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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 extra…

Keri Holmes


    • May 28, 2008 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 91 EPISODES


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    Reading Room 2008 May 30

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2008


    Keri reads from "Peace" by Richard Bausch, a powerfully written story of a reconnaissance mission during the last days of WWII.

    Reading Room 2008 May 23

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2008


    Keri interviews Jack Fuller, author of "Abbeyville".

    Reading Room 2008 May 16

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2008


    Keri reads from "Eight Women, Two Model Ts, and the American West" by Joanne Wilke.

    Reading Room 2008 May 09

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2008


    Keri interviews Stephen Evans, author of "Marriage of True Minds".

    Reading Room 2008 May 02

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2008


    Keri continues her discussion with artist and monster creator Stefan Bucher.

    Reading Room 2008 Apr 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2008


    Keri talks with artist and monster creator Stefan Bucher.

    Reading Room 2008 Apr 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2008


    Keri interviews poet and author Jayne Jaudon Ferrer.

    Reading Room 2008 Apr 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2008


    Keri celebrates the visit of "Little Heathens" author Millie Kalish.

    Reading Room 2008 Apr 04

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2008


    Keri asks if we can welcome "The Latehomecomer" author to Hampton.

    Reading Room 2008 Mar 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2008


    Keri describes the book "Sock and Glove" and the gift she received.

    Reading Room 2008 Mar 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2008


    Keri reads from the introduction to Anne Rice's new books on the life of Jesus.

    Reading Room 2008 Mar 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2008


    Keri shares the best from the Bookseller's convention.

    Reading Room 2008 Mar 07

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2008


    Paul reads from Elizabeth Enright's "The Saturdays".

    Reading Room 2008 Feb 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2008


    Keri leaps into spring. Spring specials of autographed books.

    Reading Room 2008 Feb 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2008


    Keri reads from "Mudbound" a post-WW2 novel by Hilary Jordan.

    Reading Room 2008 Feb 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2008


    Keri interviews Deanna Raybourn, author of "Silent In The Grave" and "Silence in the Sanctuary".

    Reading Room 2008 Feb 08

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2008


    Reading Room 2008 Feb 01

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2008


    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.

    Reading Room 2008 Jan 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2008


    Paul has a special free CD for SF/Fantasy fans. Also, David Drake's "Far Side of the Stars".

    Reading Room 2008 Jan 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2008


    Keri describes the book "Snow Sounds: An Onomatopoeic Story" by David Johnson.

    Reading Room 2008 Jan 04

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    Reading Room 2007 Dec 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2007


    Keri reads from Jodi Hills' "I'm Not Too Busy".

    Reading Room 2007 Dec 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2007


    Keri reviews "Through the Animals' Eyes" by Christopher Wormell.

    Reading Room 2007 Dec 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2007


    Reading Room 2007 Dec 07

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2007


    Keri talks about David Halberstam's book on the Korean War - "The Coldest Winter".

    Reading Room 2007 Nov 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2007


    Keri interviews Bill Jepsen about "Iowa's Automobiles".

    Reading Room 2007 Nov 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2007


    Keri interviews Gary Grahl about "Skinny Boy".

    Reading Room 2007 Nov 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2007


    Keri reviews the wonderful book by Loren Thompson, "Ballerina Dreams".

    Reading Room 2007 Nov 09

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2007


    Keri interviews Warren Hansen about his newest book - "Kiki's Hats".

    Reading Room 2007 Nov 02

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2007


    Keri interviews Kevin Prochaska, Iowa author of "The Christmas Letter".

    Reading Room 2007 Oct 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2007


    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.

    Reading Room 2007 Oct 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2007


    Keri reads from an essay by Bob Artley, part of a collection called "The Grace of Grass and Water".

    Reading Room 2007 Oct 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2007


    Keri interviews Warren Hanson about his book "Raising You Alone".

    Reading Room 2007 Oct 05

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2007


    Keri talks about "Silent in the Sanctuary", Deanna Raybourn's sequel to her Victorian mystery "Silent in the Grave".

    Reading Room 2007 Sep 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2007


    Keri reads from "Steps Through the Mist" a new book by Zoran Zivkovic.

    Reading Room 2007 Sep 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2007


    Keri talks with Warren Hanson about his book "The Next Place".

    Reading Room 2007 Sep 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2007


    Reading Room 2007 Sep 07

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2007


    Keri reads from "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms" by Gail Tsukiyama.

    Reading Room 2007 Aug 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2007


    Keri talks about a new novel about Frank Lloyd Wright, called "Loving Frank" by Nancy Horan.

    Reading Room 2007 Aug 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2007


    Keri describes Thomas Leslie's book "Iowa State Fair - Country Comes to Town".

    Reading Room 2007 Aug 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2007


    Keri describes characters from Isabelle Sharpe's book Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakthrough.

    Reading Room 2007 Aug 03

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    Reading Room 2007 Jul 13

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    Reading Room 2007 Jul 06

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    Keri talks with Ron Davis, Publisher of the thriller M-Trait.

    Reading Room 2007 Jun 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2007


    Reading Room 2007 Jun 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2007


    Keri reads from Little Heathens - Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish.

    Reading Room 2007 Jun 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2007


    Reading Room 2007 Jun 01

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2007


    Keri interviews M. Allen Cunningham about his novel "Lost Son".

    Reading Room 2007 May 25

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2007


    Keri's husband Paul reads from "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.

    Reading Room 2007 May 18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2007


    Keri reviews some Gifts for Grads available now at the Kaleidoscope.

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