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The Roundtable

Book Picks: The Book House

By Joe Donahue
Published April 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM EDT
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This week's Book Picks come from Cheryl McKeon from The Book House in Albany, NY and Marketblock Books in Troy, NY.

Cheryl:

  • The Antidote by Karen Russell
  • Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
  • Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband, Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun by Sister Monica Clare pubs today
  • Evening Shades by Lee Martin
  • The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward by Melinda French Gates
  • Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door by Thor Hanson

  • Through Sand and Salt: A Tale of Discovery Across the Sahara written and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

    Now in paperback:

  • Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  • The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

 

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