Category: Wine & Words
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Wine & Words: The Real Truth?
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote There are many different readers throughout the world. There are people who are born readers. Then there are others who find reading, or sometimes reading finds them. It could be a book or an author that is the catalyst spinning them into a bibliophile. I was one of those…
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Wine & Words: Secrets of the Past
Possession: A Romance By A.S. Byatt Writing is a form of expression. Be it a novel, a text message, or a blog post. The art of writing is constantly evolving. It changes to match the needs of people. This mode of expression is slipping into a wave of constant contact, through a text or even…
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Wine & Words: A Beneficial Engagement
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Have you ever been at a lost for what to read next? Libraries are not only a place to borrow books, but the librarians who work there aim to point you in the right direction. Librarians’ suggestions are valued. As librarians, we also value the suggestions brought to us by…
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Wine & Words: Transcending Distractions
Table for Two by Amor Towles Imagine sitting across the table, having a conversation with a close friend. It is just the two of you, facing each other. It is the most fundamental level of human interaction that we possess. There are no cell phones. No screens blaring the bright lights of a latest football…
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Wine & Words: A Perry Pairing
Washington: A LifeBy Ron Chernow By the time you are reading this a new president will be elected. I am not going to be political, but in leu of this election season, I would like to bring it back to our first elected president, George Washington. Let’s square away some things first; many people have…
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