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Latest Blog Posts for The Kansas Reading Society
- Heard about a Book...Just listened to and interview on Talk of the Nation Oksana Marafioti, the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir. It really sounds like a fascinating book. Check it out.From Goodreads.com:Fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti is a Gypsy. This means to...
- Just Finished...Cheryl just finished The O'Briens by Peter Behrens and said, "I liked it." He is a Canadian author, and The O'Briens is a sequel to his first book, The Law of Dreams. Check it out.From Goodreads.com: The O'Briens follows the family from The Law...
- Just Started...on Jul 5, 2012Zach has started reading Calico Joe by John Grisham—yes, the writer of legal thrillers.From Goodreads.com:It began quietly enough with a pulled hamstring. The first baseman for the Cubs AAA affiliate in Wichita went down as he rounded third and h...
- Just Started...Cheryl has started the latest paperback from one of her favorite romance authors, The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood. I didn't even know she was writing a book about me...From Goodreads.com:Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large u...
- Heard about a Book...Canada by Richard Ford is getting lots of good reviews including the NY Times Sunday Book Review, The Guardian, and NPR.About Canada:"First, I’ll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders, which happened later.”So begins Cana...
- Heard about a Book...on Jul 2, 2012 in FictionFrom Robert Goolrick, the author of one of our favorite books, The Reliable Wife (see 2/16/2010), is a new novel called Heading Out to Wonderful. I am looking forward to trying it.From Goodreads.com:An attractive and enigmatic stranger -- Charlie Bea...
- Just Started...For Father's Day, Jim received Cronkite by Douglas Brinkley, the new biography about Walter Cronkite, one of America's most renown television journalists.About Cronkite:Douglas Brinkley presents the definitive, revealing biography of an American lege...
- Just Started...Let's try this again... The Art of Fielding by Chad Harback is getting a lot of attention. I've read the first chapter and he writes very well.From Goodreads.com:At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry...
- Heard about a Book...I heard Karl Marlantes, the author of Matterhorn (see May 7th), interviewed on NPR about his new memoir What It Is Like to Go to War, based on his own experiences in Vietnam.From Goodreads.com:From the author of the New York Times Bestseller Matterho...
- Favorite Bookstores...on Aug 24, 2011 in BookstoresCheryl is in Seattle and stopped by Elliott Bay Book Company.
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