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March 8, 2024
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Adapting history makes for a gripping story (Bookends) Two ideas come to mind in considering the title of the ninth Inspector Gamache mystery.
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Ezekiel Pet Of The Week
March 1, 2024
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Two women who helped shaped world history (Bookends) Charlotte Gray is quick to say, up front, that this book is an attempt to correct previous biographies focusing on the sons of these two women without giving proper credit to the influence of their mothers.
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Pastrami, left, and Chicken Pet Of The Week
February 23, 2024
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Refusing to let go finally leads to answers Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon “Nap” Dumas really misses his twin brother, Leo, so much so that his internal monologue is full of constant references to him.
- Tasha Pet Of The Week
February 16, 2024
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Now why settle for an ordinary death? The subtitle kind of spells out the McGuffin (the gimmick) that drives the action in the book: “Why Settle for an Ordinary Death When You Can Have a Perfect Finish?”
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Frank Pet Of The Week
February 9, 2024
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The story of Dune continues 12 years later (Bookends) Set 12 years after the original novel, Dune, this book skips past all the unpleasant things that had to happen in order for the oracular vision with which Paul “Muad’Dib” Atreides was blessed or cursed, by a combination of his genetic heritage, and an overdose of the spice called melange, to come to fruition.
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Toasted Coconut Pet Of The Week
February 2, 2024
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In which the fate of the world is decided (Bookends) I have a whole shelf of Roger Zelazny, including two collaborations which I keep putting off reading just because I always hate to come to the end of a favourite author.
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Frank Pet Of The Week
January 26, 2024
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An alternative 1973 trip to the moon and back (Bookends) The Apollo program was the NASA program that put the first humans on the moon. It ran from 1968 to 1972.
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Groot Pet Of The Week
January 19, 2024
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An absorbing history of the Tragically Hip (Bookends) I didn’t follow all of The Tragically Hip’s career.
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Taz Pet Of The Week
January 12, 2024
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A 100-year-old mystery sheds light on a modern one (Bookends) It’s odd that Deborah Crombie, who grew up in America and who lives in Texas, should produce such English-feeling books as her Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series, of which this is the ninth book since the first in 1993.
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Mittens Pet Of The Week
January 5, 2024
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Tales of everyday, exceptional Canadians (Bookends) The title of this book is a bit deceptive, leading one to expect the former voice of The National would be profiling some of the famous Canadians whose stories he had covered for years.
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Chives Pet Of The Week