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A review of Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins

Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins is a hilarious account of a fallen angel (a demon ...read more

Reviewed by Kelly - Central on
October 16, 2007 | 0 comments
A review of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

When a book wins a major and prestigious literary prize, it  gets a lot of attention and attracts readers.  That has  certainly been true for The Inheritance of Loss by ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on
October 15, 2007 | 0 comments


The Sixth Annual Wisconsin Book Festival continues with programs to fit every reading taste!  Here are the programs that are being hosted by the central library today: Ethnic Melodies: Helping African American Children and Youth Enjoy Reading (A Teacher Resource Breakfast)   10:00 - 11:30 AM Local teacher and author Andreal Davis ...read more

Reviewed by Library Staff on
October 13, 2007 | 0 comments


The Sixth Annual Wisconsin Book Festival continues with programs to fit every reading taste!  Here are the programs that are being hosted by the central library on Sunday: Seeking Tranquil Voices in Young Adult Literature: The Evolution of Self-Image   12:00 - 1:45 PM Three Wisconsin authors,   ...read more

Reviewed by Library Staff on
October 13, 2007 | 0 comments


The Sixth Annual Wisconsin Book Festival continues and today’s event at the Madison Public Library central location runs from 5:00 - 6:45 pm. The event is a public reading by the seven Literary Arts Fellowship recipients for 2007: Judith Harway ...read more

Reviewed by Library Staff on
October 12, 2007 | 0 comments
Consequences of Sin: an Edwardian Mystery Clare Langley-Hawthorne

In Consequences of Sin: an Edwardian Mystery by Clare Langley-Hawthorne Ursula Marlow is not your typical heiress.  She is an Oxford graduate and active in the suffrage movement.  Yet she is caught between her widower father’s expectations that she does her duty by getting married and her desire for a career in journalism. Her life is forever changed when her friend calls in the ...read more

Reviewed by Kathy K. - Central on
October 11, 2007 | 0 comments
A review of The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson

Did anyone read Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn?  I quite liked that book.  I haven't read anything else even remotely similar in spirit until ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on
October 10, 2007 | 0 comments
A review of Becoming Shakespeare by Jack Lynch

Ben Jonson famously wrote of his fellow playwright and poet William Shakespeare that 'he was not of an age but for all time.'  Yet, frustratingly little concrete information survives from Shakespeare's life.  In Becoming Shakespeare: The ...read more

Reviewed by Katie H. on
October 9, 2007 | 0 comments
A review of Queenpin by Megan E Abbott

Not sure how I heard about this one, probably off one of the many bookblogs I addictively read. Queenpin by ...read more

Reviewed by Katharine - Sequoya on
October 8, 2007 | 0 comments
A review of The Blue Death by Robert D Morris

You won't be, when you're through reading The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We Drink, by Robert Morris. Sure, you might feel pretty secure when you're done with the first few chapters, about cholera outbreaks in London in the nineteenth century, and how a few ...read more

Reviewed by Sarah - Alicia Ashman on
October 7, 2007 | 0 comments
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