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Can’t teach a Road Dog new tricks

November 5, 2018 by octothorp 2 Comments

What’s with you, kid? You think the death of Raymond Chandler left an opening in the Rat Pack? Im amused that my pick for Home Sweet Home’s bingo square, Bloomfield Hills Michigan’s own Elmore Leonard, spends about two lines on Detroit before moving the action to California, in this apparent sequel to Out of Sight.  I dunno.  It was a buck and I needed that home square space, I saw the movie when I was in middle school, but I remember the plot points neatly […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Elmore Leonard, Home, Something

octothorp's CBR10 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr10bingo, Elmore Leonard, Home, Something ·
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Come along for the ride

September 17, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is my Home, Something, Home read. Jessie Haas is a Vermont author and a patron of the bookstore I work at. She and her husband, Michael Daley (also an amazing author), stopped by the store one day and I had the pleasure of becoming friendly with them both.   Saige is a very typical an American Girl story. This young girl is spunky, nervous, must deal with family and friends issues. Plus, she will grow and make mistakes along the way. She has interests […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: American Girl, art, cbr10bingo, friiendship, grandmothers, Home, horses, Jessie Haas, New Mexico, painting, Sarah Davis, Something

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:357 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: American Girl, art, cbr10bingo, friiendship, grandmothers, Home, horses, Jessie Haas, New Mexico, painting, Sarah Davis, Something ·
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