Your favorite books in 2021
People routinely tell me the columns they like best are what others are reading, so let’s start 2022 with lots of ideas. Thanks, Beth...
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Michelle Duclos
- Sep 27, 2021
- 3 min
Let's celebrate banned books week
The American Library Association (ALA) is one of several sponsors of Banned Books Week, the purpose of which is “to celebrate the freedom...
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Michelle Duclos
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
"Nothing is pleasanter than exploring a library."
Nineteenth century British poet Walter Landor made this observation, and many people have agreed since then. I thought it would be...
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Michelle Duclos
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Book clubs make for fast friends
What I always refer to as “my personal book club” is celebrating reading, dining, and even traveling together for 24 years soon. I asked...
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Michelle Duclos
- Aug 30, 2021
- 3 min
Changes in reading habits during the pandemic
Perhaps you’ve noticed changes in your reading habits over the past year and a half. Personally, I have felt that I don’t have the same...
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Michelle Duclos
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Book Swap Stacks
We are used to getting free books at the library. That’s the whole idea. To get the most out of the library’s resources, having a library...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
Books into TV shows - read or watch first?
One of life’s little treats is finding a mystery series where the books are good but so is the TV show. The British are excellent at this...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
Books for Lunch bunch builds reading lists
Books for Lunch had its first post-Zoom era in person meeting at the library last week, a dozen strong including three new people. Here...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
Summer Romance
For whatever reason, it appears that this column has only featured romance novels a couple times over the past nine years. Yet when I...
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Michelle Duclos
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
The library has books you like how you like them
We’ve all done it. We’ve been baited into an argument about the best way to read a book. Paper only! many say. The feel, the smell, the...
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Michelle Duclos
- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
Featured Writer Stephen Dobyns
This week let’s feature an author, no doubt toward the end of his career (he’s 79), who has a Michigan connection and has been productive...
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Michelle Duclos
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
Dishing the dirt on writers
Have you ever noticed when watching mysteries how often the English professor did it? As soon as I see an English professor as part of...
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Michelle Duclos
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Don't think funny books can't be a genre unto themselves
Funny books have enough in common to make up their own genre. Read more in this article about funny books -- and notice that David...
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Michelle Duclos
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Let's talk about tone
We all know tone when we hear it. Is there any mom or dad ever who hasn’t looked at their kid and said, “Don’t use that tone with me.”...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
A potpourri of library information
It’s time to review and highlight what’s happening at the library during these changeable times. First, what are our hours currently?...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
What does publishers' research show about book clubs?
All book clubs have their own ways of operating. My "personal book club" has been together nearly 25 years now. We've evolved as we've...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Books for Lunch Bunch Recommendations for March
Ten of us had a lively book discussion via Zoom last week and shared recommendations. While every book club, such as the book worms'...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
Goodreads helps us get our Irish on
As we continue thinking about a variety of genres, we find that Irish authors deal in all of them -- and that Irish literature itself is...
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Time to get your Irish on
St. Paddy’s Day is only half a week away from spring, so even if there’s no Irish in your family line, it’s a good holiday to enjoy....
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Michelle Duclos
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
The difference between an autobiography and a memoir
By Roz Weedman When definitions are too general, concepts remain fuzzy. For example, if you look up a basic definition of a memoir you...
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