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Roxanne Reviews "Profiles in Ignorance"
Roxanne reviews Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz I broke my abstinence of plugging...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 5
- 3 min
Katia Reviews "Fellowship Point"
Katia reviews Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark Alice Elliott Dark caught me by surprise with her latest novel, Fellowship Point....
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Aug 29
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "Medusa's Ankles"
Roxanne reviews Medusa's Ankles: Selected Stories by A.S. Byatt A.S. Byatt, a seasoned Booker Prize winner (Possession: a Romance),...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "Avalon"
Roxanne reviews Avalon by Nell Zink Avalon will be my go to selection for customers who come into BookStore1 and don’t want anything too...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "Wise Blood"
Roxanne Reviews Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor The lazy crazy hazy days of summer seemed like the perfect time to read a classic, and...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Jun 27
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "In the Early Times: A Life Reframed"
Roxanne reviews In the Early Times: A Life Reframed by Tad Friend A "sins of the father" type memoir by the New Yorker staff writer Tad...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- May 20
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "Anna: The Biography"
Roxanne reviews Anna: The Biography by Amy Odell Anna Wintour is a force to be reckoned with and Amy Odell’s new biography has delicious...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- May 9
- 2 min
Roxanne Reviews "Love Marriage"
Roxanne reviews Love Marriage by Monica Ali Love Marriage by Monica Ali is the perfect book complement to the recent Oscar nominated film...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- May 2
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "Pure Colour"
Roxanne review Pure Colour by Sheila Heiti You know a writer is talented when she/he/they can outdo previous stories with a truly...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Roxanne Review "Groundskeeping"
Roxanne reviews Groundskeeping by Lee Cole Groundskeeping is a complicated modern romance of a couple from opposite backgrounds. Its...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "Inspired"
Roxanne reviews Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul by Mark Richtel Inspired by Matt Richtel...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "My Mess is a Bit of a Life"
Roxanne reviews My Mess is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett Even with our common language and ancestral...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "Cloud Cuckoo Land"
Roxanne reviews Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Some books are an amusing distraction, some lyrical dreamworks and some downright...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "Free Love"
Roxanne reviews Free Love by Tess Hadley. Having never read Tess Hadley’s previous best selling novels, Late in the Day or The Past, I...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Doug's Mini-Review "The Paris Bookseller"
Doug was thoroughly impressed with Kerri Maher's new novel The Paris Bookseller. It is the story of Sylvia Beach and her Paris bookstore...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home"
Roxanne reviews I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenburg. If you’ve ever had a period of wanderlust, or...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "The Book of Form and Emptiness"
Roxanne Reviews The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki Imagine you’re offered the opportunity for a mind-blowing high endurance...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "You Can't Be Serious"
Roxanne reviews You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn Reading Kal Penn’s memoir is like getting a visit from that friend you always look...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Melanie and Katia Book Blurb
What have Melanie and Katia been reading lately? Melanie read My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Here's what Melanie had to say: A...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Roxanne Reviews "1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows"
Roxanne reviews 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Ai Weiwei If you were fortunate, you saw one or maybe both Ai Weiwei art...
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