Kate’s 2¢: “Road trip with a vampire” by Jenna Levine

“Road trip with a vampire” by Jenna Levine

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   This was one of seven books sent to me by NLS. It is not one I would’ve chosen, but, it was fun listening to Amanda Stribling narrate this, at times, gory story.

   I found the following lighter and more entertaining:

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Order in Series: 03

Author: Lemming, Kimberly

From the WEB:

 Jenna Levine

Penguin Random House

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com › Authors

About this result

By night, she’s the USA Today-bestselling author of humorous paranormal romances where the characters always find love, no matter who (or what) they are.

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Series: My vampires

Order in Series: 03

Author: Levine, Jenna

Reading Time: 12 hours, 31 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Amanda Stribling

Subjects: Fantasy Fiction, Humor and Humorous Fiction, Occult and Horror Fiction, Romance

“A vampire who can’t remember his past and a witch with secrets of her own hit the road in this zany, cross-country romantic comedy. Reformed bad witch Grizelda “Zelda” Watson had hoped to never see another vampire again when she slipped away to sunny California for a fresh start. She’d grown tired of them and their nonsense ages ago. But when a vampire with amnesia unexpectedly shows up on her doorstep with a letter from her old friend Reggie and asks for her help, she can’t say no. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Peter Elliott is tall and gorgeous, looks great in yoga shorts, and has the kind of dark hair and surly expression that for hundreds of years Zelda’s been a sucker for. Peter isn’t completely harmless — he is fanged, after all — but he’s harmless enough, and soon becomes the only person in Zelda’s new life who knows the truth about what she is. If she can help him decipher the cryptic notes in his journal, the only clues to his lost memories, she might as well try before sending him on his way. But when an alarming message from Peter’s past coincides with a clear sign that Zelda can’t keep running from her own, they embark on a cross-country road trip for answers — only to find what they’re looking for in each other.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

New York : Penguin Random House, 2025.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The tree of life: solving science’s greatest puzzle” by Maximilian Telford

“The tree of life: solving science’s greatest puzzle” by Maximilian Telford

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   This is one of seven books sent to me by the NLS. It is not one I would’ve chosen. It appears to have a political bias.

From the web:

Max Telford is the Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College London. He studied in Oxford, Paris, the Natural History Museum in …

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Author: Telford, Maximilian J.

Reading Time: 11 hours, 53 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Peter Noble

Subjects: Nature and the Environment, Science and Technology

“For centuries, scientists have chased the secrets of how life on our planet arose, how it assumed its dazzling diversity of forms, and how we humans are related to everything else on earth. With increasingly sophisticated genetic methods now bringing us ever closer to answers, leading evolutionary biologist Max Telford takes us inside one of science’s greatest quests. In the intellectually thrilling The Tree of Life, Telford shows how reconstructing the web of relationships between all our planet’s species, from birds and butterflies to mushrooms and moose, allows us to unravel the epic history of life on our planet. In Telford’s hands, the many-branched evolutionary trees that biologists assemble — from Charles Darwin’s first sketches to the vast computer-generated diagrams scientists are building today — become time machines that take us on a vivid journey through four billion years of life’s history. Far from a dry representation of the dead, the tree of life is a living, shifting thing that constantly alters our perspective on the past, present, and future of life on earth.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

Old Saybrook : Tantor Media, Inc, 2025.

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 Kate’s 2¢: “Science under siege: how to fight the five most powerful forces that threaten our world” by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez

“Science under siege: how to fight the five most powerful forces that threaten our world” by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez

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   This is one of seven books sent to me by the NLS. It is not one I would’ve chosen. It appears to have a political bias.

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Authors: Mann, Michael E., Hotez, Peter J.

Reading Time: 8 hours, 47 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Tim Campbell

Subjects: Government and Politics, Health and Medicine, Science and Technology

“Two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement — and show us how to fight back From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. Whether it’s the health of our people or the health of our planet, we know we are on an unsustainable path. But our efforts to effectively tackle these existential crises are now hampered by a common threat: politically and ideologically motivated opposition to science. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez are two of the most respected and well-known scientists in the world and have spent the last twenty years on the front lines of the battle to convey accurate, reliable, and trustworthy information about science in the face of determined and nihilistic opposition. In this powerful manifesto, they reveal the five main forces threatening science: plutocrats, pros, petrostates, phonies, and the press. It is a call to arms and a road map for dismantling the forces of anti-science. Armed with the information in this book, we can be empowered to promote scientific truths, shine light on channels of dark money, dismantle the corporations poisoning the planet, and ultimately avert disaster.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

New York : Hachette Audio, 2025.

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Kate’s 2¢: “What sheep think about the weather: how to listen to what animals are trying to say” by Amelia Thomas

“What sheep think about the weather: how to listen to what animals are trying to say” by Amelia Thomas

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   Amelia Thomas read her own book, so she knew right where to put a smile in her voice, her tongue in-cheek, and the professional spin on the facts  she’d researched 

   Well done, Amelia.

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Amelia Thomas is a Cambridge University-educated British author, naturalist, and journalist who lives on a farm in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Author: Thomas, Amelia

Reading Time: 10 hours, 38 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Amelia Thomas

Subjects: Animals and Wildlife, Nature and the Environment, Science and Technology

“It started with a hummingbird dive-bombing Amelia Thomas over her morning coffee, and a pair of piglets who just wouldn’t stay put. Soon Amelia, journalist and new farmer, begins to question the communications of the creatures all around her. Are they all just animals reacting instinctually to the world around them — or are they trying to communicate something deeper? Driven by lifelong curiosity, Amelia embarks on a journey to uncover what animals truly seek to say to humans. On the way, along with groundbreaking chimps and circumspect octopuses, she’ll meet an extraordinary cast of experts, from animal behaviorists and anthrozoologists to trackers and psychologists, and even explore the surprising insights of pet psychics, A.I. researchers, and animal mindfulness practitioners. Each perspective offers a new layer of understanding about the subtle, complex ways animals connect with us — and will deepen our appreciation for every creature with whom we share our planet. In What Sheep Think About the Weather, Amelia chronicles her sometimes difficult discoveries with humor, heart, and awe. More than just a memoir, this book is a call to listen — not only to the animals we love but to the untamed world around us. What if the answers to some of humanity’s greatest questions have been whispered to us all along?” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

Old Saybrook : Tantor Media, Inc, 2025.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Fireworks every night: a novel” by Beth Raymer

“Fireworks every night: a novel” by Beth Raymer

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   I listened enthralled as Rachel L. Jacobs narrated this, apparently, semi-auto-biographical  story.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Raymer was born in Steubenville, Ohio in 1976 and grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she attended Palm Beach Community College.[citation needed] Her work often draws on her challenging childhood and the struggle of maintaining a relationship with her homeless father.[8]

Raymer attended Florida State University, graduating with a B.A. in social work. As a student, she worked as an “in-home stripper” and later modeled for adult websites.[9] After being fired from a social work job[10] Raymer moved to Las Vegas at the age of 24 and found work in the world of high-stakes gambling and bookmaking.[11][8][12] She received an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University in 2008.[13]

Raymer’s book, Lay the Favorite, was published in 2010.[14] It follows Raymer as she navigates the legal and illegal world of sports gambling. It has been described as a “tragicomic biography” [15] and a “Dickensian picaresque that paints an entertaining view of sports gambling and her own unconventional character.”[16]

In 2007, Focus Features and Random House Films acquired the rights to produce a movie adaptation of the book.[17] Stephen Frears directed the movie, also called Lay the Favorite, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.[18] Rebecca Hall plays Raymer, starring alongside Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vince Vaughn.

Fireworks Every Nightedit

Raymer’s debut novel Fireworks Every Night, Random House (summer, 2023),[19] explores class differences, the lasting effects of childhood dysfunction, and complex family bonds.[20]

The Lingerie Showedit

Raymer is the writer and narrator of the short film The Lingerie Show, 2015.[21] This film about addiction, loss, and a new start, debuted at the New York Film Festival and was an official selection of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Melbourne International Animation Festival, Madrid International Film Festival, the Chicago Underground Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Head of Household: A Journal for Single Momsedit

Head of Household: A Journal for Single Moms, Princeton Architectural Press, May, 2023[22]

Nuclear: Family and its Aftermathedit

Nuclear: Family and its Aftermath, Random House, Spring, 2025.[23] This book explores the diverging destinies of two sisters growing up in poverty in 1980s Florida.[23]

From NLS/BARD/LOC;

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Author: Raymer, Beth

Reading Time: 8 hours, 39 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Rachel L. Jacobs

Subjects: Family, Human Relations, Psychological Fiction

““Florida, we got it all. Motorsports, ribs, beer. You can drive on the sand right on up to the ocean. Fireworks every night.” That’s how twelve-year-old CC’s father, who named her after his beloved Canadian Club whiskey, describes the appeal of their new home. The man is a born grifter, a used-car salesman who burns down his dealership in southern Ohio for enough insurance money to set up a life for himself, his wife, and his two young daughters in a place he picks largely at random, because the living seems easy. CC’s mother is thirty-five going on seventeen, a housewife who just wants to drive a Mustang and hang out at the mall. CC’s sister goes from loving Debbie Gibson and jelly shoes to having a full-on drug addiction and listening only to heavy metal, after enduring forms of abuse within her family. In the midst of this dysfunction, CC is trying to stay afloat and make it out—to achieve some semblance of a stable life in America while coming up against the structural and cultural challenges of growing up in poverty.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. “”Florida, we got it all. Motorsports, ribs, beer. You can drive on the sand right on up to the ocean. Fireworks every night.” That’s how twelve-year-old CC’s father, who named her after his beloved Canadian Club whiskey, describes the appeal of their new home. The man is a born grifter, a used-car salesman who burns down his dealership in southern Ohio for enough insurance money to set up a life for himself, his wife, and his two young daughters in a place he picks largely at random, because the living seems easy. CC’s mother is thirty-five going on seventeen, a housewife who just wants to drive a Mustang and hang out at the mall. CC’s sister goes from loving Debbie Gibson and jelly shoes to having a full-on drug addiction and listening only to heavy metal, after enduring forms of abuse within her family. In the midst of this dysfunction, CC is trying to stay afloat and make it out-to achieve some semblance of a stable life in America while coming up against the structural and cultural challenges of growing up in poverty.” — Provided by publisher.

New York : Penguin Random House, [2023]

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Kate’s 2¢: “First snow, last light” by Wayne Johnston

“First snow, last light” by Wayne Johnston

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   Iole Fabbro and  Stephen Pineo did a good job of narrating this tale for us. I enjoyed listening to this story and I actually liked the ending.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Wayne Johnston (born May 22, 1958) is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting. In 2011 Johnston was awarded the Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award in recognition of his contribution to Canadian literature.[1]

Early life and education edit

Johnston was born on May 22, 1958, in Goulds, Newfoundland, and graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in English. He worked for three years as a reporter for the St. John’s Daily News.[1]

In 1981, he moved to Ottawa and began to pursue writing full-time. He graduated with an MA from the University of New Brunswick in 1983.[1]

Careeredit

Fictionedit

His first novel, The Story of Bobby O’Malley—which was written while he was a graduate student—won the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1985.[1][2]

His second novel, The Time of Their Lives, won the Air Canada/Canadian Authors Association Award for Most Promising Young Canadian Writer in 1988.[3] His novel won the 1991 Thomas Head Raddall Award and was subsequently adapted into a film of the same name.[4] Johnston wrote the screenplay for the film, which won best screenplay in the Atlantic Film Festival and was nominated for an ACTRA Award.[3]

Johnston’s breakthrough novel, 1998’s The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, was shortlisted for both the Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for English-language fiction.[5][6] It was acclaimed for its portrayal of historical Newfoundland politician Joey Smallwood.[7][8] The Colony of Unrequited Dreams was adapted into a play by Robert Chafe.[9] The novel was chosen for the 2003 edition of CBC Radio’s Canada Reads competition, where it was championed by politician Justin Trudeau.[10]

Johnston’s The Custodian of Paradise, published in 2006, tells the story of Sheilagh Fielding, a fictional character originally introduced in The Colony of Unrequited Dreams.[11] In 2002, Johnston published The Navigator of New York, a historical novel about the race by Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to reach the North Pole; it was shortlisted for both the Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for English-language fiction.[12][6] The Custodian of Paradise (2006), A World Elsewhere (2011), and The Son of a Certain Woman (2013) were longlisted for the Giller Prize.[13][14][15]

Johnston was awarded the Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award in recognition of his contribution to Canadian literature in 2011.[16] In April 2014, Johnston was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for his novel The Son of a Certain Woman.[17]

In 2017, his novel First Snow, Last Light was released, with the fictional character Sheilagh Fielding returning for the third time.[18] In 2021, he published The Mystery of Right and Wrong.[19] The Novice of Holloway Hall was published in 2026,[20] and was longlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize.[21]

Non-fictionedit

Johnston has also published non-fiction. His Baltimore’s Mansion (1999), is a memoir about his father and grandfather. It won the inaugural Charles Taylor Prize.[22]

His 2022 memoir Jennie’s Boy recounts his childhood in Newfoundland and won the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.[23][24]

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Author: Johnston, Wayne

Reading Time: 14 hours, 49 minutes

Production: CNIB

Read by: Iole Fabbro, Stephen Pineo

Subjects: Family, Growing up, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Human Relations, Mystery and Detective Stories, Psychological Fiction

Ned Vatcher, only 14, ambles home from school before the first storm of 1936 to find the house locked, the family car missing, and his parents gone without a trace. From that point on, his life is driven by the need to find out what happened to the Vanished Vatchers. His father, Edgar, born to a poor family of fishermen, had risen to become the right-hand man to the colony’s prime minister, then suffered an unexpected fall from grace. While searching for the truth, Ned finds himself enmeshed in the family of his missing father, who are themselves haunted by the inexplicable disappearance of a third Vatcher, a young man who was lost at sea on a calm and sunny day years earlier. Two other people loom large as Ned becomes Newfoundland’s first media mogul, building an empire to insulate him from loss: a Jesuit priest named Father Duggan, and Sheilagh Fielding, a boozy giantess who, while wandering the city streets at night, composes satiric columns that scandalize the rich and powerful. Bestseller. 2017. Unrated. Marrakesh title.

Toronto : Knopf Canada, 2017.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Good Morning, Killer” by April Smith

“Good Morning, Killer” by April Smith

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   I enjoyed listening to Martha Harmon Pardee, my favorite narrator, share this story with me. The author wielded her craft well to develop the narrative arc and come to a satisfying climax.

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www.aprilsmith.net

April Smith is an American novelist, television writer and producer. Her most recent novel, suspenseful historical fiction, is Home Sweet Home. Previously, A Star For Mrs. Blake, chosen by the Cincinnati Public Library as their 2014 “On The Same Page” all-city reads book [1]. Other works include a series of four mystery/thrillers featuring FBI Special Agent Ana Grey. One of them, Good Morning, Killer, was adapted and executive produced by Smith for the TNT Mystery Movie Nights in 2011. She is also the author of a stand-alone thriller about the only woman baseball scout in the major leagues, Be the One.

Educationedit

A 1967 graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Smith earned a BS with Distinction in English from Boston University and a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Stanford University.

Television producer and writeredit

Smith worked on several hit television series from the late 1970s through 2000 as producer, writer, and executive story editor, including Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey, and Chicago Hope. She also adapted stories by Stephen King for the TNT series Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

She wrote teleplays for several made-for-TV movies, including the critically acclaimed 1998 remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and the 1999 adaptation of the Anna Quindlen novel Black and Blue. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her screenplay for Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984).

In 2011 Smith penned the adaptation of her own novel Good Morning, Killer, for the TNT Mystery Movie Night series.[1]

Smith’s work has been nominated for three Emmys and two Writer’s Guild awards.

Novelsedit

Smith is the author of seven novels published by Alfred A. Knopf in hardcover and Vintage trade paperback, including thrillers and historical novels of suspense.

The latest, Home Sweet Home (2017), is the epic saga of a family that becomes the victim of a murderous witch-hunt during the McCarthy era in 1950s South Dakota [2]. A Star For Mrs. Blake (2014)[3] is historical fiction based on the Gold Star Mothers pilgrimages of the 1930s, during which the U.S. government authorized funds for widows and mothers of soldiers killed during World War I and buried overseas to visit the graves of their loved ones. Now a forgotten footnote in history, almost 7,000 American women made the journey. It was the first official recognition of the sacrifices made by women during times of war.

She is also known for four novels of suspense featuring FBI Special Agent Ana Grey as the central character: North of Montana (1994), Good Morning, Killer (2003), Judas Horse (2008), and White Shotgun (2011), as well as a standalone thriller about the only woman baseball scout in major league baseball, Be the One, (2000), and two young adult books based on the TV series James at 15.

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Series: Ana Grey mystery

Order in Series: 02

Author: Smith, April

Reading Time: 10 hours, 43 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Martha Harmon Pardee

Subjects: Mystery and Detective Stories, Psychological Fiction

FBI agent Ana Grey from North of Montana (DB 38878) is searching for a kidnapper who preys on teenage girls. But after Ana is arrested for shooting her lover, police detective Andrew Berringer, she follows the case behind the scenes. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2003.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2003.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Flee, fly, flown” by Janet Hepburn

“Flee, fly, flown” by Janet Hepburn

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   I enjoyed listening to Diane Mackay narrate this bitter/sweet story of two spunky oldsters, who were not ready to be shuffled off, and a young man, who had a lot of potential.  

   I couldn’t find a bio for this author on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, but her information is in the beginning of the book. Janet Hepburn lives in Port Dover, Ontario. Her novel, Flee, Fly, Flown, was published in March 2013 with Second Story Press.

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Author: Hepburn, Janet

Reading Time: 6 hours, 45 minutes

Production: CNIB

Read by: Diane Mackay

Subjects: Human Relations, Humor and Humorous Fiction, Psychological Fiction

Lillian and Audrey hatch a plot to escape from Tranquil Meadows Nursing Home, “borrow” a car, and spend their hastily planned vacation time driving to destinations west. They set out on their journey having forgotten that their memory problems might make driving and following directions difficult. Then they meet up with the unsuspecting Rayne, a young man also heading west in hope of reconciling with his family. 2013. Unrated. Marrakesh title.

Toronto : Second Story Press, 2013.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Great House” by Nicole Krauss

“Great House” by Nicole Krauss

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   I enjoyed listening to Jill Fox narrate this lengthy tale of a desk with 19 mismatched drawers. I admit I sometimes got lost in the purpose of the convoluted narrative arc.

   A few takeaways:

–We failed to support each other, as we should have.

–Why is it that the same thing that destroys one, does not destroy another?

–How do you help someone who won’t help himself?

–How simple to put myself into storage (of those 19, mismatched drawers)

–There are times that the kindness of strangers…one realizes how badly one needs kindness.

–My love for her was a failure of imagination.

–We began to assemble more than a thousand years of oral law…it became the Talmud.

–Turn Jerusalem into an idea.

–His school became known as the great house.

–A perfect assemblage of the  infinite parts of the Jewish memory.

–Of many people, each has his own way of coping with reality

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Nicole Krauss (born August 18, 1974)[1] is an American author best known for her four novels Man Walks into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005), Great House (2010) and Forest Dark (2017), which have been translated into 35 languages.[2] Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Esquire, and Granta’s Best American Novelists Under 40, and has been collected in The Best American Short Stories 2003,[3] The Best American Short Stories 2008,[4] The Best American Short Stories 2019[5] and The Best American Short Stories 2021.[6]

In 2011, Krauss won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Great House.[7] A collection of her short stories, To Be a Man, was published in 2020[8] and won the Wingate Literary Prize in 2022.[9][10]

Early lifeedit

Krauss, who grew up on Long Island,[11][12] New York, was born in Manhattan, New York City, to a British Jewish mother and an American Jewish father, an engineer and orthopedic surgeon[13] who grew up partly in Israel.[14] Krauss’s maternal grandparents were born in Germany and Ukraine and later emigrated to London. Her paternal grandparents were born in Hungary and Slonim, Belarus, met in Israel, and later emigrated to New York.[15] Many of these places are central to Krauss’s 2005 novel, The History of Love, and the book is dedicated to her grandparents.[12]

Krauss, who started writing when she was a teenager,[16][17] wrote and published mainly poetry[17][18] until she began her first novel in 2001.

In 1987, when Krauss’s father traveled with his family to Switzerland to take up a medical fellowship in Basel, she was enrolled as a boarder in the International School of Geneva, where she pursued her secondary school studies in Year 9. Krauss’s memories of that experience are conveyed in her autobiographical short story “Switzerland”, published in 2020.[19]

Krauss enrolled in Stanford University in 1992, and that fall she met Joseph Brodsky[11][20] who worked closely with her on her poetry over the next three years. He also introduced her to the work of writers such as Italo Calvino and Zbigniew Herbert. In 1999, three years after Brodsky died, Krauss produced a documentary about his work for BBC Radio 3.[21] She traveled to St. Petersburg where she stood in the “room and a half” where he grew up, made famous by his essay of that title. Krauss majored in English and graduated with honors, winning several undergraduate prizes for her poetry as well as the Dean’s Award for academic achievement. She also curated a reading series with Fiona Maazel at the Russian Samovar, a restaurant in New York City co-founded by Roman Kaplan, Brodsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov.[22]

In 1996 Krauss was awarded a Marshall Scholarship and enrolled in a master’s program at Somerville College, Oxford,[2] where she wrote a thesis on the American artist Joseph Cornell. During the second year of her scholarship she attended the Courtauld Institute in London,[2] where she received a master’s degree in art history, specializing in 17th-century Dutch art and writing a thesis on Rembrandt.

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Great house DB71935

Author: Krauss, Nicole

Reading Time: 11 hours, 36 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Jill Fox

Subjects: Bestsellers, Family, Psychological Fiction

Tale of a grand desk of nineteen drawers and its symbolism to owners present and past: a New York writer, a Chilean poet, an Israeli reacquiring family furniture that was stolen by the Nazis, and a woman who escaped the Holocaust. Some strong language. Natal Book Award Finalist. Bestseller. 2010.

New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2010.

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Kate’s 2¢: “That time I got drunk and saved a human”, Mead mishaps03 by Kimberly Lemming

“That time I got drunk and saved a human”, Mead mishaps03 by Kimberly Lemming

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Kate’s 2¢: “That time I got drunk and saved a human”, Mead mishaps03 by

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   This is one of the seven books NLS sent to me on one cartridge.

   I smiled a lot as I listened to Hazel Addison narrate this humorous fairytale.  It is hard to take seriously a dragon shapeshifter whose human form still retains one horn.

AI Overview

Kimberly Lemming is a USA Today bestselling author known for writing humorous and diverse fantasy romance novels, including the popular Mead Mishaps series.

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That time I got drunk and saved a human DB132907

Series: Mead mishaps

Order in Series: 03

Author: Lemming, Kimberly

Reading Time: 9 hours, 0 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Hazel Addison

Subjects: Fantasy Fiction, Romance

“All children are told fairytales. Some are epic adventures with high stakes and exciting twists but others are tales of pitiful princesses trapped in boring towers pining for their Prince Charmings to come and rescue them. But one young woman always hated those stories. Why didn’t they get up and rescue themselves? Little did she know that her own fate would take a similarly ironic turn. Because now, here she is. Stuck. In a tower. Turns out, when a dragon holds you hostage, he doesn’t just let you get up and leave. Who knew? And just when she thinks she sees hope on the horizon, that hope is smashed to bits by — you guessed it — another damn dragon.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

New York : Hachette Book Group, 2023.

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