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The Pottsville Chronicles

Eighty years ago, a man named John O’Hara who grew up in Schuylkill County published his first book. Many of his books and short stories happened in a place called Gibbsville, which was a disguised...

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Giveaway of Return to Augie Hobble

Summer break is almost here — hooray! Now imagine that you have to go to summer school to escape sixth grade. And work at the family business — an amusement park. That may sound like fun but when...

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Sneaky Art

Most books involve, well…reading. But occasionally I stumble across a book that is a little about reading and a lot about doing. Sneaky Art (Candlewick Press) by Marthe Jocelyn is one of those books....

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Ollie the Orca

  It’s been feeling a lot like summer these past few days and if you want a book that will get you in the summer mood try Ollie the Orca (October 2104).  Ollie the Orca is one book in the Bubba ‘n...

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The Shore: A Novel

‘Fess up! You’ve been thinking about the shore! Who couldn’t these past few days when it’s been sticky, hot, sunny and just perfect for escaping to the cool breezes of the beach. The Shore (Hogarth,...

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Learning Under the Flap

Keeping up my end of the bargain by posting about kid’s books every Wednesday in May. I stumbled across a children’s authors that should visit everyone’s school — but chances are she won’t since she’s...

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A Good Place to Hide

The older I get  (not that I’m OLD — let’s change that to the older my husband gets…) the more people look too ridiculously young to be doing things: graduating, getting married, becoming parents. I...

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There’s a Hamster in the Dashboard

Growing up we didn’t have a pet. My mom didn’t like cats and since both my parents worked they thought it wouldn’t be fair for a dog to be shut up in the house by himself all day. So no pets. That all...

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Review and Giveaway of The Lost Concerto

The Lost Concerto by Helaine Mario on Tour August 1-31, 2015 Synopsis: A woman and her young son flee to a convent on a remote island off the Breton coast of France. Generations of seafarers have...

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Into the Unknown

During World War II in England, the Blitz brought the war to the life of every person. It wasn’t only soldiers who had the attitude that they could be dead tomorrow. Each night the people of England...

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Coercion

What would you do for your kids? Anything? Would you betray your country? The devious weapon a power (and money) hungry man uses to gain control of people will have you shaking in your boots. Author...

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Giveaway: Moonlit by Jadie Jones

Moonlit has a little something for everyone. Romance? Check. Adventure? Check. Horses? Check. Battle scenes? Check. Paranormal? Check. Tragedy? Check. Truth be told, I didn’t know exactly what genre...

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Kid Athletes

Kid Athletes is not just for athletes or sports fanatics. Sure it does talk about sports but it also talks about dancing the tango, fear of elephants, wearing hand-me-downs and fighting with your big...

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What She Knew

 What She Knew brings life to every parent’s nightmare — your child disappearing, seemingly into thin air. Two characters are looking back on the events of the disappearing, telling us what happened...

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Brooklyn: A Novel

When I first finished Brooklyn, the story of a young Irish woman who travels to New York in the 1950s my reaction was “meh”. Nice story. But a couple days later I realized that I was still thinking...

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Beside Myself: A Novel

When I first started reading Beside Myself I had the uneasy feeling that I had read it before. Two twins, switching places, the evil twin and the good twin. But then things become much more...

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Women Wartime Spies

Some people complain that the history in today’s textbooks is slanted toward HIS story, often leaving out HER story. If you want to learn about some incredible women and the effect they had on our...

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Eight Hundred Grapes

Love is in the air with Valentine’s Day this weekend and if you want a book about love try Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave. True, it’s about love. But it’s more about the bumpy road that leads to...

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The Zookeeper’s Wife

Award winning author Paul Auster once said (wrote?) “The truth of the story is in the details.” That short sentence sums up this non-fiction book about life in Warsaw during World War II: The...

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As Close to Us as Breathing

Normally, I don’t care for books that bounce back and forth between two time periods — it’s too easy to end up in a muddle of confusion. But Elizabeth Poliner handled it flawlessly with As Close to Us...

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