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What about inviting a small sample from a book/play by an acting group? It could stimulate interest and discussion about the book and the full pla...
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I guess it all depends on what you like to talk about. In book discussions I always find myself dissecting the authors motives for what happens in ...
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Laura Esquivel fits in with this crowd, also try Jorge Amado, a very famous Brazilian writer. His books are not strictly magical realism, but title...
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She's not strictly a Sci-Fi writer, but Mary Doria Russell wrote two great sci-fi books, The Sparrow and the sequel, Children of God. Hard to forge...
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What about Terry Pratchett? He's quite prolific, extremely funny, sarcastic and has some of the most endearing characters around (Nanny Ogg, Granny...
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The Short stories of Aimee Bender are un-beatable. High steeped in mythology and other great stuff. Also her new novel is terrific. Here at the sto...
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Wow. I have no idea. But I'll ask around.
Confidential: My mom's named Sally. I'm so going to tell her about this book. Hilarious.
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I agree with Maria
William Gibson seems to have gone off the deep end after book three, but if you haven't read his early stuff then you are in ...
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Some of the contemporaries of the authors you mention are still writing: Ben Bova, Stephen Baxter, Greg Bear, Larry Niven...
Then there's the ge...
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There is some intense love in "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger. It would give it away to say too much, but it's lovely, bordering on cr...
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Thank you for asking this question, you know, since we started this question and answer site at ravenna.thirdplacebooks.com, we hear this question ...
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Ohh! I think the book you are talking about is called Mandy, by Julie Andrews Edwards. At the end, the little girl gets sick and a man (who turns o...
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Of course I am going to say why why do you need a good bridge. Kids' books break down the real world into sizable delicious chunks. I'm hungry.
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I love Lauren Child, who has a great great great new version of "Princess and the Pea." She made dioramas and worked with a portrait photographer s...
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"Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story" by Leoni Swann is a good one. It's a mystery with a flock of sheep as the detectives. I love the whimsy ...
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I didn't like to read much as a kid but when my sister got me "The Phantom Tollbooth" I read it cover to cover.
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For books set in Seattle I love Tom Robbins. He's surely a bit kooky but his descriptions of the weather are fantastic. "Another Roadside Attractio...
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Have you considered the two books by Suzanne Collins- THE HUNGER GAMES is the first, and CATCHING FIRE is the sequel - wonderful novels, set in th...
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Ok, here goes:
-James Marshall, the creator of George and Martha, Fox, The Stupids, Miss Nelson, and more.
-Arnold Lobel, who wrote and illustra...
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Hello Sarah,
Thank you for taking the time to write us and ask us a question here at Ravenna Third Place Books.
You know, children's book i...
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Ohh! I think the book you are talking about is called Mandy, by Julie Andrews Edwards. At the end, the little girl gets sick and a man (who turns o...
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Sorry for taking so long to answer your question, you're probably nose deep in poetry right now from these great recomendations before mine-- thoug...
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Robert Sund's poetry, while not taking place in Seattle, happens in the area all around. His poem, 'In the Woods Above Issaqua' is one of the fines...
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