Bird's nest on our porch. If you look carefully at the first photo you can see the nest peeking out of the top of the wreath. ...

Pachinko is a sweeping saga of a family which takes place first in occupied-Korea and then in Japan from the early 20th century to the lat...

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Back in November of 2017 I was frantically attempting to read all the nominated nonfiction titles for the Cybils Award. I was a judge for ...

Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Rose City Reader .  Share the opening quote from the book. Th e Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's...

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe is one of those disturbing Holocaust stories set mainly in the infamous concentratio...

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Monumental American Man by Tonya Bolden is one of those essential books that ever...

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BOOK REVIEW---Spence, Annie ---Critical and complimentary Dear Dear Fahrenheit 451 ,      I wanted to love you. I really did. In fact,...

Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Rose City Reader .  Share the opening quote from the book. Th e Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's...