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FICTION: It’s the third of his novels about Paula Spencer, who has finally found a measure of peace. It’s temporary.
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Love, war and the birth of many of the world’s most beloved artworks in ‘Paris in Ruins’
NONFICTION: It’s a precise, engrossing account of the artistic and military environment that preceded the emergence of the Impressionist movement.
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What’s that thing in the attic? Oh, just an AI robot that will probably take over your life.
FICTION: Contemporary novel “William” takes inspiration from Mary Shelley’s classic “Frankenstein.”
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You’ve heard of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe? Welcome to ‘Olive Kitteridge’ writer Elizabeth Strout’s fictional Maine-iverse.
FICTION: Literary titans unite their powers for the first time, much like the Avengers, in her new book.
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Did the world’s first serial killer stalk Minneapolis? Caroline Woods’ historical novel explores (PS: Yes)
LOCAL FICTION: His name was Harry Hayward and he lived in a Hennepin Avenue building that still stands.
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New book by Minnesota writer is a thriller that raises awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women
LOCAL FICTION: Set up north, Marcie R. Rendon’s page-turner “Where They Last Saw Her” balances sadness with the joyful camaraderie of three Ojibwe women.
August 28, 2024
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Sleuth Jackson Brodie is back in Kate Atkinson’s hilarious ’Death at the Sign of the Rook’
FICTION: The “Case Histories” detective is investigating art thievery when murder intrudes.
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We may soon have a new category for hurricanes, and that’s bad news
NONFICTION: “Category Five” says those catastrophic events are commonly being eclipsed, because of climate crisis.
August 27, 2024
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Horror comes to the suburbs in ‘We Came to Welcome You’
FICTION: ... but Vincent Tirado’s novel tells more than it shows.
August 27, 2024
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8 top writers announced to this year’s Club Book events
Jayne Anne Phillips, Matt Goldman and Yangsze Choo will take part (either live or on Facebook) in the Friends of the St. Paul Library series.
August 26, 2024
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Writers like Louise Erdrich and Stephen King use chapters cleverly. What do they tell us?
For starters, how long they are is a great clue to what a book wants to accomplish.
August 26, 2024
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We Minnesotans love our book clubs. But what happens when one goes bad?
Before you boot an obnoxious member, experts (and, yes, there are book club experts) advise other options.
August 24, 2024