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January 07

Review — The Dovekeepers
It was the setting that roused my interest in The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman. The novel is entrenched in the history of Masada, a mountain in the Judeaen desert in Israel. My familiarity with Masada is rooted in a personal visit taken while touring Israel in 1988. Hoffman’s story adds life and meaning to my trip [...]

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December 08

ZENzational
I wouldn’t count myself among the techno-challenged, nor do I qualify for membership on the geek squad. But about six years ago, I bought an mp3 player. A Creative ZEN Nano, Model DAP-FL0009. I loaded that puppy with great workout music from iTunes and walked, jogged, and ellipiticalled (is that a word?) to some jumping songs. [...]

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October 24

Review – Nightwoods
Is it safe to write Charles Frazier may not produce a second literary masterpiece? Yet, his third novel, Nightwoods, comes closer to this feat than second book Thirteen Moons. Nightwoods shows how bad life can be for some (Luce) and how bad some can be for life (Bud). Luce, the main character, is so much [...]

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May 23

Author, Marsha Brantley — Winning, Gifted, Missing
It’s been two years since last we communicated with award-winning author, Marsha Brantley. Marsha started the Cleveland TN Writers Group under the umbrella of the Chattanooga Writers Guild. As meeting facilitator, she encouraged would be authors to put their best words on the page. With her natural leadership skills, Marsha grew the group from a few [...]

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April 20

Review — Water For Elephants
Written by Sara Gruen, Water For Elephants starts with a death and ends with a new life (of sorts). The narrator,  Jacob Jankowski, drops out of Cornell University his senior year, hops a freight train, and (yes) joins the circus. The name of the book is “lifted” from an attorney in an assisted living facility who claims he used to carry water for elephants in [...]

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