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Uner Cover: Book Club Blooms with “Lilac Girls”

Recently, I took a fifteen-hour road trip with my oldest son, ferrying him home from school for the measly three week break that will act as his “summer.” After flying in to help him move out of the dorm, and into his new digs, we made the trek back to California via the open...
Posted On 07 Jun 2017
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Under Cover: “Sweetbitter” Author Stephanie Danler Comes to Newport Library

Many people seem to view working in the restaurant industry as some sort of failure – a melting pot of people who either can’t or won’t get a “real job,” or who are still working their way towards the opportunity to find one. The reality is, while there are those types of...
Posted On 30 Apr 2017
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Under Cover: Local Author Profiles a Woman’s Baseball Odyssey

Those of you that recognize the name Jean Hastings Ardell, likely know her as both the columnist who writes the Indy’s own “Left of Center” political column, and a staunch local Democrat. What you may not know about Ardell, however, is that she is an equally staunch fan of the...
Posted On 09 Mar 2017
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Under Cover: For the Love of Zelda

Love is in the air, and perhaps also on your TV screen. Of course, the word love is subjective, as is the love story depicted in the new Amazon original series, “Z: The Beginning of Everything.” Recounting the saga of one of the literary world’s most well-known love stories, “Z”...
Posted On 10 Feb 2017
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Under Cover Book Club: Stories from Trevor Noah

Happy New Year, book lovers! It is hard to believe that we have collectively turned the page on another chapter—one more volume of life now closed and tucked away into a grand library, to be looked back upon only occasionally as we move forward in pursuit of what is yet to come....
Posted On 05 Jan 2017
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Under Cover: The Book of Joy

The holiday season is, at its root, a time of joy. When we remove the commercial trappings, and blatant consumerism, we are all celebrating a joyous event—Joy at a redeemer born in a manger long ago, or joy at the miracle of light, born of oil that lasted eight whole nights. We...
Posted On 23 Dec 2016
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Under Cover: Stories and Recipes for “Christmas Days”

The countdown is on. Christmas and Hanukkah are almost upon us, shipping deadlines are drawing near, and children everywhere can tell you exactly how many days until school is out and the gift-giving begins. Mothers and fathers are carefully checking their shopping lists, to...
Posted On 16 Dec 2016
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New Book Offers “News of the World”

I’ve been in a bit of a book drought lately, my reading time dwindling to the levels of a conservation-era watering schedule. This tends to happen to me cyclically – I’ll be fired up about a book, to the point where I have it with me everywhere I go, in hopes of catching a few...
Posted On 04 Nov 2016
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Under Cover: Author of “Station Eleven” Comes to Newport Library

As a society, we have become so entirely reliant upon our technology that to imagine our daily existence without its myriad assistances becomes almost mind-numbing. How do we get from point A to point B, if not by plane, train, or automobile? How do we check in with mom two...
Posted On 28 Oct 2016
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Under Cover: Library Live Hosts Pulitzer-Winning Author

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation is preparing to kick-off their annual Library Live series, and while always providing patrons with the opportunity to hear from world-class speakers right in their own backyard, this year, the foundation has something extra special up...
Posted On 23 Sep 2016
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Under Cover: Mother-Daughter Book Club

Today would be my mother’s 70th birthday. An age with a strong foothold in the golden years, 70 is supposed to usher in a decade of retirement, grandchildren, and relaxation from the workaday world. It brings with it slower steps, but also, the wisdom born of having experienced...
Posted On 09 Sep 2016
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Under Cover: The Olympics Offer Gold Medal Reads

Historically, the Olympics have been a time when a truce is called, and city-states that were typically warring with one another put their differences aside for a show of sport. As the torch is lit tonight (Aug. 5), we enter a period when (hopefully) we will follow suit. For the...
Posted On 04 Aug 2016
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Under Cover Book Club Offers an Olympic Read

I love the Olympics. I unapologetically thrill at the pomp and circumstance, and become enthralled (if for but a few short weeks) with the joy of sport, completely buying in to the cliched thrill of victory and agony of defeat. My love of the Olympiad goes back a long way—to...
Posted On 28 Jul 2016
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Under Cover: Summer Reading Escapism with ‘Attachments’

In between evaluating which mementos should be taken along to college and which should be relegated to a dusty garage storage shrine, while also attempting to plan for an upcoming winter unlike any experienced by California natives, and embarking on a days-long farewell tour, it...
Posted On 01 Jul 2016
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Under Cover: Favorite Tales for Christmas

It’s that time of year when our hearts turn to the holidays. Sentimentality reigns, and if you are like me, you are quick to tear up upon hearing a favorite song, or sharing a favorite story. In our house, this week brought the return of advent calendars, Elf on the Shelf, and...
Posted On 04 Dec 2015
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Under Cover Book Club Offers Tales from Grandma

After gorging yourself on turkey and fixings, and spending more hours than you care to admit perusing the annual Black Friday ads, opportunity will be ripe for a little relaxation. While I’m sure there are no shortage of ways in which to fill that “food coma me time,” unwinding...
Posted On 26 Nov 2015
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Under Cover: Amazon Top 100 Books of 2015

This November, we can add a plethora of great book suggestions to the list of things for which we are thankful. Last week brought us the goodreads.com best book nominations, and hot on the heels of that announcement, this week Amazon.com has released its Top 100 Books of 2015....
Posted On 12 Nov 2015
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Under Cover: Getting Emotional About Reading

I have long espoused the notion that when it comes to reading, it doesn’t matter so much what you read, as long as you are reading something. The potential for discovery exists in the pages of everything, from People magazine to “War and Peace.” Of course, you need to have...
Posted On 17 Jul 2015
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Under Cover: Under Cover Book Club Picks ‘Nightingale’

“In love we find out who we want to be. In war, we find out who we are.” So asserts author, Kristin Hannah in her new book, “The Nightingale,” our Under Cover Book Club selection for April. Chapter one opens with an aging woman going through her belongings as she prepares to...
Posted On 03 Apr 2015
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Under Cover Book Club Picks “The Same Sky”

Since we’re entering February, the month of cupid, chocolate hearts, and overpriced roses, I had planned to choose this month’s book club book with a love story in mind. Of course, there are many kinds of love stories, so that still left me with a deep pool to select from. In the...
Posted On 03 Feb 2015
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