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Jan 11, 202312 min read
Irish Crime Novels From My Shelves
*** I wrote the below post in March of 2020. When bookish American friends ask me if I can recommend any good Irish crime novels -- often...
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Jan 11, 20232 min read
Summer Reading
I love hearing about people's summer reading. President Barack Obama's annual list always causes a stir, as does...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
You know that thing . . .
. . . where you discover a new mystery series and you love the first one so much and you can't do anything else because all you want to...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
The Shepherd's Words
As a ten- ,eleven- and twelve-year-old reader, I was obsessed with James Herriot. I read and reread and reread again every one of his...
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