Review by Becky LeJune When Chrissy Teigen’s Cravings released, I dare say I wasn’t the only one surprised by the fact that the supermodel was a serious foodie. Sure, those who followed her online (and she has a massive following) …
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BookBar Review: Fludde
Fludde, Peter Mishler Review By Blaine Heydt The forward to Peter Mishler’s collection Fludde begins “Occasionally, poetry provides us with raw proof of what it is to be alive, perceptions that never stray far from sensations, …
BookBar Review: Deep Creek by Pam Houston
Deep Creek – BookBar Book Review Stephanie Vessely “For now,” writes Pam Houston in Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country, “I want to sit vigil with the earth…I want to write unironic odes to …
BookBar Review: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Review By Kateri Kramer Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb begins with a mantra I’ve employed myself a few times. Quickly though, the reader finds out that what author and therapist …
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The Collected Schizophrenias Book Review
The Collected Schizophrenias Book Review by Stephanie Vessely “I am trying to say that I am a wife,” writes Esmé Weijun Wang in The Collected Schizophrenias. “I am a good patient, I am an entrepreneur. I am also schizoaffective, living …
On Being 40ish Review by Stephanie Vessely
On Being 40(ish) – BookBar Book Review by Stephanie Vessely It seems cliché to say that when I turned forty last year I felt a shift. I don’t mean that when I woke on my birthday my life was suddenly …
Vote Her In Review
Book Review: Vote Her In By: Stephanie Vessely “No more nice girls,” writes Rebecca Sive in Vote Her In: Your Guide To Electing Our First Woman President, quoting early feminist writer Ellen Willis. “Forget turning a blind eye. Forget nicely …
Book Review: All You Can Ever Know, by Nicole Chung
All You Can Ever Know – BookBar Book Review By: Stephanie Vessely “Back then,” Nicole Chung writes in her memoir, All You Can Ever Know, “I still had to think of adoption as an unqualified good, a benefit to every …
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BookWorm Review: You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P.!
Reviewed By: Vivian, age 9 This book, written by Alex Gino, is about a girl named Jilly P. When she finds out that her new baby sister is deaf she has the urge to ask a question to one of …
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4 Events, 7 New Books for your Little Readers’ Bookshelves this April
Spring is for sprucing up your your little book worm’s reading list and BookBar has a line-up of April author events to help! Add these five excellent titles to your family’s collection. 1. Saturday, April 7 at 2 p.m. for …
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