Kaleidoscope's Reading Room
Keri Holmes
There was a time when a book delighted your senses. It felt substantial in your hands. The aroma of oiled leather greeted your nose. Pages were a feast for your eyes with their hand-lettered text and beautiful illuminations. If you know where to look, you can find modern books that are just as extraordinary. I find those books and share them with you here and at the Kaleidoscope in Hampton, Iowa. The format varies: One episode may feature an author interview, the next a reading. There are book reviews, and previews of upcoming events. Some shows are serious - some...
Reading Room 2008 May 30
Keri reads from "Peace" by Richard Bausch, a powerfully written story of a reconnaissance mission during the last days of WWII.
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Reading Room 2008 May 23
Keri interviews Jack Fuller, author of "Abbeyville".
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Reading Room 2008 May 16
Keri reads from "Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West" by Joanne Wilke.
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Reading Room 2008 May 09
Keri interviews Stephen Evans, author of "Marriage of True Minds".
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Reading Room 2008 May 02
Keri continues her discussion with artist and monster creator Stefan Bucher.
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Reading Room 2008 Apr 25
Keri talks with artist and monster creator Stefan Bucher.
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Reading Room 2008 Apr 18
Keri interviews poet and author Jayne Jaudon Ferrer.
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Reading Room 2008 Apr 11
Keri celebrates the visit of "Little Heathens" author Millie Kalish.
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Reading Room 2008 Apr 04
Keri asks if we can welcome "The Latehomecomer" author to Hampton.
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Reading Room 2008 Mar 28
Keri describes the book "Sock and Glove" and the gift she received.
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Reading Room 2008 Mar 21
Keri reads from the introduction to Anne Rice's new books on the life of Jesus.
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Reading Room 2008 Mar 14
Keri shares the best from the Bookseller's convention.
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Reading Room 2008 Mar 07
Paul reads from Elizabeth Enright's "The Saturdays".
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Reading Room 2008 Feb 29
Keri leaps into spring. Spring specials of autographed books.
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Reading Room 2008 Feb 22
Keri reads from "Mudbound" a post-WW2 novel by Hilary Jordan.
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Reading Room 2008 Feb 15
Keri interviews Deanna Raybourn, author of "Silent In The Grave" and "Silence in the Sanctuary".
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Reading Room 2008 Feb 08
Keri describes "The Accident Man" by Tom Cain.
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Reading Room 2008 Feb 01
Keri explains "Hampton Reads". Join us in reading the book "Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression" by Mildred Armstrong Kalish.
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Reading Room 2008 Jan 25
Paul has a special free CD for SF/Fantasy fans. Also, David Drake's "Far Side of the Stars".
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Reading Room 2008 Jan 18
Keri describes the book "Snow Sounds: An Onomatopoeic Story" by David Johnson.
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Reading Room 2008 Jan 04
Keri shares her Top Picks for 2007.
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Reading Room 2007 Dec 28
Keri reads from Jodi Hills' "I'm Not Too Busy".
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Reading Room 2007 Dec 21
Keri reviews "Through the Animals' Eyes" by Christopher Wormell.
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Reading Room 2007 Dec 14
Keri reads from "Agate", by Joy Dey.
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Reading Room 2007 Dec 07
Keri talks about David Halberstam's book on the Korean War - "The Coldest Winter".
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Reading Room 2007 Nov 30
Keri interviews Bill Jepsen about "Iowa's Automobiles".
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Reading Room 2007 Nov 23
Keri interviews Gary Grahl about "Skinny Boy".
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Reading Room 2007 Nov 16
Keri reviews the wonderful book by Loren Thompson, "Ballerina Dreams".
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Reading Room 2007 Nov 09
Keri interviews Warren Hansen about his newest book - "Kiki's Hats".
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Reading Room 2007 Nov 02
Keri interviews Kevin Prochaska, Iowa author of "The Christmas Letter".
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Reading Room 2007 Oct 26
Keri reads samples of some of the stories to be shared during tonight's Ghost Stories by Candlelight special event. 8:00pm at the Kaleidoscope.
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Reading Room 2007 Oct 19
Keri reads from an essay by Bob Artley, part of a collection called "The Grace of Grass and Water".
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Reading Room 2007 Oct 12
Keri interviews Warren Hanson about his book "Raising You Alone".
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Reading Room 2007 Oct 05
Keri talks about "Silent in the Sanctuary", Deanna Raybourn's sequel to her Victorian mystery "Silent in the Grave".
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Reading Room 2007 Sep 28
Keri reads from "Steps Through the Mist" a new book by Zoran Zivkovic.
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Reading Room 2007 Sep 21
Keri talks with Warren Hanson about his book "The Next Place".
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Reading Room 2007 Sep 14
Keri describes "Rescuing DaVinci" by Robert M. Edsel.
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Reading Room 2007 Sep 07
Keri reads from "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms" by Gail Tsukiyama.
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Reading Room 2007 Aug 31
Keri talks about a new novel about Frank Lloyd Wright, called "Loving Frank" by Nancy Horan.
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Reading Room 2007 Aug 24
Keri describes Thomas Leslie's book "Iowa State Fair - Country Comes to Town".
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Reading Room 2007 Aug 17
Keri describes characters from Isabelle Sharpe's book Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakthrough.
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Reading Room 2007 Aug 03
Keri reads from Thomas Maltman's book Night Birds.
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Reading Room 2007 Jul 13
Keri interviews Tom Maltman, author of Night Birds.
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Reading Room 2007 Jul 06
Keri talks with Ron Davis, Publisher of the thriller M-Trait.
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Reading Room 2007 Jun 29
Keri reads from Five Skies by Ron Carlson.
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Reading Room 2007 Jun 22
Keri reads from Little Heathens - Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish.
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Reading Room 2007 Jun 15
Keri reads from Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott.
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Reading Room 2007 Jun 08
Keri looks through her 'Box of Books' for gifts for Dad.
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Reading Room 2007 Jun 01
Keri interviews M. Allen Cunningham about his novel "Lost Son".
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Reading Room 2007 May 25
Keri's husband Paul reads from "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.
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Reading Room 2007 May 18
Keri reviews some Gifts for Grads available now at the Kaleidoscope.
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Reading Room 2007 May 11
Keri reads from "The Last Chinese Chef" by Nicole Mones.
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Reading Room 2007 May 04
Author interview with Jana McBurney-Lin, author of "My Half of the Sky".
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Reading Room 2007 Apr 27
In The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish, men bargain, compromise and pay, then the Mississippi rises up and reminds them all that power and the accouterment of success are nothing to a Force of Nature.
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Reading Room 2007 Apr 20
Keri interviews Andrea Portes, author of "Hick".
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Reading Room 2007 Apr 13
Keri interviews Natalie Vanderbilt, author of "The Most Secret Window", a story written as a series of poems.
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Reading Room 2007 Apr 06
Keri and her grandson Alex read Not-A-Box, our best Easter basket book.
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Reading Room 2007 Mar 30
Keri reads from the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. Come and see Edward Tulane himself, as he visits the Kaleidoscope.
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Reading Room 2007 Mar 16
The Space Between by Kali VanBaale is a heart-rending, unflinching, lyrically powerful look into a family's collective soul - how it trembles and aches and struggles to recover from an unthinkable tragedy. Come hear the author on March 23 at the Kaleidoscope.
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Reading Room 2007 Mar 09
Keri interviews Elise Blackwell, author of "The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish".
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Reading Room 2007 Mar 02
Coal Black Horse is a Civil War story told by a 14 year-old boy sent by his mother to find his father and bring him home.
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Reading Room 2007 Feb 16
This story set in 1860's Diablo Valley California chronicles a young man's journey to adulthood in a coal-mining "company town".
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Reading Room 2007 Feb 09
Deborah Noyes book "Angel and Apostle" is a powerful sequel to "The Scarlet Letter"
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Reading Room 2007 Feb 02
Keri talks with Robin Dupuis, creator of the CD "Music Time For Parents and Grandparents - Songs Kids Need You to Know"
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Reading Room 2007 Jan 26
Upcoming book events at the Kaleidoscope. Skippyjon Jones on Feb 23. Easter Tea with Edward Tulane starting Apr 6.
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Reading Room 2007 Jan 19
Seven Touches of Music by Serbian author Zoran Zivokovic delights before one even opens the cover
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Reading Room 2007 Jan 12
Keri highlights several books to entice your movie-loving family
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Reading Room 2007 Jan 05
Keri interviews Deb Marquart, the author of "The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere"
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Reading Room 2006 Dec 29
Keri reviews the best books of 2006
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Reading Room 2006 Dec 15
Keri recommends books for gift giving - part 2
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Reading Room 2006 Dec 08
Keri recommends books for gift giving - part 1
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Reading Room 2006 Dec 01
Keri reviews books about Christmas for the season
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Reading Room 2006 Nov 24
Keri reads from "The Christmas Letter" by Kevin Prochaska
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Reading Room 2006 Nov 17
David Payne and Keri discuss his new book, Back to Wando Passo
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Reading Room 2006 Nov 10
Author Carolyn Turgeon discusses her new book, Rain Village, with Keri
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Reading Room 2006 Nov 03
Keri reads a Thanksgiving excerpt from "The Ghost at the Table" by Suzanne Berne.
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Reading Room 2006 Oct 27
Keri reads excerpts from "Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich" and "Scary Godmother."
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Reading Room 2006 Oct 06
Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund. Naslund reads from her new historical novel, a sympathetic portrait of Marie Antoinette.
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Reading Room 2006 Sep 29
The End is Near. Keri previews the final book in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
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Reading Room 2006 Sep 22
In-Store Event: Randy Pischel joins Keri to discuss the Sept 26 world-wide release of Secrets of the Alchemist Dar.
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Reading Room 2006 Sep 15
Part 2 of 2. Author Charles Hugh Smith and Keri discuss I-State Lines. Smith will be at The Kaleidoscope store on Saturday September 16, 9 - 4.
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Reading Room 2006 Sep 08
Author Charles Hugh Smith joins Keri to discuss his new book, I-State Lines published by The Permanent Press. Part 1 of 2.
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Reading Room 2006 Sep 01
Keri chats with Charles Davis about Angel's Rest, just out from Mira publishing.
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Reading Room 2006 Aug 25
Keri interviews Lise Haines, author of Small Acts of Sex and Electricity.
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Reading Room 2006 Aug 18
Treasure Hunting for everyone coming this fall with A Treasure's Trove: Secrets of the Alchemist Dar, How to be a Pirate in Seven Days or Less; and Every Kid Needs a Treasure Hunt. Start planning your adventure today.
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Reading Room 2006 Aug 11
Keri takes a look at two books for children, A Frog Thing, and A Chance to Shine; talks about an upcoming author visit; and announces a give-away of The Dressmaker by Elizabeth Oberbeck.
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Reading Room 2006 Aug 03
Continuation of interview with the author of "My Half of the Sky" - Jana McBurney-Lin.
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Reading Room 2006 Jul 28
Today's show features Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, chosen by the Iowa Librarian's Association for All Iowa Reads, 2006. Beginning in 1956, Gilead is a letter written by the aging Rev. John Ames, to his grandson. In conjunction with the Hampton Public Library, The Kaleidoscope is sponsoring All Hampton Reads featuring Gilead for the month of August.
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Reading Room 2006 Jul 21
This episode features "My Half of the Sky" by Jana McBurney-Lin, Komenar Publishing, 2006. Author interview.
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Reading Room 2006 Jul 14
Keri reads the opening section of The Dressmaker, a debut novel by Elizabeth Birkeland Oberbeck released July 1 by Henry Holt.
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