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The Book Club: “There, There,” “Long Island” and more short reviews from readers

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com.

 

The Book Club: “Whale Fall,” “How to Read a Book” and more short reviews from readers

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com.

 

The Book Club: “Women and Children First” and other reader reviews

“Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury (Simon & Schuster, reissue 2012)

 

Gay rodeo returns to Colorado as a film on the subject debuts in Denver

Luke Gilford’s dazzling 2020 photography book, “National Anthem: America’s Queer Rodeo,” introduced people in the art and photography worlds to gay rodeos. It’s a subject Gilford knows firsthand, having jumped into that world in 2016 and held on through the pandemic to adapt his book into a movie.

 

“So Much Stuff” and more Colorado Book Awards winners

An anthology of Colorado writers and a study of the stuff created by man, by a former Denver Museum of Nature and Science archaeologist, are among the winners of the 2024 Colorado Book Awards.
“So Much Stuff” is by Chip Colwell, whose bio on X declares him to be “owner of too much stuff,”  is now editor-in-chief of SAPIENS, a digital magazine about anthropological thinking and discoveries.

 

Step inside your next good book with a Colorado literary trip  

Great literature is deeply rooted in place, and Colorado towns have been inspiring authors for decades. Ready to try a fiction-fueled vacay? Here’s how it works: Pick a title from the list below, read it solo or with your book club, then follow our travel notes to immerse yourself in a real-life literary setting.

 

The Book Club: “Demon of Unrest” and more short reviews from readers

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com.

 

The Book Club: “Salt Houses,” “James” and more reader reviews

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com.

 

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