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Merry widows three
A review of In the Thrill of the Night by Candice Hern

 The Merry Widows Trilogy is a set of witty, passionate and sexy regency romances about a group of widows.  Together these friends form the Benevolent Widows Fund to assist widows and their children.  That means getting together to plan fundraising events.  During these meetings they not only plan the events but also talk about their lives, including their sex lives.  In fact, they make a pact to ...read more

Reviewed by Kathy K. - Central on November 1, 2007 | 0 comments

Oh, come on, ask him!
A review of Not that You Asked by Steve Almond

 Steve Almond's new essay collection, Not That You Asked: Rants, Exploits, and Obessions, is awesome.  I loved it.  It made me happy. I mean it.  I don't know what it is about Steve Almond, but he makes my normally cynical and demanding soul (especially where books are concerned) unkink ...read more

Reviewed by Sarah - Alicia Ashman on October 31, 2007 | 0 comments

Fresh and sparkly
A review of The Last Billable Hour by Susan Wolfe

 As I sat down to write a review I was torn.  I thought about doing the latest mystery by Carola Dunn, ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on October 30, 2007 | 0 comments

Tumbling through
A review of The Brambles by Eliza Minot

 Don't you hate it when a book doesn't really live up to its beginning?  When I began reading The Brambles by Eliza Minot, I ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on October 29, 2007 | 0 comments

Don't waste the pretty
A review of He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt

 I have been very curious about how a self-help book that addresses difficult dating situations could be turned into a movie starring Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck, so I thought I would check it out myself. After reading He’s Just Not That into You: The No- ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on October 27, 2007 | 0 comments

Oh, those bad, bad monkeys
A review of Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff

 Wouldn't it be great if there was an organization keeping track of all the nasty and evildoing people in the world?  And if that Organization took the logical next step and ensured that those people--those Bad Monkeys, if you will--met a rather earlier death than later, due to natural causes? Such is the world in ...read more

Reviewed by Sarah - Alicia Ashman on October 26, 2007 | 0 comments

The farmer's daughter
A review of The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

 The Off Season by Katherine Murdoch is the sequel to Dairy Queen (reviewed ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on October 25, 2007 | 0 comments

Political addiction
A review of Fiasco by Thomas E Ricks

 I like to read political books.  If there were more hours in a day, and if I didn't have to compete with The Pack, the Brewers and the Badgers, I'd be a news junkie.  Recently, I crammed in two books in between the huge pile of novels waiting for me. ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on October 23, 2007 | 0 comments

The great pumpkin quest
A review of Backyard Giants by Susan Warren

 Backyard Giants:  The Passionate, Heartbreaking and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin ...read more

Reviewed by Barbara - Alicia Ashman on October 23, 2007 | 0 comments

A world at thirteen
A review of Black Swan Green by David Mitchell

 In Black Swan Green, novelist David Mitchell tries to tell a child's story using a child's logic, language and point of view.  The adult novelist  ...read more

Reviewed by Library Staff on October 22, 2007 | 0 comments
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