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What do book lovers enjoy almost as much as reading a book? Talking about it, of course! A group of us here at the Daily Record/Sunday News has decided to take our book talk beyond the newsroom.
We'll share what we like, and what we don't, about the books we are reading. This will also be the place to find out about local authors, new releases, upcoming book signings and what's going on at the York County libraries.
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Author Archives: Teresa Cook
‘My Beloved World’ by Sonia Sotomayor
When I started reading this memoir by Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor, I already knew that she had juvenile diabetes, that she had to give herself her own insulin shots as a young child and that she went to Princeton. … Continue reading
Posted in Best-sellers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Recommended
Tagged diabetes, Princeton, Puerto Rico, Supreme Court
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‘The Baker’s Daughter’ by Sarah McCoy
Teresa Cook reviews “The Baker’s Daughter” by Sarah McCoy in this June 11, 2013, post.
Posted in Book review, Fiction, Recommended
Tagged baker, germany, nazi, reporter, review, sarah mccoy, texas, the baker's daughter, world war II
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‘Saving Fish from Drowning’ by Amy Tan
I have really enjoyed previous books I’ve read by Amy Tan. She weaves together generations and cultures and always teaches me so much about China and Chinese Americans. But this book, her latest, disappointed me. I think the premise just … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Travel
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‘The Husband List’ by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly
Caroline Maxwell, wealthy New York heiress of 1894, has a problem. Her mother wants to marry her to an English nobleman, but Caroline isn’t sure she wants to be married. This book was just the entertainment I needed after trying … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Fiction, Recommended, Romance novels
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‘Flight Behavior’ by Barbara Kingsolver
What happens when a serious environmental event lands right in your own back yard? Dellarobbia Turnbow is running away to a tryst with the telephone guy and away from her life when she is brought up short by just such … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Fiction, Nature, Recommended
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‘Crossing the Borders of Time’ by Leslie Maitland
Every family has a story, but Leslie Maitland’s family has a more intricate story than most, full of adventure, loss and love. Maitland did an impressive amount of research into the facts of her mother’s flight from Nazi Germany and … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Nonfiction, Recommended, War
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‘Random Harvest’ by James Hilton
Memory and identity and how they are intertwined form the backbone of this story set in England in the years after World War I. The narrator, Harrison, recounts meeting a man, Charles Rainier, on a train ride, and soon is … Continue reading
‘Team of Rivals’ by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Teresa Cook reviews “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin in this Feb. 26, 2013, post.
Posted in Biography, Book review, Books made into movies, Civil War books, History, Nonfiction, Recommended, War
Tagged abraham lincoln, civil war, emancipation, Mary Lincoln, presidents, slavery
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‘Right ho, Jeeves’ by P.G. Wodehouse
I’d heard about P.G. Wodehouse, but never read him until now. I have become a fan. His gift for the English language turns a story of a young man, his valet and assorted family members and friends into a delightful … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Fiction, Humor, Recommended
Tagged British humor, gentility, Wodehouse
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‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ by Mark Haddon
The narrator of this story is an unusual person with a very different perspective on life and that is what makes the book so interesting. Christopher is a teenager with autism who is brilliant in mathematics, but who is afraid … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Fiction, One Book, One Community, Recommended, Teen books
Tagged autism, dogs, math
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