Melaina Phipps

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• Posted Novel Book Club, March 2013: The Dinner to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  Welcome to the very March late edition of the Novel Book Club. I must admit that writing about this selection, The Dinner, by Herman Koch has been a bit difficult. Mainly, this is because my feelings about it are mixed....
• Posted Novel Book Club, February 2013: Gone Girl to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  If I were married to Gillian Flynn, I might be concerned. Scratch that, I would absolutely be concerned. Well...let me just say that I might be very careful Gone Girl is not only a fantastic mystery that I was barely able to put...
• Commented on Novel Book Club, January 2013: A Novel Bookstore
  Hi Juliet! Glad you could visit--I hope you can read Gone Girl and join in for February! I have read If on a Winter's Night a Traveler! In fact I wrote a paper on it in grad school that I...
• Posted Novel Book Club, January 2013: A Novel Bookstore to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  Welcome to the first virtual meeting of the Novel Book Club on Book Bound Saratoga. If you've read our first selection, A Novel Bookstore, fantastic! If not, no worries--read the review and discussion questions and maybe it will be your next read....
• Posted Novel Book Club, January 2013: Coming Your Way! to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  Due to technical difficulties, the January Novel Book Club blog was not posted on January 15, but it will be posted later today, January 16th! Many apologies for the delay and thanks for your patience. Remember the January book is...
• Posted Book Bound, Novel Book Club to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
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• Posted For the Love of Eli . . . and Nancy to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  When Nancy met Eli, they were both looking for something. Though unable to express it in words, Eli was in need of a home, of a friend and partner, of a person who could care for him and grow with...
• Posted Drowning in a Sea of Our Own Making to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  Parts coming-of-age story, love story, family drama, and mystery, The Drowning People has been one of my favorite books for over a decade now. It will pique your curiosity from it's first page and give you food for thought to last long...
• Posted The Head or the Heart . . . or Both? to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  It must be wonderful to know what you want to do with your life at a young age--at least I've always thought so. Certainly the kind of self-assurance which inspires an early career choice must be lasting. Well, not necessarily....
• Posted Upcoming Reads . . . to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  Have you noticed the absence of posts at Book Bound? Well they're back, and on a schedule . . . ...
• Posted Past, Present, Future: Revisted to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  When she accepted the teaching position a the Arcadia School in Arcadia Falls, New York, Meg Rosenthal just wanted to make a fresh start for herself and her daughter after the sudden death of her husband. In the process she...
• Posted Sometimes in life, a tool belt is required. to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
   There are few people who haven't experienced the feeling of everything around them falling apart. As far as I can tell, there are three basic ways to deal with this situation. ...
• Commented on Curiouser and Curiouser: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  Hello Bernie, I would be happy to review your novel. Please email me at Melaina@MelainaPhipps.com and I will give you my mailing address. Thank you! Melaina...
• Posted Curiouser and Curiouser: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  Christopher Boone is a remarkable young boy who lives with his father. He's very intuitive, he's extraordinarily observant, he's beyond bright, he's supremely logical, and he's autistic. Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a mystery...
• Posted A Thousand Words . . . or Pages to Book Bound Saratoga: A Book Lover's Guide to Reading in Saratoga
  We are all familiar with the saying: "a picture is worth a thousand words." Well, there's no doubt that that is very true . . . sometimes. Other times, however, a thousand words, fifty-thousand words, a thousand pages speak to us, move...