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The Bees  Author: Laline Paull Touted as part Hunger Games part 1984, The Bees proves more than that.  Paull successfully engulfs us in the life on one unusual worker Bee, Flora 717, on the lowest caste of the bee hierarchy.  Intertwined in Flora’s story, Paull introduces the parallels of our society and Flora’s:  a caste system that cannot be overcome, a system sterile in its rigid structures and rituals, an environment that delivers death with no feeling.  As she swings into the three ... continue reading...

How About Never – Is Never Good Enough for You? My Life in Cartoons Author: Bob Mankoff  “The New Yorker has published more than 75,000 cartoons since its founding, 95% of them drawn by only a few hundred cartoonists, and Mankoff has been at the center of this talented group of artists for over 30 years.  In How About Never – Is Never Good Enough for You? My Life in Cartoons, Mankoff traces his love for the craft back to his childhood when he started creating funny drawings at age eight ... continue reading...

The Blonde Author: Anna Godbersen   Ok ,I have read some really strange fiction about Marilyn Monroe and Jack Kennedy but this one takes the cake.  The writing is good.  The plot is farcical and unbelievable.  I don’t think any of us believes that Jack Kennedy loved Marilyn Monroe.  Nor do I think that Frank Sinatra treated her like a little sister.  Just my opinion. From 1948 through the Cold War years, the plot of this book rests on the fiction that Marilyn was given a promise by ... continue reading...

The Second Diary  Author: Ciara Threadgoode Sometimes we just want a novel that places us in a small town with characters whom enter in, sit down, and start telling us a story.  Fannie Flagg, Ann Tyler, Garrison Keillor are authors who deliver locale: small town residents, and people: quirky and wonderfully warm characters.  Now we have Ciara Threadgoode and Truckee, California and goings on of Dorothy Rose Nolte Hughes, her daughter Peggy, and her granddaughter Cherry, who narrates the ... continue reading...