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A delightful little collection of essays that were published in Chris Bohjalian‘s local newspaper over the course of 12 years. The columns are reflections on the unique idiosyncrasies of a small town while also recognizing its place in the larger world around it. I thoroughly enjoyed Bohjalian‘s nonfiction voice.

While I read this in two shirt sittings from the edge of my seat, the ending was not a satisfying one. There are many points of view all in one chapter, and somehow, you aren't ever lost as to whose part it is you are reading.

#MonthlyWrapUp #MonthlyStats Pretty good month. Favs: All the Water in the World, Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe, The Snowbirds; Disappointments: The Lost Bookshop, Cafe at the Edge of the World. Four backlist from my Kindle #ReadMyKindle. No #Series2025 this month, but did complete my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin ❤️🩷💜

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I hesitate to review this book only because there‘s so many complicated,unusual characters,whose characterization is imbued by the beauty of this VT farming country.It‘s 1969 & Dec.Warren moves to Bethany VT when offered a position with the state police Almost immediately an irascible farmer is found burned to death in his barn. Was suicide? Murder? An accident? As Warren delves into the investigation,assisted by his elderly enigmatic neighbor🔽

#bookreport Feb16-22
I did not read all of these in one week!!!! Some I was just finishing up. I was home from work sick- in between sleeping, I read.
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Starting this library book. 1969. Bethany, VT. (fictional village)
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NUMBER 13! 📚Continuing the countdown of my books, from 1st to 25th, THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS. Today it‘s my 13th, SECRETS OF EDEN (2010), a novel about what looks like a domestic abuse murder-suicide. This was my third movie and starred a terrific John Stamos.

This is among the scariest books I have ever read!

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Continuing the countdown of my books, from 1st to 25th, THE JACKAL‘S MISTRESS. Today it‘s my 9th book, Idyll Banter from 2003. This was a collection of my favorite columns from my first ten years writing "Idyll Banter," a newspaper column that ran every Sunday in the Burlington Free Press, as well as some of my favorite longer essays I wrote for the Boston Globe Magazine, Reader's Digest, and other magazines.