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1 week ago | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney |Gregg Thomas |Susie Scholz
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen. Thomas and Mercer, 2019. The question of Nature versus Nurture in determining a person’s character has been debated since the days of the Bible when Cain murdered his brother, Abel.
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1 month ago | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney |Susie Scholz
One Voice, Two Lives: From Auschwitz to 101 Airborne Trooper by Cantor David S. Wisnia. ComteQ Publishing, 2015. One day in 1941, the father of 15-year-old David Wisnia told him to take his father’s place at work for the day. Mr. Wisnia didn’t explain why he wanted his son to spend the day at the Okecie International Airport, cleaning the barracks for the German Luftwaffe, but young David jumped at the chance to escape the mind-numbing boredom and stale air of the family apartment.
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1 month ago | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney |David Brighouse
The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel De Vise. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024. He was the sword-wielding Samurai Dry Cleaner. He barked, “No Coke, just Pepsi,” from behind the counter of a Greek diner. He stuck straws up his nose as Flounder, a frat boy on the seven-year plan in Animal House, and he did Joe Cocker better than Joe Cocker, the entertainer, himself, could, rolling around on the stage floor.
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1 month ago | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney |David Brighouse
Postmortem: What Survives the John Wayne Gacy Murders by Courtney Lund O’Neil. Citadel, 2025. Author Courtney Lund O’Neil has written a true crime story from a unique point of view. Although the book is about the monstrous murders of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, O’Neil focuses primary attention on Gacy’s victims and the infinite repercussions of their slaughter on those who knew and loved them.
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2 months ago | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney |Neal Simon |David Brighouse
Scythe by Neal Shusterman. Simon and Schuster, 2016. Scythe, the first book in Neal Shusterman’s series about a new world order, demands to be read more than once. Although it is classified as Young Adult Fiction, like the Harry Potter novels, the books can be read on more than one level.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney |Marianne Carillo
Edison by Pallavi Sharma Dixit. Third State Books, 2024. I was hired to teach English at J.P. Stevens High School in September 1988. When I received and read my class rosters, the names of several Asian-Indian students stood out as extremely challenging to pronounce. Therefore, I took the rosters home with me and practiced saying the tongue twister names out loud. It turned out that when I met the students in person the following day, my practice had been for naught.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney
The Locked Door by Freida McFadden. Poisoned Pen, 2021. Frieda McFadden has distinguished herself over the last decade as the premier author of the psychological thriller. She can weave a great story and keep the reader guessing until the last page, and usually I find myself laughing that I was too blind to figure out “who dunnit.” There is a delicious sense of black humor incorporated into a McFadden that is irresistible if one is partial to this genre.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney
A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci. Grand Central, 2024. As a storyteller, David Baldacci never disappoints his readers. Whether the novel is from the Atlee Pine, John Puller, or Memory Man series, Baldacci’s ability to keep the reader engaged from midnight until morning, proves that he is one of the best contemporary writers on the NY Times Bestsellers List.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney
Photo Credit: Shutterstock You Like It Darker by Stephen King. Scribner, 2024. Stephen King has published several volumes of short stories and novelettes over the years. Who can forget “The Mangler,” “Apt Pupil,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Body” or “Gray Matter,” outstanding tales from those masterful collections?
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
tapinto.net | Beth Moroney
Photo Credit: TAPinto.net File Photo After Annie by Anna Quindlen. Random House, 2024. As Annie Brown is preparing dinner one night for her husband, Bill, and four children, Ali, Ant, Jaimie, and Benjy, she suddenly falls to the floor after asking Bill for Advil to treat an oncoming headache. Her family doesn’t believe that anything is truly wrong with Annie; after all, she is young and healthy.
