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10/31/2024

Trick or Treat! And just in time for Halloween, two psychological thrillers for Free Little Library on Regatta!

Anna O by Matthew Blake. Psychological Thriller/Medical Thriller/ Mystery. Pub. Jan 2024. 421 pages. This is a clever and intriguing thriller, rich in misdirection and of the one-sensational-revelation-per-chapter school of writing. Okay, maybe not that often but close! The book also is the genre psych thriller in that it doesn't just play with your mind, it's about actual psychological medical treatment. Anna O, daughter of an upper class family, is dubbed the "Sleeping Beauty" after killing her two friends and falling into a kind of sleep-related coma. An ambitious psychiatrist (ironically named Prince) gets the opportunity to try a new treatment to bring her back to consciousness after four years. And then there's another related murder. Who is the good guy? Who's the bad guy? and Who's pulling the strings? Every time you think it's the end, it's not. Rating: B

She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica. Psych Thriller/Medical Thriller. Pub. Apr. 2024. 323 pages. I feel kind of bad for this book. I've never had what others term a "book hangover" before but I just couldn't leave Conclave by Robert Harris behind and kept re-listening to it instead of reading this book! Divorced mom Meghan works as an ICU nurse in Chicago where she's assigned to a patient in a coma who either jumped or was pushed off a bridge onto train tracks. Meanwhile, she's reconnected with an old high school friend and worries about domestic abuse. Her daughter is going through teenage angst. And some guy in the area is attacking women as they enter their apartments. Twist after twist after twist in this one will have your head spinning until the very last page. And even then, you'll be wondering. Rating: B-

For younger readers, look for Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (for ages 8-12); Classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (for ages 5-8); Disney Frozen (a Look and Find book); and Paw Patrol (a Look and Find book).

Time to go pop these in little library before all the young witches, wizards, commandos, ghosts, princesses, and more come out tonight! -- Jeanne Rife

10/23/2024

Mid-week dump for Free Little Library on Regatta! Having a major clear-out of books I have either read or will never read and donating to the library. Sorted out a few for little library -- a couple for the season (scary!). Plus I have the one I finished earlier this week (kind of gruesome so that fits the season, too!).

SCOTLAND YARD by Simon Read. Non Fiction. Recent Release. 395 reading pages. The author illustrates the introduction of Scotland Yard and its growth using the big cases of the day. From early crimes which led to the development of the force to famous ones like, of course, Jack the Ripper, the Brides in the Bath and the Chase for Crippen, we see how Scotland Yard developed the ideas and tools (and early forensics) to deal with the crimes. I will say that it seems an inordinate amount of chopping up bodies happened back then. I suppose we have more sophisticated ways of dealing with bodies now so people don't have to chop them up so often. You just rarely hear of it now but way back it seems to have been a somewhat common way of disposing of a body. The author does detail the crimes so if you're at all sensitive to the idea of gore, beware! Rating: B

THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS by Stephen King. Horror Thriller/ Suspense/Short Stories. Publ. 2015. 496 pages. This book includes 20 short stories of a varied nature. As one reviewer put it, King "makes us reflect on the mistakes we wouldn't make if we could go back in time and how terror can be very close to us ... or, even, in us." If you're a reader who likes their scary in small doses, this may be for you! Rating: B

THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang. Contemporary Romance. Main character Stella works with algorithms to predict customer purchases. So she knows she's going to need to kiss a lot of frogs to meet her prince. The problem is she has Asperger's. French kissing makes her feel like she's a shark getting her teeth cleaned by pilot fish. What to do? She develops a lesson plan for herself and hires a male es**rt to help her. You can guess where this is going to lead! Rating: C+

I had two more I was going to put in but as I was describing them, I decided to read them after all. You'll get them next week! -- Jeanne Rife

10/18/2024

I often like to read the book before a movie comes out and that's one of two new books that will be coming to Free Little Library on Regatta on Saturday.

CONCLAVE by Robert Harris. Ecclesiastical Thriller. Pub. 2016. 286 pages. The Pope is dead and Cardinal Lomeli, Dean of the College of Cardinals, is charged with leading the conclave which will elect the next Pope. He will get to know all of the cardinals very well indeed, uncovering some secrets and intrigues, including scandals the Pope had been dealing with as he guides the cardinals to their decision. This book, for me, was un-put-downable! I'm definitely looking forward to the movie. Rating: B+

THE NIGHT WE LOST HIM by Laura Dave. Recent Release. Mystery/ Suspense/Domestic Thriller. 295 pages. Hotel magnate Liam was many things to many people, including his three ex-wives and their children. But when he's found dead at the bottom of the cliff at his California home, his son (from wife #2) and daughter (from wife #1) begin to suspect it wasn't a fall. He may have been pushed! The pair try to navigate the business and familial relationships which seemed to be closed to them to answer the question. Their search for the truth is mingled with the tale of the relationship Liam really treasured, the woman who never said yes. Author Laura Dave says she most relished narrating those parts of the story and I can see why. They were my favorite parts, too. Rating: B

The kids side is jam-packed but I'll take a few books out to do a switch-a-roo. So kids can look for fresh reads, too! -- Jeanne Rife

10/14/2024

I'm late putting new books in Free Little Library on Regatta but I have my reasons. We were in DisneyWorld last week! Not much reading accomplished -- I was too distracted. Even when we were in lockdown during Hurricane Milton and I had time to read, I was too distracted. But here are the two books I have finished. Hope you enjoy.

TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout. Literary Fiction. Recent Release. 326 pages. Strout brings Strout the characters from the various worlds she's woven through the years. It's a book of stories, the untold stories of people's lives. As a reader, I almost felt like a god looking down on an anthill, seeing all the people and all their lives, and what those lives mean. There's even a bit of a mystery in this book. But in the end, it all comes down to love, according to Strout. For those of you looking for book club material, this might be one with discussions centered on relationships, themes, motivations, character growth, secondary characters, and the author's use of silence. Rating: B+

THE DARK WIVES by Ann Cleeves. Mystery. New Release. 372 pages. I started watching the TV show Vera on Britbox a couple of years ago and liked it. Then I read a couple of books in the series and was delighted when I was watching an episode and recognized that I'd read the book. Set in northern England, the story follows the chief inspector Vera Stanhope and her team of colleagues as they work the mysteries and deal with the politicians. Vera herself is rather dumpy, grumpy, and calls everyone "pet." But she's smart as a whip, miles ahead of everyone else. This novel follows on after the death of one of them teammates. A new woman is added to the team. The plot is centered on a care home for troubled teens. When a young aide is found murdered and a lass goes missing, the team doesn't know if they are looking for another victim? a murderer? a young teen in danger? All this happens around a holiday involving a witch hunt which makes this an appropriate October read. I can hardly wait to see it on the screen. Rating: B

For younger readers, look for Disney's Snow White (I was in DisneyWorld, after all!), The Mighty Avengers (reading level 1), How I Survived Middle School, Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief, and Stormbreaker (by Anthony Horowitz, many of whose adult works are shown on PBS including the recently aired Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders).

I'm going out now to check on little library and add these to it. So, drop by and see if the book you want is in there. Coming up next: The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave and Conclave by Robert Harris (the movie comes out in theatres this month). Hope to see you soon! -- Jeanne Rife

10/03/2024

Books coming Friday to Free Little Library on Regatta! A couple brand new and one from the past. Plus more new reads for the young ones!

MEET ELLA: The Dog Who Saved My Life by James Middleton. New release. Autobiography/Mental Health/Dogs. 275 pages. You may recognize the name Middleton -- after all, his sister went on to marry William and is now Princess of Wales. But while Catherine and Pippa had stellar school experiences, James struggled due to undiagnosed dyslexia and later went on to suffer a major depressive disease. He credits his dog Ella with keeping him from completing his su***de attempt. In this book, Middleton is quite candid about his struggles and joys and we get occassional peeks at his family and that of the royal couple. Rating: B

GRAVE YARD SHIFT by M.L. Rio. New Release/Novella. Suspense/ Gothic Horror Fiction/Thriller. 108 pages. There's a handful of college campus night workers who gather at the one place where a person can smoke -- the graveyard of the abandoned church. But one night, they arrive to find an empty grave has been dug. Things get crazy from there leading to a discovery of bad science and how it links to the recent spate of weird belligerant activity in the town. Fun and creepy watching the mis-matched characters figuring out the mystery. Rating: B-

Pompeii by Robert Harris. Historical Fiction. Pub. 2003. 274 pages. Rome was known for its wonderful aquaducts bringing water to the driest areas. When something goes wrong with the Aqua Augusta serving towns near the Bay of Neapolis, young engineer is dispatched from Rome to figure it out, especially as the current engineer has disappeared as of two weeks ago. Marcus Attilius finds himself confronted with the mystery of the missing aquarius and a surly crew, local politics, and towns starting to lose their precious drinking and bathing water. He puts a target on his own back when he confronts a rich man who has just brutally had a slave killed for killing his precious fish by telling him it wasn't the slave, there's something wrong with the water. But in doing so, he also finds love. Of course, it's the year A.D. 79, the year Vesuvius blows her top and we as readers get to experience through the eyes of this young engineer. I do love a disaster book! Rating: B

As for the younger readers, look for some spooky additions to the little library, including some Goosebumps and Room on the Broom! These will be out tomorrow afternoon. -- Jeanne Rife

P.S. October is National Book Month. Seems like a good excuse to go shopping in bookstores!

09/28/2024

As the graphic shows, now is the time to dust off old books or pick up a new one at Free Little Library on Regatta!

COLORED TELEVISION by Danzy Senna. New Release. Literary Fiction/Satire. 276 pages. This is the story of biracial protagonist Jane from the time she meets her future husband through the failure of her second book, 10 years in the making. She's taken a sabbatical from teaching in college to finish this epic that deals with the "mulatto" experience. When it fails to hit the mark with her publishing house, she turns to the television industry. In the meantime, her husband's an artist whose work is going nowhere, her daughter is a dandelion who seems to be able to thrive anywhere (and needs to because they move so often), and there's something off about their son yet to be diagnosed but who thinks he's fallen from a different planet. Jane's stressed but finds it's life as a would-be Hollywood writer that can really smack one upside the head. Interestingly, author Senna is married to Percival Everett, author of the highly-touted book James. It's interesting to consider what their home conversations must be like! Rating: B

THE DREAM LIFE OF ASTRONAUTS by Patrick Ryan. Literary Fiction/ Short Stories/Coming of Age. Pub. 2016. Signed edition. 258 pages. Astronauts have little to nothing to do with these stories. Rather, it's a collection of slice-of-life stories of people living near Cape Canaveral, FL. Some are tales of young people growing up, their dreams and aspirations and their differences. Some are from the adults and seniors, either looking back or coping with new realities. I found it most interesting when reading a couple of the later stories to realize some of the earlier main characters make a reappearance as side characters. The book demonstrates how families bond, divide, reconnect, and change over time. Rating: B

GOOD PEOPLE: STORIES FROM THE BEST OF HUMANITY by Gabriel Reilich & Lucia Knell. Non-fiction. Published by Upworthy. New Release. The books is a series of vignettes about the people who make life better, told from the perspective of those on the recieving end. All those times the you have done something nice but small -- did you ever wonder if it matttered? These stories will show you they do. Uplifting, hopeful, kind. Rating: B

For young readers, I made the rounds of used book thrift shops and have new reads for those 10 and under. Check them out! -- Jeanne Rife

09/21/2024

What's the saying? So many books, too little time? And there are always more books coming out I want to read. I did get three read this week and they'll be in Free Little Library on Regatta this afternoon.

BY ANY OTHER NAME by Jodi Picoult. Historical Fiction. New Release. 544 pages. Dual timelines. A struggling young female playwright discovers her ancestor may have been one who was in a coterie of writers who wrote under Shakespeare's name. How else to account for Shakespeare's intimate knowledge of places he'd never been, people he didn't know, and the female perspective? Melina Green finds herself in a situation where a male friend (at her urging) is fronting himself as the author of a new play that's being staged. Similarly, back in Shakespeare's time, women weren't perceived as having writing ability so Emilia Brassano copes with her various (oft-times horrifying) life situations by writing and selling her work to Shakespeare so it can be produced. It's a book about identify and how two women stuggle to get their voices heard in worlds that blocks them. Picoult did a lot of research on this and Brassano is not a "made-up" character. In addition, Shakespearean quotes are sprinkled throughout which is fun for those who remember their high school reading! Rating: B+

HERE ONE MOMENT by Liane Moriarity. Psych Thriller/Domestic Fiction. New Release. 494 pages. The story unfolds on a plane flying from Hobart to Sydney, Australia. We see the various passengers getting ready to board -- newlyweds still in their bridal wear, a new mom with a toddler in tow, a businessman, a young man with his arm in a cast, etc. Nearing the end of the flight, an older woman near the front of the plane suddenly stands up then from front to back, row by row, passenger by passenger, predicts the age of death and cause of death. She gets to most of the plane before the flight attendent can get her to sit down with a glass of water. Some are shocked, horrified, disbelieving, intrigued. Afterwards, she has no memory and claims not to be a psychic. Readers get her story interspersed with the stories of what happens to the passengers afterwards. Do her predictions come true? Are lives changed? (Note: I've loved the concept of psychic ability ever since I was a kid and read a book about Edgar Cayce. No wonder I wanted to read this!) Rating: B

DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK by Kate Atkinson. Mystery, New Release. 301. This is the sixth novel featuring Atkinson's detective Jackson Brody. I haven't read the earlier ones and I imagine it'd be a bit easier to pick up all the characters and their relationships if you have. That said, you can read this as a stand-alone. In this novel, we also meet three sub-characters with their own issues -- the vicar has not only lost his faith but also his voice, Ben, an army major, lost a leg to an IED and his direction in life, and Lady Milton, who seems to be losing everything (her husband has died and her son has turned her home into an hotel). The book begins with an invite to a Murder Mystery weekend event at the manor hotel. Meanwhile, Brody is trying to track down a thief and a missing (possible) masterpiece or two. In addition, there's an escaped killer on the loose in the area. And a huge snowstorm on the way. While it feels like perhaps Atkinson has her tongue in her cheek, poking fun at the classic mystery tropes, she ties it all together in a satisfying ending. Though I do hope somebody did something with the body of Nanny being stored in the cold pantry! Rating: B

I'll pop outside now and put these in little library. Sorry, kids, nothing new this week but next week for sure! -- Jeanne Rife

09/05/2024

My husband John just commented on the number of books on our coffee table. I reassured them that several were just waiting for me to put them in Free Little Library on Regatta. What I didn't say was that the rest were the result of a buying spree due to a number of new releases I want to read! So let me get some of these books off the coffee table and into little library for you to read.

THE BOOKSHOP by Evan Friss. New Release. Non-Fiction. 312 pages. This book tells the history of US bookshops and all its iterations, including specialized bookshops for women, ethnicities, LGBTQ, and more. Some of the bookstores, such as City Lights in San Francisco and Parnassus Books in Nashville, I've visited (and purchased from). When I travel, I do try to visit independent bookstores and support them by buying something though I am so, so guilty of the easy buying from Amazon. After reading this book, I'm going to make more of an effort to buy from our Barnes & Noble and Loganberry Books (a wonderful independent bookstore that is the epitome of what a bookshop should be, according to John). My FB friends know I had a snafu this past week which resulted in my visiting Carol & John's Comic Book Shop in Kamm's Corner (in Kamm's Corner Plaza, Lorain & Rocky River Drive). It's wonderful and filled not only with comics but also graphic novels with a delightful section for young readers. I urge you to visit this independent store, even if not a comic/graphic novel fan. Comic book stores were not covered in this book but maybe should have been. I leaned a lot from The Bookshop and it was enjoyable reading. Rating: A

THE BERRY PICKERS by Amanda Peters. Recent Release. Historical Fiction/Coming-of-Age. 307 pages. For years, the Mi'kmaq indigenous peoples of Nova Scotia have been coming to Maine to do the blueberry harvest. But one summer the youngest child, a daughter, disappears. Blaming himself, the next older child, a boy, grows up angry and filled with guilt. We follow his story as well as that of the young girl's. This debut novel is moving, poignant, and eminently readable. Rating: B+

LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera. Recent Release. Thriller/Mystery. 333 pages. Lucy and Savannah (Savvy) have been friends through school and into adulthood. Until the night Lucy is found with a wound to her head and covered in Savvy's blood. Savvy is dead and the whole community thinks Lucy did it. Lucy doesn't have any memory of that night and moves away. Her grandmother compels her to return just as a podcaster is about to start a series on the murder. Did she do it? If not, who did? And can anything be proven? Rating: Smart and edgy but a book of its time. Modern with language that can sometimes seem like it's straight from a text. Rating: B-

LIES AND WEDDINGS by Kevin Kwan. Recent Release. Contemporary Romance. 437 pages. This book makes its second appearance in little library thanks to my sister Kathy, also a reader. Like Crazy Rich Asians, the reader will be immersed in the world of the ultra-rich in this soapy story of love, money, murder, social climbing, and betrayal. It's an escapist fable with a pinch of social criticism. Thanks to their mom's out-of-control spending and their dad's secret borrowing to finance her, the three adult children are now looking at have an estate with no money to finance it. Trust mom to have a plan. All three kids should marry money, of course! There's only one problem. One son loves a title-less daughter of a local doctor. It's what used to be called a "manners novel" with an inheritance drama thrown in. Summer reading. Rating: B

THE HOTEL NANTUCKET by Elin Hilderbrand. Pub. 2022. Romance/ Domestic Fiction. 368 pp. A long-decrepit hotel is being revived by a billionaire whose goal is to impress two women, one of whom is a podcaster who rates hotels. But this hotel comes with the ghost of a maid who died in a fire way back in the day. And she didn't just die. She was murdered. Readers meet the staff, including the manager, a local woman rebounding from a broken long-term relationship, the chef, and several of the quirky guests. Light, entertaining reading that may make you want to visit Nantucket. For all the guests, the manager has written "The Blue Book," detailing how to get to the island, where to stay, where to eat, which beaches to visit for what, etc. That information is included at the end of the novel. It almost made me want to keep this book for myself should I visit there some day! Rating: B

As I mentioned, I visited Carol & John's Comic Book Store in Kamm's Corner. Never think I walked out of there empty-handed! I picked up several items for younger readers which I'll be dribbling out over the next couple of weeks. This week's offerings include:

GROVER LENDS A HAND. 123 Sesame Street Reading Level 1. Grover takes a walk down Sesame Street helping Big Bird with a bookshelf and encountering friends from Elmo to The Count to Cookie Monster. A great way to introduce your child to comic books though I found the word choices might be a bit difficult.

BLUEY: QUEENS. Bluey and Bingo are playing Queens but they both want to be the butler. Who will have to wear the crown?

DOGMAN FETCH-22 by Dav Pilkey. The Dogman books are very popular with a certain neighbor and his friends. Hoping he'll get his hands on this one! This is the 8th book in the series. Petey the Cat is out of jail and has a new lease on life. Li'l Petey is trying to figure out what's good in this world. Will Petey and Dogman be able to stop fighting like cats and dogs to figure it out?

BIG NATE AND FRIENDS by Lincoln Peirce. Sixth-grader Nate has some great friends who stick with him through thick and thin. They're joined by a gentle exchange student who's popular with almost everyone and Gina, the teacher's pet, who gets an A for annoying. This book is a collection of some of Nate's most hilarious adventures.

I'll go pop these in little library now and rearrange the remaining books on the coffee table. Hopefully, it will disguise how much I've spent on books lately. It seems like I hit periods of book droughts where there are few new releases which appeal to me and famines like now. I think I ordered about 8 new books! How to read them all! Maybe, as talked about in the first book, The Bookshop, I will have to eventually get a bookstall out front and sell them!

08/30/2024

I do wish there were a television show where someone would come in my house and help me magically go through my books and build me more bookshelves! lol. Giving some up books, though, that's hard. Though I did manage to do that recently to give to the Avon Lake Public Library for their upcoming book sale in September. Speaking of the library, I did read....

FINDING DOROTHY by Elizabeth Letts. Historical Fiction/ Biographical Fiction. Pub. 2019. 351 pages. Finding Dorothy is the Avon Lake Community Read this year! In this book, we follow the wife of author L. Frank Baum, author of Wizard of Oz, as she tries to protect her husband's work as it is made into a film. And tries to protect Judy Garland from lecherous men and her overly domineering mother. Through flashbacks, we learn of Maud's life growing up and her life with the author. For those reading the book, the author will be in town on September 26 for two presentations, one at 1 p.m. at the high school and one at the library at 7 p.m. Rating: B

THE CLIFFS by J. Courtney Sullivan. Domestic Fiction/Ghost Story. Recent Release. A Reece's Book Club pick. 369 pages. Ostensibly this book is about a researcher who, losing her job and putting her marriage recently in peril due to alcoholism, returns home to Maine to clear out her recently deceased hoarder mother's house. She's dismayed to find the abandoned Victorian house she loved as a kid has been bought and turned into a McMansion, even to the point of illegally digging up a small graveyard so a pool can be put in. But she accepts the new owner's offer for paid research on the home. In this book, you'll encounter a clairvoyant, ghosts/odd events, issues about alcoholism, Shaker history, and issues about the treatment of Native Americans and reparations. Rating: B

WORST CASE SCENARIO by T.J. Newman. Disaster/Thriller. New Release. 312 pages. Author Newman has also been a bookseller and a flight attendant, both of which she uses to her advantage in this book. In developing her book ideas, she asked many pilots what would be the worst thing they could imagine in flight. One pilot said, crashing into a nuclear power plant. And that's what happens in this novel. Small town Waketa, Minnesota, is the last place you'd expect anything to happen. Even the growth expected from the nuclear power plant years ago never materialized. But that changes the day a passenger plane crashes into the nuclear power plant, causing all kinds of issues in the plant itself and knocking out all communications in and with the community. First the community and plant technicians must figure what happened and what's going in the plant. Then they must deal with it, knowing aid from the national level will be hours in coming and they don't have that time. Author/bookstore owner Ann Patchett noted that it's funny that Newman's books which feature various flight disasters (from terror threats to crashing into the ocean) always seem to sell well in airports! Go figure. Rating: B-

Nothing new for the young readers. Time to go raid some used bookstores, I guess. I can't really say I won't enjoy it! -- Jeanne Rife

08/16/2024

What I love about little library is how it shows me how many people share a love of reading. Older and younger! It's always great to see someone stopping by for a look-see at what's inside Free Litlle Library on Regatta. And, tomorrow, sometime around noon, I'll be out to put in some more books, including:

FAMILIARIS by David Wroblewski. Recent Release. Historical Fiction/ Saga/ Domestic Fiction. Oprah's Book Club. 975 pages. Fifteen years ago, readers were wowed by the author's book Edgar Sawtelle. This book is a prequel which can stand alone, although if you've read Edgar, you can see where this is leading into that story. This is a great American novels full of people, their passions, and some very special dogs. The story begins in 1919 with John Sawtelle when he, his wife, a couple of friends, and a couple of dogs buy a farmhouse. Sounds simple, right? But it's not at all. Each character has such a unique perspective and one some major trauma. While focusing on John and wife Mary (and their sons), we follow the growth of each character. The story is a engaging, twisty, sometimes horrifying, sometimes eerie, and always moving. But it's the writing that knocked my socks off. I haven't read anything this well written since .... East of Eden? Kirkus Reviews says that "for all the eons it may take to read it, this colossus of a book will own you." Agreed. Rating: A+

THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Aliso Espach. New Release. Dark Comedy / Humor Fiction / Domestic Fiction / Modern Romance. 363 pages. Professor adjunct Phoebe Stone, now divorced with a cat that just passed and a thesis going nowhere, has hit rock bottom. She's always wanted to go to the Cornwall Inn in Newport, RI, and decides she'll go there for her final day and night of life. But she's the only guest in the hotel that is not attending the huge wedding that week. Things don't go as planned for Phoebe (thankfully) and her presence will impact the lives of many people there. By turns, funny and tender, sad and hopeful, this novel walks a fine line between literary fiction, women's fiction, and romance. Rating: B

I think I have to go shopping soon for the kids' side of little library but I'll put in the original book Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the first in the series and the book that got many kids reading! -- Jeanne Rife

08/11/2024

As all my FB friends know, I'm an avid reader but I'm stuck on a word and I need your help! I'm reading David Wroblewski's latest novel, Familiarus, a prequel to his book published 10 years ago, Edgar Sawtelle. The writing of Familiarus is powerfully descriptive with vivid characters but he's got me on this one line. In a section of this book early on, a huge fire is raging in Wisconsin. Three men have escaped the fire in a small boat and are watching it. In a paragraph about the fire (p. 238), Wroblewski writes: "For most of their voyage, banks of thick smoke had obscured the fire like a black stage curtain that now and then billowed open in an immense, sweeping veronica to reveal some tableau of orange and red, scene after scene, each different, like something meant to be studied, the catechism of an inscrutable teacher. Veronica? I Googled it and can't find a definition that fits. The woman who wiped Christ's sweat from his brow? Maybe? But then why wouldn't it be capitalized? I'll welcome any help. It's not going to hold back my reading but I'd just like to know.

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