Hillsboro Community Library
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 Newsletters  --2014

A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carré --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Heartshot  by Steven F. Havill --Review by Joseph Diel

March

January

February

April

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

The Last Dance by Lonna Enox --Review by Robbin Brodsky

June
May

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

July

The Real Wyatt Earp by Steve Gatto --Review by Harley Shaw

August

Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional & Nefarious 

The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas by E.R. Bills

--Review by Garland Bills

Previous Years' Book Reviews Click Here
December

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Sweet Tooth  by Ian McEwan --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes  by Sir Authur Conan Doyle  --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Lit  by Mary Karr  --Review by  Diane Denish

September

October

November

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 Newsletters  --2015

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett -- Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

January

February

March
April
May
June
July
August
September

October
November

December

New Mexico Mines and Minerals: World's Fair Edition, 1904 by Fayette Alexander Jones  --Review by Joe Diel

A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts/John Wells --Review By Cindy Cornell

The Lost City of Z by David Grann --Review by Robbin Brodsky

Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

The King and Queen of Comezón by Denise Chavez --Review by Garland Bills

In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Listening is an Act of Love edited by Dave Isay --Review by Steve Siegfried

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Desert Wife by Hilda Faunce --Review by Harley Shaw

 Newsletters  --2017

January

February

March
April

The Martian by Andy Weir --Review By Mary Anne Ciancia

The Delight Makers: a novel of prehistoric Pueblo Indians by Adolph F. Bandelier

--Review by Joe Diel

The Bartender’s Tale by Ivan Doig --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

My Brilliant Friend by Elene Ferrante -- Review by Robbin Brodsky

May

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara -- Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-- Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

June

 Newsletters  --2016

July

Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi and I'm Big Enough by Amber Stewart and Layn Marloe  --Review by Cindy Cornell

September

August

November

October

Fall Book Sale Announcement

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Unger --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Fatal Pursuit by Martin Walker --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

A Reckoning in Goldenburg by Ron Washburn  --Review by Garland Bills

Sweet Land  directed by Ali Selim -- Review by Steve Siegfried

December

Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico,

California, Sonora and Chihuahua, 1850 – 1853, Volumes I & II

by John Russell Bartlett  --Review by Joe Diel

January-February

 Newsletters  --2018 

March-April

May - June
September - October
November - December
July - August

Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon  --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Albert of Adelaide by Howard Anderson  --Review by Robbin Brodsky

A Dog's Purpose by Bruce Cameron --Review by Stan Brodsky

The Book Of The Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison -- Review  by Carol Borselo

Silver Hill: a novel of territorial New Mexico  By Jal Mora --Review by Harley Shaw

 Newsletters Current and Past

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Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh -- Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

New Mexico's Royal Road: Trade and Travel on the Chihuahua Trail by Max L. Moorhead --

Review by Joe Diel

January - February
March - April
May - June

First Impressions- A Reader’s Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest  by David J. Weber and William DeBuys  -- Review by Robbin Brodsky

True Stories of a Young Cowboy by Gene Barksdale --Review by Garland Bills

July -August

September - October

November - December

Inspector Gamache Mystery Series by Louise Penny --Review by Cindy Cornell

The Plot Against America (and other titles) by Philip Roth - Review by Steve Siegfried

 Newsletters  --2019

January - February
March - April

May - June

July - August

September - October
November - December

An Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, 1550-1941 by Peter L. Eidenbach - Review by Joe Diel

The Witch Elm by Tana French - Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

Gila Descending by M. H. Salmon - Review by Robin Brodsky

Jack London: An American Life by Earle Labor - Review by Garland Bills

Slugger by Chuck Barrett -- Review by Steve Siegfried

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens -Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

 Newsletters  --2020

January - February

Law and Order, Ltd: The Rousing Life of Elfego Baca by Kyle S. Crichton --Review by Joe Diel

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 Newsletters  --2021

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The Testaments by Margaret Atwood -- Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

June-July

The Overstory by Richard Powers -- Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

March - April

August- September

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

October, November,  December

History of New Mexico  by Frank D. Reeve  --Review by Garland Bills

 Newsletters  --2022

January -February

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich --Review by Robbin Brodsky

March - April

Unsung Heroes: A Second Chance at Life by Joe Ficklin -- Review by John Cornell

May - June

Lives Other Than My Own, a Memoir by Emmanuel Carrère, translated by Linda Coverdale

--Review by Deb Nicholl

July - August

HCL Poetry Collection -- Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

The Gabriel Allon Series by Daniel Silva --Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

November -December

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead -- Review by Mary Anne Ciancia

September -October

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 Newsletters  --2023

January - February

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr -- Review by Robbin Brodsky

March  - April

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Chernobyl  series produced by HBO --Review by Deb Nichol

“I Will Not Surrender the Hair of a Horse’s Tail”: The Victorio Campaign 1879.
“Horses Worn to Mere Shadows”: The Victorio Campaign 1880.
“With My Face to My Bitter Foes”: Nana’s War 1880-1881.

By Robert N. Watt  -- Review by Garland Bills

May - June

July - August

America’s Bountiful Waters, 150 years of fisheries conservation and the U. S Fish and Wildlife Service  edited by Craig Springer -- Review by Harley Shaw

September-October

The First Fiancee by Rita A. Popp --Review by John Cornell