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Not just for wimps
A review of Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

 Every now and then a cult favorite emerges from the world of kiddie lit (some recent hits include Captain Underpants and ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on March 5, 2008 | 0 comments

Why do they always put Wicked in the title?
A review of If His Kiss is Wicked by Jo Goodman

 I just read a great romance by Jo Goodman - my first by her, though it won't be my last - but one of the things that occurred to me when I put it down was how generic the title was and how it doesn't fit the book at all.  ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on March 4, 2008 | 0 comments

Still going strong after all these years
A review of T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton

 Sue Grafton began her mystery series featuring Kinsey Milhone in 1982 with A is for Alibi. ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on March 3, 2008 | 0 comments

How would you spend your first billion?
A review of All The Money In The World by Peter W Bernstein

 Wanna read about how the other half (or, more accurately, the other top 1%) lives? Then I would highly recommend the surprisingly interesting All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes, by Peter Bernstein and Annalyn Swan ...read more

Reviewed by Sarah - Alicia Ashman on March 1, 2008 | 0 comments

Finding your Bliss
A review of The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner

 Who knew happiness was a topic of study?  Apparently there's an entire science dedicated to it - positive psychology.  And, believe it or not, a World Database of Happiness in Rotterdam, Netherlands.  This database not only keeps track of the happiness quotient of people, but also ranks countries on a happiness scale. So, smart ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on February 29, 2008 | 0 comments

The Robin Hood of L.A.
A review of L.A. Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker

 T. Jefferson Parker's latest thriller L.A. Outlaws features anti-hero Allison Murrieta who claims to be ...read more

Reviewed by Lesley - Central on February 28, 2008 | 0 comments

The Senator's Wife
A review of The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller

 When I saw the blurb for this book, it seemed as if it was a ripped-from-the-headlines plot: wife of politician loves him and stays at his side despite his likely numerous affairs.  When one affair with much younger woman is too obvious to deny, they remain married but lead separate lives. Now here's the thing: ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Central Library on February 27, 2008 | 1 comment

Bittersweet land
A review of Sweet Land by Will Weaver

 I have an older friend who likes to say this: "You can't win for losin'." I don't know exactly it means, but it's one of my favorite variations on "damned if you do, damned if you don't."  And when I finished Will Weaver's slim but thoughtful Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories, that's exactly ...read more

Reviewed by Sarah - Alicia Ashman on February 26, 2008 | 0 comments

Fabulous stories from the father of the comic strip
A review of Rodolphe Topffer: The Complete Comic Strips by Rodolphe Topffer

 "You can write stories with chapters, lines, words: that's the actual literature. You can write stories with a succession of graphic scenes: that's printed literature. You can also do neither one nor the other, and sometimes that's the best!" UCLA Art History professor David Kunzle has assembled, translated and annotated the ...read more

Reviewed by Barbara - Alicia Ashman on February 25, 2008 | 0 comments

Pushing forty
A review of The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland

  Almost 20 months have passed since I reviewed Douglas Coupland's previous book JPod.  That was another niche novel about Gen-Xers, not unlike Coupland's ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on February 22, 2008 | 0 comments
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