Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

An (accidental) Book Expotition in Kansas City - Part Two

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Dear Friends: On Saturday we went to the farmer's market in the city, which takes place in the center of a plaza. Specialty food groceri...
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Monday, May 23, 2022

A Book Expotition in Kansas City - Part One

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  Artwork from Little Men created by Ruth Ives Dear Friends: This week I was in Kansas City for four days to see my daughter and to celebrat...
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Saturday, May 14, 2022

A Collector of Books

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What if people we consider collectors today were actually just dragons in disguise, building their hoards? “I am a dragon. And this is my ho...
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Thursday, May 12, 2022

Rediscovering treasured books

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  Dear Bookish Friends, Oh how I have missed you all. It has been a very a very trying few weeks health wise, and I am daring to hope that I...
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Sunday, April 17, 2022

Happy (Dachshund) Easter!

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  Typically Easter cards have images of bunnies and chicks and flowers on them. I could have chosen a typical card for my Easter greetings, ...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Egg decorating in different cultures, with a review of Beautiful Eggs.

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I used to think that egg decorating was a tradition that was only found in countries where Easter is celebrated. It turns out that I am wron...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

An omage to Patricia MacLachlan and her book, Sarah Plain and Tall

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Sarah Plain and Tall by P.J. Lynch "I shook my head, turning the white stone over and over in my hand. I wished everything was as perf...
Friday, April 8, 2022

Celebrating Library Week, and Poetry Month, with a book that gave me hope

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"  I discovered that one could write one's own story,  which is  something that very few people even consider ." In 1998 I bui...
Thursday, April 7, 2022

Celebrating Library week with Lee Bennett Hopkins

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  From School People edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins  This week we are celebrating libraries and the wonderful people who work in them. April ...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Happy Birthday, Richard Peck, author extraordinaire.

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  I read my first Richard Peck novel, the one reviewed below, in 2000, and I have been a fan of his work ever since. This novel A Long Way f...
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Marya Jansen-Gruber
Ashland, Oregon, United States
I have always loved books and cannot remember a time when I could not read. For me reading, and having books in my life, is a necessity, not a luxury. I live in a lovely college town called Ashland, in Oregon. I share my home with my husband, three dachshunds, and two cats. We live on a farm where we raise grapes for winemaking, so there is always outdoor work to be done. In addition to reading, collecting books, reorganizing books, and reading about books, I love to hike, knit, cook, play music, and travel.
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