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“The simple pleasure of opening a book and a new world is there for the taking is one of the delights in this world.” 


                                                                                                                            


Devoted to books, films, theater, travel, restaurants, retirement and other forms of pleasure

Retirement Posts *Mary Pardone * Nick Fels * Diana Bunday * Arthur Boruchoff Ron Goodman Bill Plitt Judy White Hugh Riddleberger Larry Makinson Richard Miller - 1 * Richard Miller - 2 Entries/2010/1/7_MARY_BARDONE__RETIREMENT_-FOUR_YEARS_LATER.htmlEntries/2009/7/30_NICK_FELS__AFTER_THE_RETIREMENT_PARTY.htmlEntries/2009/7/3_MASTER_GARDENER__DIANA_BUNDAY.htmlEntries/2009/7/3_ARTHUR_BORUCHOFF,_MD,_84.htmlEntries/2009/6/27_RETIRING_RON_GOODMAN.htmlEntries/2009/6/16_JUBILATION_by_William_Plitt.htmlEntries/2009/6/16_JUBILATION_by_William_Plitt.htmlEntries/2009/5/26_TWO_PERSPECTIVES.htmlEntries/2009/5/26_TWO_PERSPECTIVES.htmlEntries/2009/5/26_TWO_PERSPECTIVES.htmlEntries/2009/3/9_NOT_A_TITLE_ON_A_BUSINESS_CARD_Larry_Makinson,_61.htmlEntries/2009/2/4_RETIREMENT,_The_Ultimate_Escape.html../Family_and_Friends/Entries/2009/5/12_REMIND_ME_ABOUT_TODAY.html../The_New_Yorker.htmlshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2shapeimage_6_link_3shapeimage_6_link_4shapeimage_6_link_5shapeimage_6_link_6shapeimage_6_link_7shapeimage_6_link_8shapeimage_6_link_9shapeimage_6_link_10shapeimage_6_link_11shapeimage_6_link_12

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Book Reviews (One to Five Stars. Click on Book to See My Review) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest***** Oliver Kitteridge****1/2 206 Bones***1/2 A Happy Marriage*** Letters to My Father***1/2 The Lost Symbol** South of Broad**** Nothing was the Same***** Strength in What Remains***** My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq ****1/2 Lush Life ***3/12 The Likeness **** The First Family *** The Girl Who Played With Fire ***** The Shadow of the Wind ***** The Angel’s Game**** The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ***** In My Hands ***** Katyn ***** The Gargoyle **** War Child ***** Defiance **** The Making of the American Capital **** Nixonland ***** Random Families***** Three Cups of Tea***** A Long Way Gone **** The Yiddish Policemen’s Union ** Wiki Government ***** A. Lincoln ***** As They See ‘Em ***** Yankee Years ***** Satchel ***1/2 Cooperstown Confidental **** Dickson’s Baseball Dictionary ***** _ _ _ _ _ _ Entries/2009/10/28_THE_GIRL_WHO_KICKED_THE_HORNETS_NEST__TWO_VIEWS.htmlEntries/2009/10/28_THE_GIRL_WHO_KICKED_THE_HORNETS_NEST__TWO_VIEWS.htmlEntries/2009/10/13_FOUR_NOVELS_%26_A_BOOK_OF_LETTERS.htmlEntries/2009/10/13_FOUR_NOVELS_%26_A_BOOK_OF_LETTERS.htmlEntries/2009/10/13_FOUR_NOVELS_%26_A_BOOK_OF_LETTERS.htmlEntries/2009/10/13_FOUR_NOVELS_%26_A_BOOK_OF_LETTERS.htmlEntries/2009/10/13_FOUR_NOVELS_%26_A_BOOK_OF_LETTERS.htmlEntries/2009/10/13_FOUR_NOVELS_%26_A_BOOK_OF_LETTERS.htmlEntries/2009/10/13_FOUR_NOVELS_%26_A_BOOK_OF_LETTERS.htmlEntries/2009/10/8_THE_NEW_DAN_BROWN_BOOK.htmlhttp://www.goodreads.com/review/list/628868../The_Outer_Loop/Entries/2009/9/3_SURVIVING_AGAINST_ALL_ODDS.html../The_Outer_Loop/Entries/2009/9/3_SURVIVING_AGAINST_ALL_ODDS.html../The_Outer_Loop/Entries/2009/9/3_SURVIVING_AGAINST_ALL_ODDS.htmlEntries/2009/8/29_REVIEWS_OF_ONE_SERIOUS_%26_THREE_LIGHT_SUMMER_READINGS.htmlEntries/2009/8/29_REVIEWS_OF_ONE_SERIOUS_%26_THREE_LIGHT_SUMMER_READINGS.htmlEntries/2009/8/29_REVIEWS_OF_ONE_SERIOUS_%26_THREE_LIGHT_SUMMER_READINGS.htmlEntries/2009/8/29_REVIEWS_OF_ONE_SERIOUS_%26_THREE_LIGHT_SUMMER_READINGS.htmlEntries/2009/8/29_REVIEWS_OF_ONE_SERIOUS_%26_THREE_LIGHT_SUMMER_READINGS.htmlEntries/2009/8/29_REVIEWS_OF_ONE_SERIOUS_%26_THREE_LIGHT_SUMMER_READINGS.htmlEntries/2009/8/29_REVIEWS_OF_ONE_SERIOUS_%26_THREE_LIGHT_SUMMER_READINGS.htmlEntries/2009/7/30_THE_GIRL_WHO_PLAYED_WITH_FIRE______.htmlEntries/2009/7/30_THE_GIRL_WHO_PLAYED_WITH_FIRE______.htmlEntries/2009/7/20_TWO_BOOKS_BY_CARLOS_RUIZ_ZAFON.htmlEntries/2009/7/20_TWO_BOOKS_BY_CARLOS_RUIZ_ZAFON.htmlEntries/2009/7/20_TWO_BOOKS_BY_CARLOS_RUIZ_ZAFON.htmlEntries/2009/6/29_TWO_BOOKS_FOR_YOUR_CONSIDERATION.htmlEntries/2009/6/29_TWO_BOOKS_FOR_YOUR_CONSIDERATION.htmlEntries/2009/6/29_TWO_BOOKS_FOR_YOUR_CONSIDERATION.htmlEntries/2009/6/2_KATYN____.htmlEntries/2009/4/9_THE_GARGOYLE,_a_first_novel_by_Andrew_Davidson.htmlEntries/2009/2/19_WAR_CHILD_____,_A_Child_Soldiers_Story.htmlEntries/2009/2/19_WAR_CHILD_____,_A_Child_Soldiers_Story.htmlEntries/2009/2/15_DEFIANCE,_The_Book.htmlEntries/2009/1/26_A_BOOK_%26_A_MOVIE.htmlEntries/2009/1/26_A_BOOK_%26_A_MOVIE.htmlEntries/2009/1/13_RECENT_READS.htmlEntries/2009/1/13_RECENT_READS.htmlEntries/2009/1/13_RECENT_READS.htmlEntries/2009/1/13_RECENT_READS.htmlEntries/2009/1/13_RECENT_READS.htmlEntries/2009/1/13_RECENT_READS.html../The_Outer_Loop/Entries/2009/6/23_WIKI_GOVERNMENT_by_Beth_Simone_Noveck.html../The_Outer_Loop/Entries/2009/4/11_A._LINCOLN__A_BIOGRAPHY,_by_Ronald_C._White.,_Jr..html../The_Outer_Loop/Entries/2009/4/11_A._LINCOLN__A_BIOGRAPHY,_by_Ronald_C._White.,_Jr..html../Go_Sox/Entries/2009/5/1_CHASING_THE_DREAM.html../Go_Sox/Entries/2009/3/23_A_MUST_READ__Yankee_Years______,_by_Joe_Torre_%26_Tom_Verducci.htmlEntries/2009/8/13_FIVE_NEW_BASEBALL_BOOKS.html../Go_Sox/Entries/2009/8/13_FIVE_NEW_BASEBALL_BOOKS.html../Go_Sox/Entries/2009/8/13_FIVE_NEW_BASEBALL_BOOKS.html../Go_Sox/Entries/2009/8/13_FIVE_NEW_BASEBALL_BOOKS.htmlhttp://www.goodreads.com/review/list/628868shapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2shapeimage_7_link_3shapeimage_7_link_4shapeimage_7_link_5shapeimage_7_link_6shapeimage_7_link_7shapeimage_7_link_8shapeimage_7_link_9shapeimage_7_link_10shapeimage_7_link_11shapeimage_7_link_12shapeimage_7_link_13shapeimage_7_link_14shapeimage_7_link_15shapeimage_7_link_16shapeimage_7_link_17shapeimage_7_link_18shapeimage_7_link_19shapeimage_7_link_20shapeimage_7_link_21shapeimage_7_link_22shapeimage_7_link_23shapeimage_7_link_24shapeimage_7_link_25shapeimage_7_link_26shapeimage_7_link_27shapeimage_7_link_28shapeimage_7_link_29shapeimage_7_link_30shapeimage_7_link_31shapeimage_7_link_32shapeimage_7_link_33shapeimage_7_link_34shapeimage_7_link_35shapeimage_7_link_36shapeimage_7_link_37shapeimage_7_link_38shapeimage_7_link_39shapeimage_7_link_40shapeimage_7_link_41shapeimage_7_link_42shapeimage_7_link_43shapeimage_7_link_44shapeimage_7_link_45shapeimage_7_link_46shapeimage_7_link_47shapeimage_7_link_48shapeimage_7_link_49shapeimage_7_link_50

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