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Just a Note Regarding Harry Potter
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 6, 2021
I just wanted to take a second and say that I nor anyone associated with this website approves of or appreciates the destructive and bigoted transphobic messages coming from J.
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“The Tender Bar: A Memoir” by J.R. Moehringer
- William Estep
- Club reading
- January 25, 2020
Who helped shape your life? Is who you are today genetic?
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"The Silver Ships," by S.H. Jucha
- William Estep
- Club reading
- January 2, 2020
S.H. Jucha’s debut novel, “The Silver Ships ,” introduces a future universe where colony ships from old Earth have settled in different, distant systems, and worked to make a life for themselves.
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"Knots and Crosses" by Ian Rankin
- William Estep
- Club reading
- January 1, 2020
We had a lot of great reviews on the old ClubReading website.
Read More!["The Town and the City" Jack Kerouac](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"The Town and the City" Jack Kerouac
- William Estep
- Club reading
- January 1, 2020
Jack Kerouac’s first published novel, The Town and the City is a story of monumental scope and great emotional depth.
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We Will Miss You Terry Pratchett
- William Estep
- Club reading
- March 13, 2015
One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite Terry Pratchett books:
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"Breaking the Surface" by Greg Louganis
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 26, 2012
As I mentioned in a previously, I am working on recovering all of the old ClubReading.
Read More!["A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Novel" by Marina Lewycka](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Novel" by Marina Lewycka
- William Estep
- Club reading
- October 15, 2009
Reviewer: Linda The main characters in this book are Ukrainian immigrants in the U.
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"The Novelist" by Angela Hunt
- William Estep
- Club reading
- October 12, 2009
Reviewer: Sally Angela Hunt is in the top five of my favorite authors list.
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"Empire Falls (Vintage Contemporaries)" by Richard Russo
- William Estep
- Club reading
- June 25, 2009
Russo’s novel is wonderful! The characters, even the minor characters are real, tangible, quirky, heartwarming and heartbreaking.
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"Unspoken" by Angela Hunt
- William Estep
- Club reading
- June 24, 2009
Reviewer: Sally Some people think humans evolved from apes…gorillas. Glee Granger thinks gorillas are almost human and can be taught to think and talk.
Read More!["The Cat Who Went into the Closet (Cat Who...)" by Lilian Jackson Braun](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"The Cat Who Went into the Closet (Cat Who...)" by Lilian Jackson Braun
- William Estep
- Club reading
- June 22, 2009
This is another interesting tale about Qwilleran and his two cats.
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"Iceberg" by Clive Cussler
- William Estep
- Club reading
- June 6, 2009
Reviewer: linda Adventure books, I keep reminding myself, were written in the mid-1970s for men, just as James Bond movies were made for men.
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"The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to be Perfect" by Margo Maine, Joe Kelly
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 31, 2009
Reviewer: Linda While this is not the most well-written book I have read, it is thought provoking.
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“The Fat Girls Guide to Life” by Wendy Shanker
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 28, 2009
Reviewer: Linda This is a book which discusses acceptance of one’s weight and appearance.
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"Petty Pewter Gods (P.I. Garrett)" by Glen Cook
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 27, 2009
Reviewer: littlemissthing Add one part Kolchak: The Nightstalker, a touch of Columbo, and heavy helping of wizards, elves, dragons, and all sorts of fantasy creatures.
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"Child of the Prophecy: Book Three of the Sevenwaters Trilogy (The Sevenwaters Trilogy)" by Juliet Marillier
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 25, 2009
A myth combined with fantasy. That’s a very short description of what this book is.
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"Julie and Julia : 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen" by Julie Powell
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 17, 2009
Julie Powell felt she was in a rut. Turning thirty, dead end temp secretary job, crappy loft apartment and trouble with her husband.
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"Shantaram: A Novel" by Gregory David Roberts
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 12, 2009
(Anonymous Submission to old ClubReading website) Lindsay or Linbaba, as the Indian people named him, is a fugitive who escaped prison in Australia, where he served two years of his 19-year sentence of arms robberies, which he used to do to support his heroin addiction caused by loosing custody of his daughter in a failed marriage.
Read More!["The Actors Guide to Greed (Actors Guide To...)" by Rick Copp](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"The Actors Guide to Greed (Actors Guide To...)" by Rick Copp
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 3, 2009
Jarrod Jarvis was a child actor in a successful sitcom in the 80’s.
Read More!["Candy Apple Red (Jane Kelly Mystery)" by Nancy Bush](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"Candy Apple Red (Jane Kelly Mystery)" by Nancy Bush
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 29, 2009
If you enjoy light, easy mystery books, then this book is for you.
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"Bokuru" by Jon C. Hall
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 25, 2009
Reviewer: bardsandsages “Bokuru” by Jon C. Hall When a prominent archeologist’s mysterious death is quickly ruled a suicide, trial attorney and amateur archeologist Jim Henderson is hired to go to Africa and investigate.
Read More!["Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)" by Flora Thompson](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)" by Flora Thompson
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 12, 2009
I learned of this book from Educating Alice (see previous review ).
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"Damaged!" by Bernadette Y. Connor
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 8, 2009
Reviewer: Bardsandsages Author Bernadette Y. Connor spins a thought-provoking tale of abuse, survival, redemption, and the need for forgiveness in her novel Damaged!
Read More!["The Burglar in the Library (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery)" by Lawrence Block](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"The Burglar in the Library (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery)" by Lawrence Block
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 6, 2009
Bernie Rhodenbarr just wants a quiet weekend in the country.
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"Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 4, 2009
This book discusses how we make snap judgments, or decide things “in a blink.
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"Son of a Witch: A Novel" by Gregory Maguire
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 4, 2009
Maquire has done it again; he’s taken us into Oz, but not Baum’s Oz, a new, different Oz.
Read More!["Almost Like Being in Love: A Novel" by Steve Kluger](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"Almost Like Being in Love: A Novel" by Steve Kluger
- William Estep
- Club reading
- April 1, 2009
The book is presented as journal entries, newspaper articles, memo’s, emails, post-it notes and court records.
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"Flesh And Blood" by Michael Cunningham
- William Estep
- Club reading
- March 30, 2009
Flesh and Blood is a large story covering three generations and 100 years.
Read More!["French Women Dont Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure" by Mireille Guiliano](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"French Women Dont Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure" by Mireille Guiliano
- William Estep
- Club reading
- March 21, 2009
There has been a bit of fuss in the media concerning this book, as the title is somewhat provacative.
Read More!["A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash" by Sylvia Nasar](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash" by Sylvia Nasar
- William Estep
- Club reading
- February 14, 2009
The biography of a brilliant mathematician, A Beautiful Mind is not only fascinating but extremely well written.
Read More!["The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town" Jacqueline Guidry](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town" Jacqueline Guidry
- William Estep
- Club reading
- December 28, 2008
This is a story about the year two colored nuns came to a small town in Southern Louisiana to teach at the white Catholic school.
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"A Kiss of Shadows" Laurell K. Hamilton
- William Estep
- Club reading
- November 11, 2008
Merry Gentry, a member of the Faerie royal bloodline, has been in hiding for the past three years.
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"A Promise for Ellie" Lauraine Snelling
- William Estep
- Club reading
- October 10, 2008
Andrew Bjorklund and Ellie Wold have known they would wed since grade school.
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"A Fragile Design" Tracie Peterson, Judith Miller
- William Estep
- Club reading
- September 21, 2008
Arabella Newberry was not only fleeing the life of the Shakers, she was leaving her father behind her.
Read More![“Writing the Novel” Lawrence Block](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
“Writing the Novel” Lawrence Block
- William Estep
- Club reading
- August 30, 2008
Lawrence Block is certainly a very successful writer. He currently has178 books listed on Amazon.
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"Different Roads" Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
- William Estep
- Club reading
- July 12, 2008
The two main characters, Jaycee and Bud, share similar emotional challenges, but were raised in very different environments.
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"All Creatures Great and Small" James Herriot
- William Estep
- Club reading
- June 22, 2008
All Creatures Great and Small is a classic written in 1972, but I just discovered it.
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"The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (Cat Who...)" by Lilian Jackson Braun
- William Estep
- Club reading
- June 20, 2008
Reviewer: Sally James Qwilleran stayed the compulsory five years in Pickax to complete the requirements placed on his inheritance.
Read More!["8.4" by Peter Hernon](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"8.4" by Peter Hernon
- William Estep
- Club reading
- June 2, 2008
Interesting novel of an earthquake (8.4 magnitude, of course) on the New Madrid fault in Southeast Missouri/Southwest Illinois/Western Tennessee, etc.
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Nick Hornby's "A Long Way Down"
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 30, 2008
The first chapter of Nick Hornby’s novel, “A Long Way Down ” introduces the 4 main characters, Martin, Maureen, Jess and JJ.
Read More![Whiskey Sour: A Jack Daniels Mystery (A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery)](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
Whiskey Sour: A Jack Daniels Mystery (A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery)
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 29, 2008
Caution: Puns Ahead! That should be on the cover of this book–if you hate puns, you won’t find this book as amusing as I did.
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"84, Charing Cross Road" by Helene Hanff
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 25, 2008
This book is a collection of letters from a female writer in New York City to a bookstore in London.
Read More!["A House in Sicily" by Daphne Phelps](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"A House in Sicily" by Daphne Phelps
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 25, 2008
Daphne Phelps inherited a house in Sicily called Casa Cuseni.
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"Anonymous Rex" by Eric Garcia
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 25, 2008
A terrific read! Very entertaining, unusual and fresh with a sly humor and good story.
Read More!["At The Scent Of Water" by Linda Nichols](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"At The Scent Of Water" by Linda Nichols
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 25, 2008
Reviewer: Sally ‘Life Happens!!’ We’ve all seen the bumper stickers.
Read More!["Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman" by Alice Steinbach](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman" by Alice Steinbach
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 25, 2008
Alice Steinbach manages to do the things we all want to do: She travels to different places to learn new things.
Read More!["Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death and Life" by Gregory Bernard Banks](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
"Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death and Life" by Gregory Bernard Banks
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 25, 2008
Reviewer: Bardsandsages Breaking the boundaries between literary and genre fiction, Gregory Bernard Banks’ Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death and Life is a stunning collection of short stories that confronts the meaning of life and death with beautiful bravery.
Read More![Yo! Need a vampire hunter over here!](/images/BookCoverHeaderFullColor-Edit_hu082f40e2ad3adb2066c4599074ad818d_1010264_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
Yo! Need a vampire hunter over here!
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 25, 2008
Amazon emailed me a couple of days ago to let me know I might like the new Laurell Hamilton book “Blood Noir”.
Read More![ClubReading Facelift](/images/2013-08-09_08-24-50ClubReadingScreenGrab_huc163d65345800c729ab78c6dd3a5ff03_372084_1110x0_resize_lanczos_3.png)
ClubReading Facelift
- William Estep
- Club reading
- May 24, 2008
Well - it’s time for some changes at ClubReading. The current site has served us well for a long time, but it is feeling it’s age.
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