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My next read: The Lending Library by Aliza Fogelson. It’s not in the library’s collection, I got it on my Kindle because I thought it sounded “cool”.

From Goodreads:
When the Chatsworth library closes indefinitely, Dodie Fairisle loses her sanctuary. How is a small-town art teacher supposed to cope without the never-ending life advice and enjoyment that books give her? Well, when she’s as resourceful and generous as Dodie, she turns her sunroom into her very own little lending library.

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I am currently reading The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Published in 2016, it won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. It is the story of an enslaved woman and her attempted flight to freedom. There are elements of fantasy woven into the story - for example, the Underground Railroad is an actual train in tunnels beneath the ground. But the descriptions of the horrors of slavery are all too real.
Since it can be painful to read too much of that at one time,  I am also reading a middle-grade chapter book recommended by a young friend: The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart. It chronicles the journey of a girl and her father trying to escape painful memories as they travel the country in a converted school bus, picking up new friends and a kitten named Ivan along the way. It is humorous, engaging, and poignant  - suitable for all ages.
I can hardly wait to hear what you've been reading!

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I’m recommending Diane Chamberlain’s BIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN. I have usually considered her books to be rather light reading when I needed a feel good book. Big Lies was a revelation to me. It’s a mystery and a romance. It involves a young artist in 2018, who finds herself serving prison time for something she did not do. She is offered a way out if she’ll restore  an old mural. Although she has no experience with restoration, she agrees to the terms of release.

The mural was created in 1940 by an artist who was selected by a committee to be one of the artists selected to paint a mural for one post office In each state.

The story has several mysteries interwoven in the book.  Why was the artist chosen for a field about which she knew nothing? What happened to the artist whose mural was never hung and was never heard from again? How did the benefactor in 2018 come to have the mural of the artist from 1940?  There are also mysteries about each of the two artists that are revealed in alternating chapters, and so there are cliff hangers in each chapter.

It is an intriguing, page turning story and I enthusiastically recommend this book.

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Based on facts from WW2 about a city built to house workers creating the atomic bomb. Many young farm girls were hired to help with testing. Only the real reason for this project was known by a handful of scientists. Lots of fun pictures showing the styles the girls wore. Made up characters that question their values on a variety of issues, not just the bomb.  I read it thru the library on line link.

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The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith

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The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith

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I’m not really a reader of mysteries per se so I had to be coaxed into reading these. I am now reading the 10th, and I believe last, in the series, TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT. The books center around Precious Ramotswe, head detective,  Grace Makutsi, graduate of the Botswana Secretarial School and Assistant to Mma Ramotswe, and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, proprietor and head mechanic of the Tlokweng Rd. Speedy Motors. While there are some incidental mysteries investigated in each book they occur mostly as a means to explain the philosophies of the people and life in Botswana.

The point of view shifts between characters who each have their special appeal. And I have really enjoyed reading the descriptions of life in this small African country.

After a search on Google, I’ve discovered there are, in fact, 21 books in this series. Since I borrowed the first 10 from my daughter, I now have to locate the other eleven!

Julie Blackard

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Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney

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Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney

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If you are feeling blue then better not take this book on. It is a hard read due to the details of WW1. I did enjoy the wit of the pigeon who narrates “his” part of being a courier during the war as well as his fellow couriers. You will laugh and cry in parts. The writer made it interesting by having both the pigeon and the Major start a chapter with similar observations and thoughts. I learned a lot about pigeons. Based on true stories of particular events in the war. As in all wars, the politics that come with war will make you angry, Towards the end of the book, there is a sexual event that could have been left out. Detail was too much and took away from the book in my opinion.
Leigh Goding