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Book Reviews: More Than Meets The Eye

March 24, 2023

More Than Meets the Eye by Roy Johansen and Iris Johansen This book was full of twists and turns which I will try not to give away. It starts with the FBI being led by serial killer, James Michael Barrett, to the gravesite of one of his victims. Once they got to the location and…

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Book Review: Deacon King Kong

January 13, 2022

Deacon King Kong by James McBride  Meet Sportcoat, Miss Izi, Deems, Hot Sausage, Sister Gee, Pots, Elephant, Hettie, Cheese, Ants, Soup, and many more characters in this delightful novel situated in the 1969 era of the projects in the Bronx. James McBride (author of The Color of Water) tells the story of a community of…

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Book Reviews: The Red Tent

January 6, 2022

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Did you ever wonder what happened to Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah of Old Testament times? Ms. Diamant goes beyond the slaughter of the men of Shechem  and weaves the “rest of the story” of the life of Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob, a daughter who lived…

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Book Reviews: American Dirt

December 30, 2021

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins Lydia and Luca, mother and son, hide in the bathroom of their Acapulco home as they listen to the gunfire in their backyard.  Their entire family – husband/father, mother/grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins – lies dead, slaughtered by members of a powerful drug cartel. Why? Because Lydia’s husband, a journalist, dared…

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Mystery Series Reviews | Birds of a Feather

July 22, 2021

BIRDS OF A FEATHER Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs #2 Ms. Winspear presents her protagonist in England after the end of the Great War, World War I. In it, she covers the effects of war injuries, the multitudes of grief and loss that only war can produce, the relationships between family members, and her own hidden…

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Mystery Series Reviews | Knit, Purl, Die

July 15, 2021

KNIT, PURL,DIE Anna Canadeo, Black Sheep Knitting #2 Gloria is a beautiful and wealthy woman, married once to a wealthy man, widowed, and currently married to a much younger man – a hunk. She has joined Maggie’s knitting group and meets with Dana, Suzanne, Lucy, and Phoebe Thursday evenings for dinner and knitting. Suzanne is…

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Mystery Series Reviews | Death in a Strange Country

July 8, 2021

DEATH IN A STRANGE COUNTRY Donna Leon, Guido Brunetti #2 Some things, no matter how great a detective you are, cannot be fixed. Guido Brunetti set out to solve a murder and a major theft, and in the process discovered something so fierce, brutal, and steeped in power, greed, and violent that it made him…

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Mystery Series Reviews | B is for Burglar

July 1, 2021

B IS FOR BURGLAR Sue Grafton, Kinsey Millhone #2 Kinsey Millhone, just two weeks after the fatal shooting of her attacker, takes on a missing person case. Of course, this would not be a murder mystery unless someone shows up murdered, and Kinsey digs deep into the situation to find out what happened to that…

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What’s Happening in July at Manheim Community Library

June 29, 2021

What’s Happening at MCL – July 2021 Manheim Community Library will be open for 1st Thursday (and every Thursday) until 8 p.m. We will also be outside sharing information about the Library and the Summer Reading Program. Author Mike Resh will be giving away signed copies of his children’s book, Dneirf. Drop by and say…

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Mystery Series Reviews | Callander Square

June 24, 2021

CALLANDER SQUARE Anne Perry, Charlotte and Thomas Pitt #2 In London, England, Anne Perry deftly points out the major differences, once again, between classes and gender. The elite believe they are above the law, however, the law, several classes below the elite, eventually brings the matter of class power to a more equal standing. Men…

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