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ELIZABETH I, A NOVEL BY MARGARET GEORGE

Place A Hold For those Anglophiles who need more than Downton Abbey, here is a fictional biography of the Virgin Queen that takes you back to Merrie Olde England. At 662 pages it’s a tad long, but the court pomp … Continue reading

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All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot

Place a Hold All Things Bright and Beautiful is the second volume in a series recounting the life and activities of veterinary surgeon James Herriot. Moving from the city to the hills of Yorkshire in the early 1900’s, Jim struggles … Continue reading

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The Great Big House

            Place A Hold Okay, Downton Abbey? I thought I would be bored, you know the aristocrats upstairs and the servants downstairs. But English actors can do this stuff standing on their heads. They seem … Continue reading

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Wait, come back, this isn’t a Pioneer story.

Place A Hold It’s Little Dorrit the movie! What’s it about? The usual sorts of things. Boy meets girl, boy can’t have girl because …. well, there’s the whole debtors’ prison thing and it just goes on and on and … Continue reading

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One Day…you’ll wish it lasted longer.

One Day made me giddy with anticipation, scream with frustration and sigh with contentment all within a matter of pages. This recent British import is one of the best books I have read in years.   I couldn’t believe how … Continue reading

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