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Martin's Must-Reads

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There are one million new books published each year. With so many books and so little time, where do you begin to find your next must-read? There’s the New York Times Bestseller list, the Goodreads app, the Cape Library’s Staff picks shelf and now Martin’s Must-Reads.Every Wednesday at 6:42 and 8:42 a.m., and Sunday at 8:18 a.m., Betty Martin recommends a must read based on her own personal biases for historical fiction, quirky characters and overall well-turned phrases. Her list includes WWII novels, biographies of trailblazers, novels with truly unique individuals and lots more. Reading close to 100 titles a year, Betty has plenty of titles to share. Tune in each Wednesday and visit KRCU.org for previous must-reads.Local support for "Martin's Must Reads" comes from the Cape Girardeau Public Library and the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library.

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Martin's Must-Reads

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'An Unfinished Love Story' 1:47

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“There was a buzz of excitement when I arrived at my Harvard oﬃce on a June morning in 1972. Richard “Dick” Goodwin had just taken an oﬃce on the third floor."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Locked Ward' 1:39

8 days ago1:39

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“It’s the crime of the decade! The early-morning headline explodes across my iPhone as I scan it through bleary eyes."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Hidden Nature' 1:46

15 days ago1:46

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“The day Sloan Cooper died began before dawn and ended shortly before midnight. As a corporal in the Natural Resources Police, she’d helped take down a trio of men who spent most of the fall harassing, robbing and assaulting hikers on the trails in the Western Maryland mountains.”

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Martin's Must Reads: 'Horse' 1:50

22 days ago1:50

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“Theo couldn’t imagine wanting anything in this sadness-infused pile of discards.... There were some old paperbacks slugged into a beer carton. He was always curious about what people read. He reached down to check the titles. And that is when he saw the horse.”

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Here One Moment' 1:44

29 days ago1:44

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“Later, not a single person will recall seeing the lady board the flight at Hobart Airport."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Boys of Riverside' 1:46

5 weeks ago1:46

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“Phillip. The story begins before the reporters and the television correspondents flocked to interview the team."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Playground' 1:50

6 weeks ago1:50

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“Day and Night, the final pages of “Clearly It Is Ocean” haunted me. I couldn’t stop rereading them."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Austen at Sea' 1:56

7 weeks ago1:56

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“April 6, 1865. Well, father, who won the majority? Emma or Mansfield Park? William Stevenson answered from behind his newspaper at the head of the breakfast table, “Emma, of course.”

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Nicked' 1:33

8 weeks ago1:33

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“The monk heard that a ship had arrived carrying one of the dog-headed people whom travelers speak of when they tell tall tales of the one-eyed and the winged, and he went out to the docks to see if it was true.”

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Plain Truth' 1:43

9 weeks ago1:43

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“As the fist in her belly pulled tighter, she bit her bottom lip. Ignoring the pain that rippled and receded, she tiptoed barefoot into the night."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Sunflower House' 1:47

10 weeks ago1:47

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"For years, Allina had begged her aunt and uncle for more information about her real parents. Your mother and father loved you very much, they’d always reply, but it’s best to keep the past in the past.”

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'American Dirt' 1:44

11 weeks ago1:44

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“One of the first bullets comes in through the open window above the toilet where Luca is standing. He doesn’t immediately understand that it’s a bullet at all, and it’s only luck that it doesn’t strike him between the eyes."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Familiaris' 1:43

12 weeks ago1:43

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“And in northern Wisconsin, in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John Sawtelle and his new pup walked down a dirt road toward a farm that would turn out to be unoccupied and for sale."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Briar Club' 1:46

13 weeks ago1:46

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“June sunshine poured over the street, the sounds of a jazz saxophone drifted over from next door, somewhere on Capitol Hill Senator McCarthy was waving lists of card-carrying American Commies, and a new guest had come to the Briarwood boardinghouse.”

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Birnam Wood' 1:40

14 weeks ago1:40

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“The Korowai Pass had been closed since the end of the summer, when a spate of shallow earthquakes triggered a landslide that buried a stretch of the highway in rubble."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Breath of the Dragon' 1:49

15 weeks ago1:49

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Full disclosure…this week’s book is very diﬀerent than my usual selections. It might help to know that I have always loved a good action movie.

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'Jackie: A Novel' 1:42

16 weeks ago1:42

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“Jackie is a novel, a work of fiction inspired by the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It is the story of a woman who projected a myriad of selves and who was, at her core, a deeply private person, with a nuanced and formidable intellect."

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Martin's Must-Reads: 'The Little Liar' 1:45

17 weeks ago1:45

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“1943. 'It’s a lie.' The large man’s voice was deep and hoarse. 'What’s a lie?' Someone whispered. 'Where we’re going.' 'They’re taking us North.' 'They’re taking us to die.'"

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Martin's Must-Reads: "The Backyard Bird Chronicles" 1:47

18 weeks ago1:47

1:47

“These pages are my obsession with birds."

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Martin's Must Reads: 'China: The Novel' 1:49

19 weeks ago1:49