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24 Mar

Book recommendation: The Women by Kristin Hannah

Glenda C
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What started out as reading for a book club, turned into a research project, that finally led to the recommendation of two books. I believe that when a book leads me to my first non-work-related research project in almost 40 years, it is a book that I must recommended to...
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04 Nov

Book Recommendation: In the Woods by Tana French (Edgar Allen Poe Awards Winner)

Glenda C
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“What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this—two things: I crave truth. And I lie.” -Rob Ryan. For those of us who are ferocious readers, we absolutely love it when we are introduced to an author who can capture our interest from the first chapter of...
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19 Oct

Book Recommendation: “The Guncle” by Steven Rowley

Glenda C
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During an icebreaker at yet another “educational” training, the presenter asked us to share the title of a book we recommend that other participants should read. Many of us selected more serious titles that were work or personal growth-related. Those who know me were not surprised that my recommendation was...
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10 Oct

The Magic of Reading (and two books I recommend)

Glenda C
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My parents fostered my love of reading when I was very young. We would take multipletrips each week to the La Marque Public Library, which, in the late 1960’s and early1970’s, was in a very tiny old building right around the corner from our home. Iremember that the children’s section...
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