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Blind Man's Bluff
Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir
by James Tate Hill
Not Bluffing (9/3/2021)
Blind Man's Bluff is a memoir of an ordinary man, not a celebrity, who gradually goes blind during the years that young adults grow into independence. The reader travels the maturation process with Hill as he stumbles along, with anger and disappointment, with humor and …more
The Personal Librarian
The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
Feels like a biography (3/20/2021)
Is it historical fiction? Is it a biography? I'm not quite sure, but I enjoyed this book very much. The authors were careful in their research and created lively and interesting characters, well-described settings and wardrobes and some very intense plot twists. The …more
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir
by Sara Seager
The Biggest Lights in the Universe (7/1/2020)
This book, The Smallest Lights in the Universe, grabbed my attention from the middle of the second page. The author writes beautifully, not something I expected from an academic, but her writing holds the wonder of her first view of the stars. I enjoyed Seager's …more
I Want You to Know We're Still Here
I Want You to Know We're Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir
by Esther Safran Foer
Slow to Start but Worth the Effort (12/27/2019)
I requested this book because my friend's father was one of the hidden children during WWII, and she was able to locate and visit the children who remember playing with her father.

I was excited to read this book, but the first 5 or 6 chapters took a long time to read. After …more
Travelers
Travelers: A Novel
by Helon Habila
Grabbed me but... (7/6/2019)
Travelers grabbed be at the start. I enjoyed the early character development and the relationship between Gina and her scholarly husband. Once Gina painted the child who asked for chocolate the story lost its cohesion. I found it difficult to relate to the other characters, …more
The Story of Arthur Truluv
The Story of Arthur Truluv: A Novel
by Elizabeth Berg
Truluv is True Love (7/2/2017)
I had no pre-formed ideas about this book, having not previously read anything by Elizabeth Berg, but I will seek out her other books because this one was excellent. I loved this bittersweet coming of age story about loneliness, intergenerational relationships and the power …more
Maud's Line
Maud's Line
by Margaret Verble
Great Historical Fiction (7/31/2015)
Historical fiction is my favorite read, and this (perhaps somewhat biographical?) book did not disappoint. Margaret Verble's descriptions of landscapes and events are rich, allowing the reader to easily form a mental image of the environment and plot, almost like watching a …more
Make Your Home Among Strangers
Make Your Home Among Strangers
by Jennine Capó Crucet
Home Among Strangers--A Search to Belong (6/7/2015)
It took me a while to read this book, but it was worth my time. Crucet's writing style is pleasant, but I found myself wanting more dialogue and less narrative. I think the book would be a great read for high school seniors and college freshmen, part of the curriculum of a …more
The Same Sky
The Same Sky
by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Same Sky is a Different Story (11/30/2014)
The Same Sky is a wonderful but at times sad book telling the story of a woman and a girl whose lives intersect, but not in the way I expected. I enjoyed the way the author alternated chapters among the characters building the story by changing the setting and the speaker. …more
The Hollow Ground
The Hollow Ground: A Novel
by Natalie S. Harnett
The Hollow Ground will leave a hole in your heart (4/9/2014)
I wanted to read this book because it begins when I am a baby and takes place not far from where I live. The book focuses almost completely on the local area and local events, with little reference to national historical events, which is perfect, as it only adds to the …more
Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets
Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets: A Memoir
by Jessica A. Fox
Rockets is a Roller Coaster Ride of Emotions (6/22/2013)
I was intrigued by the description of this book. My father worked for NASA for over 30 years so I just had to read it. I was expecting something with a little more technical meat, but Fox won me over almost immediately with her beautiful prose and an engaging story, which …more
Children of the Jacaranda Tree
Children of the Jacaranda Tree
by Sahar Delijani
Read it in 4 Days! (2/15/2013)
I am always intrigued by books about the Middle-East and have enjoyed reading biographies and memoirs since my childhood. Children of the Jacaranda Tree was no exception. This book grabbed my interest on the first page, and I read 60 pages before putting it down that first …more
Eighty Days
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
by Matthew Goodman
Eighty Days and more (1/20/2013)
Eighty Days is an enjoyable book, especially for history buffs and lovers of historical fiction. At times the book is written as if telling a grand adventure, and the reader may need to remember that he or she is reading a work of non-fiction. These are the best parts of …more
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