Educated
by Tara Westover
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Tara Westover had the kind of upbringing most of us can only imagine. She was the youngest of seven ...
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Rebecca Foster
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Beyond the Book: Herbalism
Educated author Tara Westover's Idaho family runs Butterfly Express, a successful business selling essential oils and other herbal remedies. Her mother, LaRee Westover, trains herbalists and is the author of a book on herbalism, Butterfly Miracles ... Beyond the Book
Circe
by Madeline Miller
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Towards the end of Madeline Miller's novel Circe, the titular nymph is questioned by her son about her ...
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Dean Muscat
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Beyond the Book: Nymphs in Greek Mythology
The nature of nymphs, the 'least of the lesser goddesses,' as they are referred to in Circe, is central to the novel. Circe, herself a sorceress or witch nymph, is most famous for turning Odysseus' crew into wild pigs and later becoming the hero's ... Beyond the Book
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
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Voted 2018 Best Young Adult Award Winner by BookBrowse Subscribers
What would you do if, in a world filled with magic wielded by different clans, the magic disappeared over...
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Michelle Anya Anjirbag
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Beyond the Book: The Importance of Diverse Fantasy Spaces
'Children have a right to books that reflect their own images and books that open less familiar worlds to them…for those children who had historically been ignored – or worse, ridiculed – in children's books, ... Beyond the Book
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
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Where the Crawdads Sing was a hit even before being chosen for Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book ...
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Rebecca Foster
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Beyond the Book: Nature Writers Who Also Write Fiction
Before she wrote Where the Crawdads Sing, Idaho-based Delia Owens co-authored three nature books (with her former husband, Mark Owens) based on wildlife research in Africa: Cry of the Kalahari (1984), which won the John Burroughs Medal for natural ... Beyond the Book
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
by Hiro Arikawa
A life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice.
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A Ladder to the Sky
by John Boyne
A seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one brilliant, ruthless man.
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Unsheltered
by Barbara Kingsolver
A timely novel that explores the human capacity for resiliency and compassion.
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The 7 ½ Deaths of
Evelyn Hardcastle
"Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day...quite unlike anything I've ever read." - A. J. Finn
"Code Girls reveals a hidden army of female cryptographers, whose work played a crucial ...
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Kim Kovacs
An emotionally powerful novel about three people who each lose the one they love most, ...
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Me Before You
by Jojo Moyes
Me Before You is the first book in the Me Before You series by award-winning British author, Jojo Moyes. Louisa Clark’s café wages are much relied-upon: her mum, Josie is...
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The Dinner
by Herman Koch
3.75 stars
Man, what a crappy family. Each person in this group of people has a problem, and one that supersedes the problem that they are all drawn together to solve....
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Force of Nature
by Jane Harper
For anyone who has ever groaned (audibly or mentally) about team-building exercises in the work place or corporate retreats to hash out (yet again) job or co-worker ...
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Unsheltered
by Barbara Kingsolver
Great book. The drama of this novel is enhanced in its telling by its setting in the world of nature and scientific inquiry. As a nature lover, gardener, and one who ...
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This Is How It Always Is
by Laurie Frankel
I felt emotional throughout this entire book. I am pleased that Reese’s Book club chose this novel. It was a beautifully written, heartbreaking yet inspiring account of ...
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Picture Us In The Light
by Kelly Loy Gilbert
This book kept me entertained from beginning to end. It was captivating and I think that some of the things that Danny goes through are definitely relatable to my life ...
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