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Locked Rooms: The Reader’s Shelf | June 15, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on June 20, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Locked Rooms: The Reader’s Shelf | June 15, 2012

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: Ali Smith, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Emma Donoghue, fiction, Man in the Holoscene, Max Frisch, Paul Auster, reader's advisory, Room, The Man in My Basement, The New York Trilogy, The Reader's Shelf, The Yellow Wall-Paper, There But For The, Walter Mosley

Pleasures of the Literary Garden | The Reader’s Shelf, May 15, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on May 15, 2012

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Pleasures of the Literary Garden | The Reader’s Shelf, May 15, 2012

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: A Weed by Any Other Name, Andrea Wulf, Eleanor Pereyni, Farm City, Founding Gardeners, gardening literature, gardening memoirs, Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, Katharine S. White, Nancy Gift, Novella Carpenter, Onward and Upward in the Garden, Paradise Under Glass, Ruth Kassinger, The Reader's Shelf

Women in Transition: Life-Changing Memoirs | The Reader’s Shelf, May 1, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on May 3, 2012

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Women in Transition: Life-Changing Memoirs | The Reader’s Shelf, May 1, 2012

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: memoirs, The Reader's Shelf

Poetry Rocks! | The Reader’s Shelf, April 15, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on April 19, 2012

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Poetry Rocks! | The Reader’s Shelf, April 15, 2012

Filed Under: Books, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: Ani DiFranco, Jewel, Jim Morrison, National Poetry Month, Patti Smith, poetry, rock musicians, Ryan Adams, The Haiku Year, The Reader's Shelf

Fool’s Gold: A Treasury of April Fool’s Reads | The Reader’s Shelf, April 1, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on March 30, 2012

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Fool’s Gold: A Treasury of April Fool’s Reads | The Reader’s Shelf, April 1, 2012

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: A Colossal Hoax, April Fool's Reads, hoaxes, Molly Gloss, nonfiction, scams, The Piltdown Forgery, The Reader's Shelf, The Turk, The War of the Worlds, UFOs, Wild Life

What Would You Do? Inspiring Reads for Tough Times | The Reader’s Shelf, March 15, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on March 22, 2012

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What Would You Do? Inspiring Reads for Tough Times | The Reader’s Shelf, March 15, 2012

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: Cylin Busby, Elizabeth McCracken, Elizabeth Tova Bailey, Gretchin Rubin, John Busby, John Kralik, Roger Rosenblatt, Stacey Hayman, The Reader's Shelf

Good Listening! Outstanding Audiobook Narration | The Reader’s Shelf, March 1, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on March 6, 2012

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Good Listening! Outstanding Audiobook Narration | The Reader’s Shelf, March 1, 2012

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: audiobook awards, RUSA/CODES, The Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration, The Reader's Shelf

Band of Brothers: These Heroes Will Steal Your Heart | The Reader’s Shelf, February 15, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on February 10, 2012

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Band of Brothers: These Heroes Will Steal Your Heart | The Reader’s Shelf, February 15, 2012

Filed Under: Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory, Romance Tagged With: romance, Romance Writers of America, romantic heroes, RWA Librarian of the Year Award, The Reader's Shelf, Valentine's Day reads

Can You See Me? Imaginary Friendships | The Reader’s Shelf, February 1, 2012

By Neal Wyatt on February 8, 2012

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Can You See Me? Imaginary Friendships | The Reader’s Shelf, February 1, 2012

Filed Under: Fiction, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: 20th Century Ghosts, Anjali Banerjee, Bradbury Stories, Cecelia Ahearn, Chocolat, friendships, friendships in fiction, If You Could See Me Now, imaginary friends, imaginary friendships, Imaginary Men, J.D. Salinger, Joanne Harris, Joe Hill, literary fiction, Nine Stories, Pop fiction, Ray Bradbury, reader's advisory, The Reader's Shelf

Wonder from Down Under: Australian Fiction |The Reader’s Shelf, January 2012

By Neal Wyatt on January 19, 2012

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Wonder from Down Under: Australian Fiction |The Reader’s Shelf, January 2012

Filed Under: Fiction, Reader's Shelf, Readers' Advisory Tagged With: Australian fiction, Christos Tsiolkas, Cloud Street, David Malouf, Eucalyptus, Kate Grenville, literary fiction, Murray Bail, Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey, reader's advisory, The Great World, The Reader's Shelf, The Secret River, The Slap, Tim Winton

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