Barbara McIntyre Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Writing about Ohio books & authors since 2002. Read my Sunday column https://t.co/aUU3O020Rx. Gannett/USA Today. Founder @TubaWivesClub.

Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Book Talk 10/23/22: A spooky week with haunted cemeteries, a "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" launch, Barbara Kingsolver ("Demon Copperhead" is "David Copperfield" set in modern Appalachia), @pronounced_ing ("Our Missing Hearts"), more ghost books & their authors. https://t.co/lUXBmJ2K4y
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Compulsion
Meyer Levin
My first viewing of #Rope. I’ve read Meyer Levin’s #Compulsion and seen the movie. #TCMParty
Paperback, 2015
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick
Marie Benedict
@akronlibrary The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray which is already on my list!
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Vintage Browns: A Warm Look Back at the Cleveland Browns of the 1970s, '80s, '90s and More
Terry Pluto
Book Talk 12/19/21: "The Reason We Play" is intended for younger readers, but adults will enjoy it. Terry Pluto’s "Vintage Browns: A Warm Look Back at the Cleveland Browns of the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s and More" follows a similar book about the Cavs. https://t.co/FxExhk5M0t
Paperback, 2021
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Company
John Whitworth Kropf
Book Talk 11/20/22: Author of "The Color Capital of the World" preaches "the gospel of the crayon." A classic Western set in 1880s Texas, and the poetry of a scholar. https://t.co/8HiZeS2b5u
Paperback, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
City on Fire
Don Winslow
I just finished #CityOnFire by @donwinslow and now I can’t wait for #CityOfDreams!
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What Nudism Exposes: An Unconventional History of Postwar Canada
Mary-Ann Shantz
"RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on Teaching and Learning with RuPaul's Drag Race, edited by Lindsay Bryde and Tommy Mayberry, won the 2022 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. Second place: "What Nudism Exposes: An Unconventional History of Postwar Canada."
Paperback, 2023
$37.95$18.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Runestone Saga: Children of Ragnarok
Cinda Williams Chima
Book Talk 12/4/22: "Children of Ragnarok" for teen readers, first in a series, is a thrilling saga of magical amulets, a fire demon, runes, and betrayal. Plus Pulitzer winner Geraldine Brooks, Richard Paul Evans ("The Christmas Box"), "Mistletoe & Murder." https://t.co/qfmRTBv3L5
Hardcover, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Yam a Donkey!
Cece Bell
Cece Bell earned a graduate degree from Kent State University and also wrote the picture book "I Yam a Donkey!" https://t.co/xvytAyZLo9
Hardcover, 2015
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Amanda Flower
2023 Edgar Award nominees include "American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper” by Clevelandnative Daniel Stashower, in Best Fact Crime. Nominated for Mary Higgins Clark Award,"Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Tallmadge author Amanda Flower.
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book