Barbara Aslakson, St. Louis Park: A music friend handed me "Mozart's Sister," by Nancy Moser. It was a fascinating glimpse into the lesser known of the two prodigies. Then another friend, who knew I had been a church librarian and love cats, handed me "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World," by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter. Both were great reads. Not new books, but still worth searching out.

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