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Book Club #2: What Is Harry Potter Without Hogwarts?

by Sherry | May 19, 2014 | Book Club, Reading, Writing

I love to travel so I am a fan of settings in books. But I don’t have much patience with pages of purple prose about snowy cliffs or waxy magnolia-guarded plantations or dark Victorian mansions. I like when settings infiltrate the heart of a book. Here are a few...

Book Club #1: Why We Love Precocious Child Characters

by Sherry | May 2, 2014 | Book Club, Book of Mercy, Parenting, Reading

The Book Club Series is an informal chat about what we love about books, movies, and television shows. Join the discussion. I’d love to hear from you. Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, amateur detective and ardent chemist, is the precocious star of Alan...

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