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Hi, Mary Beth from English here.  I just finished reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.  It was out of print for a long time but has joined my top five books of all time list now.  Charming, hilarious, moving.  

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Hi, Mary Beth from English here.  I just finished reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.  It was out of print for a long time but has joined my top five books of all time list now.  Charming, hilarious, moving.  

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Hi, it's Rebecca from School of Business. I teach Economics courses. I'm currently reading 'Girls Burn Brighter' by Shobha Rao. I just started that. But my favorites from the summer have included Overstory, A Woman is No Man, and My Sister the Serial Killer. 

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Hi, it's Rebecca from School of Business. I teach Economics courses. I'm currently reading 'Girls Burn Brighter' by Shobha Rao. I just started that. But my favorites from the summer have included Overstory, A Woman is No Man, and My Sister the Serial Killer. 

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Hi, I'm Anne Marie from the School of Business. I am currently reading Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. I am on a tear of mystery and detective novels and have only just discovered Louise Penney. 

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Hi, I'm Anne Marie from the School of Business. I am currently reading Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. I am on a tear of mystery and detective novels and have only just discovered Louise Penney. 

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Hi, I'm Jeff from History.  I joined the course late, but I am reading How We Became Wicked, a young adult novel by Alexander Yates (recommended by my 8th grader).  It's about a plague spread by insects.

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Hi, I'm Jeff from History.  I joined the course late, but I am reading How We Became Wicked, a young adult novel by Alexander Yates (recommended by my 8th grader).  It's about a plague spread by insects.

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Hi, this is Carley from the Chemistry department. I just finished reading The Grave's a Fine Place, the most recent of the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. It is a series of detective novels based around an 11 year old girl who has a passion for chemistry and poisons. I am also reading a lot of Elephant and Piggie books with my 2-year-old son.

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Hi, this is Carley from the Chemistry department. I just finished reading The Grave's a Fine Place, the most recent of the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. It is a series of detective novels based around an 11 year old girl who has a passion for chemistry and poisons. I am also reading a lot of Elephant and Piggie books with my 2-year-old son.

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Hi, This is Donna and I teach accounting. So far this summer I've read Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens, Know My Name, a memoir by Chanel Miller, and Educated, a memoir by Tara Westover. I enjoyed all of them but my favorite was Crawdads.

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Hi, This is Donna and I teach accounting. So far this summer I've read Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens, Know My Name, a memoir by Chanel Miller, and Educated, a memoir by Tara Westover. I enjoyed all of them but my favorite was Crawdads.

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Educated was amazing!

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Cynthia from the Art Department here.  Inspired by Edwidge Danticat's talk at Emmanuel last spring, I finally read The Farming of Bones.  Just finished it.  Powerful.  Now I'm moving on to Mama Hissa's Mice by Saud Alsanousi for my book group.  Both books engage important moments in history and recount them from the personal experiences of individuals who survived them.

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Cynthia from the Art Department here.  Inspired by Edwidge Danticat's talk at Emmanuel last spring, I finally read The Farming of Bones.  Just finished it.  Powerful.  Now I'm moving on to Mama Hissa's Mice by Saud Alsanousi for my book group.  Both books engage important moments in history and recount them from the personal experiences of individuals who survived them.

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Hello!  This is Melanie from Psychology.  For some fun summer reading, I've been working my way through the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.  Currently reading White Knight, which is the 9th in the series.

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Hello!  This is Melanie from Psychology.  For some fun summer reading, I've been working my way through the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.  Currently reading White Knight, which is the 9th in the series.

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Novels

Tie-Ins:

About the Series

The Dresden Files are Jim's first published series, telling the story of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I.

The series is slated to run 23-24 books: 20-21 "case books" like we've seen so far, capped by a Big Apocalyptic Trilogy, because who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies? Book 16, Peace Talks, hits stores July 14th, 2020, coincident with the series' 20th anniversary.

The Science Fiction Book Club has gathered many of the Dresden books into hardcover omnibuses: Storm Front, Fool Moon, and Grave Peril are collected in Wizard for Hire; Summer Knight and Death Masks are in Wizard By Trade; Blood Rites and Dead Beat are in Wizard at Large; and Proven Guilty and White Night make up Wizard Under Fire. No plans have been announced for subsequent omnibuses.

Quotes

"Butcher's tales meld the wonder and fun of the Harry Potter series, but with an adult tone and attitude."

- The News-Star (Monroe, LA)

"An exciting debut novel... Wish I'd thought of this myself. Try it. You'll like it."

- Glen Cook, author of Faded Steel Heat

"A very promising start to a new series, not to mention an unusually well-crafted first novel."

"A really enjoyable read... Jim Butcher strikes just the right narrative balance between wizard and wiseguy, mystic and mobster."

- Lynn Flewelling, author of Traitor's Moon

"Butcher successfully lends human dimensions to vampires and spirits through his vivid descriptions and colloquial dialogue."

"Exciting, well-plotted, complex, an excellent read and an amazingly good first novel."

- Chris Bunch, author of The Warrior King

"Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this new fantasy series."

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The Dresden Files are Jim's first published series, telling the story of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. The series is slated to run 23-24 books: 20-21 "case books" like we've seen so far, capped by a Big Apocalyptic Trilogy, because who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies?

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Hi Everyone, I'm Mary from Nursing. I just finished listening to The Things We Cannot Say, by Kelly Rimmer. 

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Hi Everyone, I'm Mary from Nursing. I just finished listening to The Things We Cannot Say, by Kelly Rimmer. 

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The story moves back and forth between now and WWII, and steadily reveals an intriguing mystery at the end. I recommend it!

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Hi, this is Sam from psychology.  I've been busy with a new 3 month old baby boy at home, so reading has been minimal so far this summer! 

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Hi, this is Sam from psychology.  I've been busy with a new 3 month old baby boy at home, so reading has been minimal so far this summer! 

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Hello Everyone! This is Florencia. I am really behind in my readings. I am starting Good Economics for hard Times, a book I have been meaning to read for months.

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Hello Everyone! This is Florencia. I am really behind in my readings. I am starting Good Economics for hard Times, a book I have been meaning to read for months.

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Hi, everyone! I'm Fr. Tom and I teach in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. I'm working my way through the Guido Brunetti series of detective novels by Donna Leon. The current volume is "The Temptation of Forgiveness."

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Hi, everyone! I'm Fr. Tom and I teach in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. I'm working my way through the Guido Brunetti series of detective novels by Donna Leon. The current volume is "The Temptation of Forgiveness."

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Hello everyone! I am Heather, and I teach math. I don't have much time for reading right now, since I just had four new kids move into my house!

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Hi everyone, I'm Matt from the English department. I just finished Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel It Can't Happen Here. It's not a fun read but disturbingly prescient. Next up is Fifty Poems for Our Time, edited by poet laureate Tracy K. Smith.

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Hi everyone, I'm Matt from the English department. I just finished Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel It Can't Happen Here. It's not a fun read but disturbingly prescient. Next up is Fifty Poems for Our Time, edited by poet laureate Tracy K. Smith.

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Hello, I'm Lynn from biology, currently reading Sapiens.

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Hello, I'm Lynn from biology, currently reading Sapiens.

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I am reading two books recommended by my daughter: Virus Hunter (which she used in Dr. Otero's freshman IL class here at Emmanuel in 2012) and Untamed (a memoir by Glennon Doyle).

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Hey everyone, I'm Alexa Williams and I am currently reading The Monuments Men by Robert Edsel. It's about the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program in WWII. Up next I plan on reading some Sarah Waters books I've been meaning to read since college and never got around to!

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Hey everyone, I'm Alexa Williams and I am currently reading The Monuments Men by Robert Edsel. It's about the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program in WWII. Up next I plan on reading some Sarah Waters books I've been meaning to read since college and never got around to!

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Hello, this is Dominique from the library. I am currently reading Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. It is about a young woman in post Depression era NYC. Next, I plan on reading The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. 

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Hello, this is Dominique from the library. I am currently reading Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. It is about a young woman in post Depression era NYC. Next, I plan on reading The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. 

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Hi everyone! I'm Anne Hancock. I'm just finishing up the book The Great Influenza by John Barry. I plan to read fiction next - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Also reading The Canine Good Citizen, we are expecting a puppy in the fall ;-)

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Hi everyone! I'm Anne Hancock. I'm just finishing up the book The Great Influenza by John Barry. I plan to read fiction next - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Also reading The Canine Good Citizen, we are expecting a puppy in the fall ;-)

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Hi there!  I developed this micro course and will be working with you along the way.  Right now, I'm reading St. Marks is Dead (a history of the iconic NYC neighborhood), and next on my list is My Brilliant Friend.

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Hi there!  I developed this micro course and will be working with you along the way.  Right now, I'm reading St. Marks is Dead (a history of the iconic NYC neighborhood), and next on my list is My Brilliant Friend.

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I just finished reading Dream It, Pin It, Live It, a book about goal setting and vision boards. And just started a book called Switch On Your Brain by Dr. Caroline Leaf