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The grass is always taller
A review of Everything Nice by Ellen Shanman

 I'm short (5'3" on a good day) and like many of the vertically challenged I've often wished I were taller.  Perhaps that can explain why I'm drawn to books with tall women protagonists (and my strange obsession with America's Next Top Model).  The latest reads in my quest to live vicariously through the tall are ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on November 20, 2008 | 0 comments

Real vampires
A review of Dark Banquet by Bill Schutt

 With the film version of the book Twilight opening this week, vampire fever seems to have descended on the nation.  "Vampy" fiction is in high demand and library hold lists are building.  While you wait, why not spend some time learning about real vampires?  They are very strange, interesting and often connected to your everyday life ...read more

Reviewed by Barbara - Alicia Ashman on November 18, 2008 | 0 comments

A talented author writes another
A review of Trespass by Valerie Martin

 Valerie Martin is a wonderful writer.  Somehow she grabs you from the first sentence, makes you love her characters, and holds your interest to the very end. Each of her novels is different: ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on November 17, 2008 | 1 comment

Searching for the real Margo
A review of Paper Towns by John Green

 Quentin Jacobsen is your average teenager.  Among his fellow classmates in the Orlando-area high school he attends, he pursues some usual adolescent vices and joys:  hanging out by the band room, trying to convince his parents to let him use the car, trying to attain some medicoum of popularity, dreaming about the future.  But in one aspect of his life, Quentin has always known that he is extraordinarily lucky: he lives next door to Margo Roth Spiegelman. ...read more

Reviewed by Katie H. on November 15, 2008 | 1 comment

Detecting, Russian style
A review of Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

 One of the reasons I read books is to learn about places that I’ve never been.  Russia is one of those places.  Fortunately, there are a number of Russian detectives that have provided me insight into and knowledge of this vast and diverse country. It all started with Gorky Park.  ...read more

Reviewed by Kathy K. - Central on November 13, 2008 | 0 comments

Get ready for the awww factor
A review of Dewey by Vicki Myron

 Are you an animal lover? Library lover? Lover of all that is good and sweet and wholesome? Maybe looking for a little heartwarming adorableness? Look no further than Dewey: The Small Town ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on November 12, 2008 | 1 comment

The psychic in the smoke
A review of Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne Proulx

 I'm not, nor have I ever been, a teenage boy, but after reading Joanne Proulx's novel Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet, I think I can almost imagine what it might be like.  Luke ...read more

Reviewed by Kylee on November 11, 2008 | 0 comments

When Will There Be Good News?
A review of When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

 ... is the title of the latest Kate Atkinson novel.  And you may be asking yourself the above question as the book ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Central Library on November 10, 2008 | 0 comments

Having faith and questioning it too
A review of Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black

 Lewis Black is probably something of an acquired taste for most of us. He's achieved most of his fame as a stand-up comedian and social commentator of the angry rant style of delivery. Whatever his topic, it doesn't seem to take long before he's twitching, sweating, and shouting (complete with F-bombs) his way to what ...read more

Reviewed by Dennis - Central on November 7, 2008 | 0 comments

A fresh start
A review of Legally Dead by Edna Buchanan

 Edna Buchanan, author of the Britt Montero series, returns with a new character in her latest book, ...read more

Reviewed by Lesley - Central on November 6, 2008 | 0 comments
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