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Carole’s 2019 Year in Books
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89 books
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Carole Giangrande
Goodreads Author
Born
The United States
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August 2013
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All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
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2017
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Midsummer
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2014
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Here Comes the Dreamer
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2015
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The Tender Birds
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2019
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An Ordinary Star
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2004
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A Gardener on the Moon
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2010
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Do I Have To Go To Sleep?
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A Forest Burning
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2000
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Missing Persons
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1994
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The Nuclear North: The People, The Regions, And The Arms Race
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| This book is delightful. It's the first Robin Macfarland mystery that I've read, and I recommend it both as an escape from all the bad news and an immersion into other kinds of...bad news. No, it's not heavy in any way, and in fact, it's quite funny ...more | |
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| This was a fascinating book. Dr. Gilbert's commitment to the welfare of grizzly bears is compelling, considering that he was mauled and almost killed by a grizzly some forty years ago. He conveys a strong sense of what an ecosystem is, in this case, ...more | |
"Carole Giangrande’s writing is, as always, a sheer delight to read. And, from the moment I started it, I felt as if The Tender Birds was written with me in mind - my worldly dilemmas, my contemplations of this confusing and randomly unspiritual era i"
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| I'm not a person who's crazy about flying, so when it's time to fly, I look for a book to read that will make me forget I'm up in the air. On a recent trip, I took along Lisa de Nikolits' latest adventure, fastened my seat belt and "took off" before ...more | |
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| This is a remarkable first novel, a compelling, and thought-provoking work of historical fiction. Prior to the First World War, two young Austrian-Jewish girls from a prosperous Viennese home suffer the loss of their parents, are kidnapped and taken ...more | |
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| What a pleasure at every level of reading — language and imagery, sound (suggested by the inclusion of bars from Chopin's 24 Preludes) and rhythm, but most of all the narrator's wise and thoughtful voice, spiked with just the right measure of tartnes ...more | |
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| What a stunning book. This historical novel is set in 1862, during the tumultuous period of Italy's struggle for unification. Its central character, the peasant Gabriella Falcone, is on the run from the law after defending herself against attempted r ...more | |
“When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.”
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“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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