Reviews and Blog Posts: Literature

Havanas in Camelot : personal essays

by William Styron

DPL Rating:
4
Reviewer:
Laurie.
Reviewed on:
June 12, 2012
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Initially I picked this book up because I love cigars. Upon reading, I was surprised it was a collection of personal essays, remembrances, of a very well lived life.  I wish Stryon were alive so I could buy him a drink and a cigar…I have so many questions.
 

Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her

by Melanie Rehak

DPL Rating:
3
Reviewer:
Laurie.
Reviewed on:
June 12, 2012
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If you want to stay blissfully ignorant about Nancy Drew being a real person, put this book down!

 

Colorado Authors Series: Erin Blakemore

Submitted by Tara on November 3, 2010 - 9:20pm
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Ms. Blakemore, author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder, shows us how heroines from classic literature, and their creators, lived with grace, intelligence, and aplomb and how we may emulate them. Join us on Saturday, November 6, 10 a.m. at the Schlessman Family Branch Library.

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