I’ve been asked several times recently, ”Who is your favorite author?”
My all-time favorite author is Edith Wharton, who wrote my all-time favorite book, The Age of Innocence (see review under Book Reviews). 
However, I have some favorite modern day authors I’d like to share with you.
In the fiction category my current favorites are Tracy Chevalier and Khaled Hosseini.
Chevalier’s most famous [...]

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Dust off those classics ~ they deserve another chance 
In this fast pace world of cell phone, Ipods and virus videos it is easy to forget about classics.  You know the classics; those books collecting dust on your bookshelf, behind the best-sellers you bought because Oprah liked it or because you liked the attractively decorated cover. 
I [...]

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