2013 | 12:22 pm
I was quite impressed with this book in the beginning. Although other books have dabbled in a similar mixed media/collage kind of presentation (such as Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children), Pe...
Kid Konnection – Review of “Mesmerizing Math” by Jonathan Litton and Thomas Flintham 17 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This book is the perfect anecdote to math’s unwarranted reputation as not easy and not exciting, by showing you how math can be both. Using cartoons, pop-up parts, bright colors, and fun examples, th...
Review of “Crash”, “Clash”, and “Crush” by Nicole Williams 16 Aug 2013 | 12:32 pm
This is a trilogy that is being marketed as YA, and in the first book, the two main characters, Lucy Larson and Jude Ryder, are in high school. By the third book they have graduated to college and the...
Review of “The Girl You Left Behind” by Jojo Moyes 14 Aug 2013 | 12:11 pm
This is a beautifully crafted, unforgettable story by an author who has become one of my favorites. This book switches back and forth in time between a small town in the northern France during World ...
