Mary Daniels Brown

Mary Daniels Brown learned at an early age how to read people, and she’s been doing that ever since. Combining advanced education in both literature and psychology, she reads and reviews novels that explore identity, the search for meaning and purpose in life, and the varieties of human experience. She’s been blogging about books at Notes in the Margin for more than 25 years. Mary believes that her focus on Life Stories in Literature has made her both a more astute reader and a happier, more human person.

YA Author Apologizes To ‘Wall Street Journal’ Critic : NPR

YA Author Apologizes To ‘Wall Street Journal’ Critic : NPR. NPR offers a follow-up to the recent controversy over the current state of YA (young adult) literature. Related Posts: Darkness Too Visible YA Fiction Is Too Dark: Some Responses Are Teen Novels Dark and Depraved–Or Saving Lives?  

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Kate Middleton’s Fondness for ‘Anne of Green Gables’

The Duchess of Cambridge, better known as Kate Middleton, is already a fashion trendsetter, but Penguin Canada will now have a chance to see if she can also be a literary trendsetter. Reports that the duchess loved the Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables as a girl and wanted to visit Prince Edward Island, the

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Books | Seventy years later, we still ‘Make Way For Ducklings’

Books | Seventy years later, we still ‘Make Way For Ducklings’ | Seattle Times Newspaper. An appreciation of Robert McCloskey’s children’s classic, published 70 years ago this year. Generations of children have delighted in the story of how Mr. and Mrs. Mallard first find the perfect place in Boston to start their family, and how

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“Shelter” by Harlan Coben

Coben, Harlan. Shelter: A Mickey Bolitar Novel   G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2011 Life is looking pretty bleak to fifteen-year-old Mickey Bolitar. In addition to watching his father die in a car crash and admitting his mother to drug rehab, he has had to move in with his uncle, Myron Bolitar, whom he hates. The

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Pottermore: Interesting But Not a Game Changer

Publishers Weekly offers a follow-up to J.K. Rowling’s mega-announcement of Pottermore: many people who work in publishing think that as interesting as Pottermore is, the endeavor says less about the future of book publishing than about the singular status of a very wealthy author who has the inclination and means to build her own brand. 

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