The Cyberlibrarian: Reviews and Views on Current Literature

Welcome to my blog. I am Miriam Downey, the Cyberlibrarian. I am a retired librarian and a lifelong reader. I read and review books in four major genres: fiction, non-fiction, memoir and spiritual. My goal is to relate what I read to my life experience. I read books culled from reviews in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, Bookmarks, and The New Yorker. I also accept books from authors and publicists. I am having a great time. Hope you will join me on the journey.

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Announcement

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  Dear friends and followers, I will be shutting down this blog on Sunday, January 7.  I have reviewed books for 13 years, 775 books.  If th...
Monday, November 27, 2023

West with Giraffes

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 By Lynda Rutledge Lake Union      2021 356 pages      Historical Fiction Woodrow Wilson Nickel (or Woody Nickel as he is called) is a...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Murder Ballads Old & New

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 By Stephen L. Jones Feral House      2023 224 pages      Music History Here is the book’s description. “ Murder Ballads Old & New...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Life After God

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By Mark Feldmeir Westminster John Knox      2023 220 pages      Spiritual Growth Here is the publisher’s summary of the book. “ The un...
Monday, November 6, 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon

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By David Grann Vintage Books     2017 377 pages      History The subtitle is: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. In anticipat...
Monday, October 16, 2023

Normal Family

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By Chrysta Bilton Back Bay     2022 272 pages      Memoir The subtitle, “On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings” created some an...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Holy Food

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 By Christina Ward Feral House     2023 368 pages     History/Cookbook The subtitle for Holy Food reads: How cults, communes, and rel...
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Miriam Downey
Kalamazoo, Michigan
I am the wife of Thell, the mother of 3, the step-mother of 4 and grandmother to 8. Right now our family includes 22 people. I am a theological school-trained, career-long librarian. Having grown up in Minnesota, I am liberal to the core but married to a life-long Republican. We are great together except during political campaigns.
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