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Newsletter #380

November 12, 2024

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4 books featured in this issue

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Big Vegan Flavor

by Nisha Vora

TRUE

Unless you have your own test kitchen, reviewing a new, 600-page cookbook can only be a partial exercise, but after using Big Vegan Flavor for the last two months as a part-time, non-expert cook in a... (Tom)

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I Know How to Draw an Owl

by Hilary Horder Hippely and Matt James

MADE-UP

I Know How to Draw an Owl is my favorite picture book of 2024. Beautiful and heart-wrenching, yet as quiet as an owl gliding through the trees, it depicts a serious issue with subtlety and sensitivity... (Haley)

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Meaning a Life

by Mary Oppen

TRUE Phinney by Post #119

Mary Colby and George Oppen met in a college poetry class in Corvallis in 1926; they spent a night together, for which Mary was expelled, but by then they had chosen to leave their pasts behind to sha... (Tom)

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The Little Chefs

by Rosemary Wells

MADE-UP Phinney Kids by Post #107

Anyone who has ever had a kitchen mishap will wish they had the Little Chefs on speed dial after reading this creative picture book. The next time your cookies burn or your soup is tasteless, look for... (Haley)

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