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Find blogged book review posts on Organic Granny linked below:

Reviews of:

BOOKS READ AND REVIEWED IN 2023 (lavender)


BOOKS READ AND REVIEWED IN 2022 (tan):

Forever Young: A Memoir by Hayley Mills

Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson with Video Interview with Authors

Hester: A Novel by Laurie Lico Albanese with Video Interview with author. 

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser with Video Interview. Caroline Fraser won three awards for this excellent biography.






Memoir of the Sunday Brunch by Julia Pandl (includes author video re the book)

Laughter Yoga: Daily Practices for Health and Happiness by Madan Kataria MD (includes podcast interview with Dr. Madan Kataria)





Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Historical Fiction) (includes YT interview)\



(Mostly Memoirs)

Review of "The Return of a Shadow" by Kunio Yamagishi

A List of Books by a Librarian about Librarians 
Annie Spence is a librarian who writes books for other bibliophiles like herself.  This article uses her list from her book "Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks-- A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life"  I'm planning to make my way through her various book recommendations and thought you might be interested in knowing about them too!

Review of Stop What You Are Doing and Read This

Review of "Half-Broke Horses" by Jeanette Walls (author of the Glass Castle)

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