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• The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

  

  The Interestings is about a group of friends who meet as teenagers at a summer camp for the arts. Julie is an insecure 14-year-old sent to camp on scholarship,... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Redeployment by Phil Klay

  

  This book was one of my favorite reads this year. It’s a difficult subject to read about. But it’s very worth the effort. Redeployment was written by Phil Klay... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Back from Quebec: My Summer Vacation

  

  For some reason I always get “bloggers’ block” when I get home from a vacation. Why is that? I have no idea. I’m great about setting up posts while I’m away, an... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy July 4th! My June Wrap-Up

  Happy July 4th weekend! June’s end marks two things: the beginning of summer school and my trip to Montreal with my sister and family. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Books I’ve Read This Year

  

  Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is the top ten books we’ve read so far this year. There were plenty of books I wanted... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Following Up with Authors I’ve Reviewed, Part I

  

  For the fifth anniversary of The Book Stop, I wanted to follow up with some of the authors who asked me to review their books. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

  

  I’ve been struggling to write a review of this book. I loved it but also found it maddening. It’s this big, complicated, meandering story, but it all comes... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Series on Sunday: Mini-reviews of Series Books

  

  Trying something new this month! I rarely review series books, unless it’s the first in a series. So I thought I’d do a set of mini-reviews instead. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books on My Summer TBR List

  

  This summer, YOU picked my summer reads! Well, sort of. Recently, I listed a bunch of choices and here’s what readers recommended most. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Plainsong by Kent Haruf

  

  I loved the way this book was written. Haruf writes about a small rural town, Holt, Colorado, in a beautiful way. It’s the story of Tom, a teacher whose wife... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Outlander: My Thoughts on the Finale

  

  This will be my last post about Outlander for a while, since we won’t have Season 2 until 2016. Did you watch? What did you think of the finale? I know I’m a... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What Should I Read This Summer?

  

  I’ve got plenty of books on my TBR list. But lately my reading choices have been driven by what’s come in at the library, rather than what I want to read — and... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Getting the Picture by Sarah Salway

  

  There’s a lot to like about this short novel by Sarah Salway. It plays with unreliable narrators and tells its story entirely through emails, letters, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• May Reading Wrap-Up

  

  Happy almost June, everyone! I love summer, from the heat to summer travel to grilling and eating on our patio. Here are a few things that made me happy in... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Violence and the End of Outlander, Season One

  

  Lately I’ve been thinking about onscreen violence versus book violence. I’ve read two books lately with way more torture in them than I could stand, and as I... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

  

  Henry James is one of those authors I’ve always felt I should read. I’ve studied the British classics far more than the Americans, and to be honest I’ve never... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Celebrating The Book Stop’s Five Year Anniversary!

  

  This month marks the five year anniversary of The Book Stop. I had a lot of ideas about ways to celebrate, but school and work intervened. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Interview with Katie O’Rourke, Author of A Long Thaw

  

  This is the second book I’ve read by Katie O’Rourke, and it reminded me a lot of her first novel, Monsoon Season. Both books are compulsively readable, and... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

  

  I almost skipped this book because of all the hype. A book about a blind girl and a Nazi soldier in war-torn France sounded like it might be on the... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

  

  Despite the violence, I loved this book. Here’s why. The Water Knife is set in the near future, in a time when drought in the Western U.S. means that some citie... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE