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Jun 13, 20143 min read
Intriguing Summer Reads
A Summer Trio Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn’s third novel, published in 2012, became a sensation, and will make its feature film debut in...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 5, 20143 min read
Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Young adult (YA) literature continues to be a hot commodity. From the Hunger Games to Divergent series, everyone seems to be reading YA,...
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Thrive Detroit
Feb 18, 20142 min read
Book Review: Why Does the World Exist by Jim Holt
Why is there something rather than nothing? This question, which occurs in many different forms throughout the pages of history, also...
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Thrive Detroit
Jan 20, 20145 min read
Book Review: Dred: The Great and Dismal Swamp
Much time has gone by since the 13th Amendment, prohibiting slavery, was passed in December 1865. Black History Month is a good time to...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 27, 20132 min read
Dean Dauphinais Book Review: “Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair” by Anne
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair (Riverhead Books, 2013) is the perfect follow-up to Anne Lamott’s wonderful Help,...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 13, 20134 min read
Book Review: The Interestings
Megan Wolitzer’s novel, The Interestings, is as compelling as its title suggests (along with extremely well-written and engaging), but...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 4, 20133 min read
Book Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Many of us don’t contemplate time on a deep level. Sure, we worry about getting to work or appointments promptly, and often lament the...
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Thrive Detroit
Jun 2, 20134 min read
Book Review: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald is a good companion piece that fits with the spirit of this summer’s resurgence of The Great Gatsby,...
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Thrive Detroit
May 17, 20132 min read
Book Reflection: Love, by Leo Buscaglia
Behold what you love and find dear. Be blind of eye and deaf of ear, so that when you’ve taken firm grasp of what you love, not even...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 1, 20133 min read
Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule the World By Christopher Steiner
The full title of Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule the World may intimidate some readers at first glance, but it is in fact a...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 1, 20134 min read
Book Review: Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Anyone who has ever been on a diet, or worked in a large organization, or even dealt with their family during the holiday season knows...
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Thrive Detroit
Feb 2, 20134 min read
Book Review: The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, with his sixteenth novel, has managed to tell the horrific tale of the Armenian Genocide while maintaining a wonderfully...
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Thrive Detroit
Jan 20, 20134 min read
Book Review: Carry the One
The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2012 came out the first week of December, and Carol Anshaw’s fourth novel, Carry the One, took...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 21, 20124 min read
Book Review:Winesburg,Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg, Ohio is a town whose inhabitants, living in the early 20th-century Midwest, ache for fulfillment, passion, and meaning, and...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 28, 20123 min read
Book Review: Gone Girl
Gone Girl was the hot summer read for those who were not reading that other popular “trashy” novel. But Gone Girl cannot be filed in the...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 2, 20124 min read
Book Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
A book that combines the stunning settings of 1960’s Italy and present-day Hollywood, and throws in legendary actor Richard Burton as a...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 3, 20123 min read
Book Review: A Theory of Relativity
Book Review: A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard Family ties can be forged in a multitude of ways. Many families are bound by...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 4, 20122 min read
Book Review: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
A good baseball game can keep us on the edge of our seats. So can a good love story. Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding has both, along...
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Thrive Detroit
Jul 1, 20123 min read
Book Review: 600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster
He keeps track of weather data, recording each day’s high and low temperatures. Edward also eats the same thing for breakfast...
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