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Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Sarah Lohman

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Sewfrench

★★★★★ This unique culinary history of America offers a fascinating look at our past and uses long-forgotten recipes to explain how eight flavors changed how we eat. The United States boasts a culturally and ethnically diverse population which makes for … Continue reading →

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Press Here by Herve Tullet

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Sewfrench

 ★★★★★ “Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, … Continue reading →

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Sewfrench

★★★★★ “I created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn’t know how to connect with the people there. I was afraid, for all of my life, right up until I knew it was … Continue reading →

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My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Sewfrench

★★★★★ “You will have only one story… You’ll write your one story many ways. Don’t ever worry about story. You will have only one.” My Name Is Lucy Barton, the new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout, is cause for … Continue reading →

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Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Sewfrench

★★★★☆ Not sure when or why this book popped up on my radar but now that I have finished it I see that there is a movie in the making. Cate Blanchett is talk of the leading role. Not sure … Continue reading →

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Sarum: The Novel of England and a visit to some of the places mentioned.

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Sewfrench

★★★★☆ Sarum by Edward Rutherford is an epic novel about the area of England known as Sarum. This novel, of more than one thousand pages, spans more than 10,000 years, covering the span of English history from primitive times to … Continue reading →

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The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Sewfrench

★★★★☆ In The Silent Sister, Riley MacPherson has spent her entire life believing that her older sister Lisa committed suicide as a teenager. Now, over twenty years later, her father has passed away and she’s in New Bern, North Carolina … Continue reading →

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Paris The Novel

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Sewfrench

I loved this book! This was my first Edward Rutherfurd historical novel and it will not be my last. It is the history of Paris as seen through the eyes of several generations of families–aristocratic, merchant and the lower classes. I … Continue reading →

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Best Book of 2014

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Sewfrench

  “Everything I Never Told You,” the début novel by author Celeste Ng, tells of the tragedy that strikes the Lee family when their 16-year-old daughter Lydia goes missing one morning. The author effortlessly weaves in the back story of the … Continue reading →

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Sewfrench

Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier My rating: 4 of 5 stars Enjoyable historical novel. The main character is a servant in the house of the 17th-century Dutch master, Johannes Vermeer, and is used as the model for … Continue reading →

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