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Book Review: Patricia Polacco’s The Keeping Quilt
by Kathy Davie The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco My rating: 3 of 5 stars A children’s storybook that revolved around a quilt of memories. My TakeIt was sweet enough—and I’m already prejudiced towards it as I am a quilter. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Children's
Tagged author Patricia Polacco, book review, children's, family, genealogy, immigration, Jewish, memories, quilt, Russian
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Book Review: Mark Goldblatt’s Twerp
by Kathy Davie Twerp by Mark Goldblatt My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s six months in the life of Julian Twerski—a very bright young man in 1969. My TakeIt’s good. I love the flow of Goldblatt’s writing, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Fiction
Tagged author Mark Goldblatt, book review, children, friends, gang, Jewish, journal, kids, lessons, New York, pranks, running, writing
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Book Review: George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois’ Down These Strange Streets
by Kathy Davie Down These Strange Streets by George R.R. Martin Series:”Death by Dahlia” (Sookieverse) “Hungry Heart” (Nightside, xx.5) “Styx and Stones” (Roma Sub Rosa, xx.5) … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 1947, arson, artifact, assassination, author, author Bradley Denton, author Carrie Vaughn, author Charlaine Harris, author Conn Iggulden, author Diana Gabaldon, author George R.R. Martin, author Glen Cook, author Joe R. Lansdale, author John Maddox Roberts, author Laurie R. King, author Lisa Tuttle, author M.L.N. Hanover, author Melinda M. Snodgrass, author Simon R. Green, author Steven Saylor, bigotry, book review, Chicago, collectible, con artist, concentration camp, contract, contract killing, corruption, criminals, Democratic convention, demons, Denver, Dust Bowl, emotion, family, FDR, friendship, gay, ghostbuster, ghosts, haunting, heart, hougan, Internet, intolerance, invasion, Jamaica, jazz, Jewish, lawyer, lizards, loa, Lord John Grey series, love, magic, Mercy Thompson series, minister, murder, music, neighbors, police, politics, possession, private detective, psychic, religion, S.M. Stirling, Santa Fe, Satanic ritual, scientific experiments, slave uprising, snakes, soul, spiritualism, Texas, theft, vampires, war, werewolf, witches, zombie, zombies
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Gini Koch, Touched by an Alien
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch Series: Katherine “Kitty” Katt, 1 My rating: 5 of 5 stars First in the Katherine “Kitty” Katt urban fantasy series about a human who falls in with crusading aliens out to save the … Continue reading
Posted in Urban Fantasy
Tagged aliens, Alpha Centauri, Area 51, betrayal, book review, comic books, criminals, encryption, family, Gini Koch, Gloria Steinem, hysterically funny, Jewish, Katherine "Kitty" Katt, Mephistopheles, missionaries, religions, terrorism, undercover, urban fantasy
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Thomas E. Sniegoski, In the House of the Wicked
In the House of the Wicked by Thomas E. Sniegoski Series: Remy Chandler, 5 My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fifth in the Remy Chandler urban fantasy series about a man, er, an angel and his dog in Boston. My … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, archangels, book review, Boston, communications, golems, Heaven, Hell, immortality, Jewish, kidnapping, Little Boy, magic, murder, private investigator, Remy Chandler, seraphim, Tarturus, Thomas E. Sniegoski, urban fantasy
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Patricia Polacco, Chicken Sunday
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco My rating: 4 of 5 stars A children’s story of tolerance and reaching out. My TakeThis was so sweet. A loving gramma who opened her heart and home and encouraged the children to open theirs. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Children's
Tagged black, book review, chicken, Easter, hats, Jewish, love, Patricia Polacco, Pyansky eggs, Russia, Ukraine, white
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Laurel Snyder, Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher
Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher by Laurel Snyder My rating: 3 of 5 stars An explanation of kosher and the sabbath at a child’s level of reading. My TakeIt’s cute with a nice introduction for children to … Continue reading
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Tagged Baxter, book review, challah, children, Jewish, kosher, Laurel Snyder, pickles, pork, rabbi, religion, Shabbat, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher
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Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner, Home Improvement: The Undead Edition
Home Improvement: Undead Edition by Charlaine Harris Series:If I Had a Hammer, Sookie Stackhouse, 12.25 Through This House, October Daye, 4.5 … Continue reading
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Serita Stevens, Unholy Orders
Unholy Orders by Serita Stevens My rating: 6 of 5 stars Award: Agatha Award nominee A peek inside an assortment of religions through eighteen religious mysteries from historical to contemporary, Native American to the big three of the religious world. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Historical, Mystery, Suspense
Tagged abuse, Amish, Anglican, apocalypse, babies, baby, battered women, buried treasure, butter churn, Catholic, Chartres, chickens, children, chuppa, Church of England, commune, corruption, crisis of faith, destruction, Diné, dowry, England, evil, FBI, fear, finding God, fires, foster care, gay love, Germans, goats, good vs right, greater good, Hampshire, hatred, historical, Holocaust, Hugs and Hopes, hypnosis, Indianapolis, Jewish, justice, kabbalah, kettle, Kristallnacht, labyrinth, lily-of-the-valley, marriage, medieval, mezuzah, miracle, money, murder, Muslims, Navajo, Nazis, orphan, orphans, paranormal, pastor, pedophilia, pickpocket, poor box, priest, Purple Heart, rape, religious, reporter, Romania, rooster, saint, San Francisco, serial killer, shaman, shelter, sin, spousal abuse, St. Alice, statistics, stoning, Talmud, tea. murder, theft, Torah, Torah Hachum, trading post, train explosion, trickery, unhappy wife, vampire, vow of silence, wedding, wedding vow, weeping statues
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