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Second generation immigrants
A review of Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

 Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth is a collection of short stories about  Bengali immigrants and their ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on March 5, 2009 | 0 comments

Home girl
A review of Home Girl by Judith Matloff

 As an investigative reporter for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor, Judith Matloff spent a considerable amount of time in her career in various troubled spots around the world, including Rwanda and Chechnya.  In her forties she and her husband decide to settle in one place and start a family.  She and her husband pick New York City. Even with a hefty savings, it is a hard locale to find anything affordable and desirable unless you are willing to be flexible ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Alicia Ashman on March 4, 2009 | 2 comments

The Sparrow flies higher than ever thought possible
A review of The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

 You might think you don't like science fiction, but you might really like the story of Jesuit priest Emilio Sandoz, the lone survivor of a long expedition in an unknown territory.  Sure, the "long expedition" may be a 40 Earth-year trip through space in a refurbished asteroid, and the "unknown territory" is the planet Rakhat, millions of miles from our solar system, but the setting is really secondary to the story.  In ...read more

Reviewed by Kylee on March 3, 2009 | 0 comments

Love, Italian style
A review of Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani

 Very Valentine, the first in a new trilogy from bestseller author Adriana Trigiani ( ...read more

Reviewed by Lesley - Central on March 2, 2009 | 0 comments

A tasty sip of Science Lite
A review of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

 Outliers is the latest book from pop social scientist Malcolm Gladwell, author of ...read more

Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on February 27, 2009 | 1 comment

Meandrous trail of a murderess
A review of The Outlander by Gil Adamson

  A widow is being tracked by men with dogs, pursued through ditches and woods and rough fields.  She is young and scared and not entirely lucid.  Her escape is impeded by her heavy mourning clothes.  The men after her are relentless and terrifying, two massive and menacing redheaded twins, vigilantly chasing the woman who murdered their brother. Thus opens ...read more

Reviewed by Barbara - Alicia Ashman on February 26, 2009 | 0 comments

Slumdog entrepreneur
A review of The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

 The subject headings in the library catalog for The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga include chauffeurs, poor, ambition, businesspeople, Bangalore, India, epistolary fiction and detective and mystery stories. The main character is indeed a poor chauffeur who is ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on February 25, 2009 | 0 comments

Fun and sexy idea trapped in a puritanical book

A review of 365 Nights by Charla Muller

  Every year after Valentines Day I vow to make an effort to "keep the love alive" in my relationship.  This year I read a book about a woman that really wanted to keep the love alive and she did it by committing herself to "loving" her husband every day for a year.  I thought Charla Muller's ...read more

Reviewed by Katharine - Sequoya on February 24, 2009 | 3 comments

The heart of our country
A review of American Farmer by Paul Mobley

 American Farmer: The Heart of Our Country is one of the few books I've encountered that couples truly outstanding, huge, pictures with essential reading.  Photographer ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Central Library on February 23, 2009 | 4 comments

Good dog!
A review of Dog On It by Spencer Quinn

  While I'm not a dog owner, I am something of a closeted dog lover, so when I saw there was a new mystery featuring a dog and his (human) private investigator partner, I was tempted.  And, luckily for me, I gave in to temptation. Dog on It : A Chet and Bernie Mystery by first time novelist ...read more

Reviewed by Dennis - Central on February 22, 2009 | 0 comments
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