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A review of The Ever-Running Man by Marcia Muller

 Marcia Muller has been writing Sharon McCone mysteries for decades ( the first, ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on December 28, 2007 | 0 comments

Borrowed from real life
A review of The Double Bind by Christopher A Bohjalian

 In an author's note opening his book The Double Bind, Chris Bohjalian tells us that the ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on December 27, 2007 | 1 comment

Full of listy goodness


All right, let's face it.  Many of us got into library work for one reason and one reason alone: to alphabetize things.  I'm sorry if that's not a real lofty career goal.  But I find putting books in order by their authors' last names extremely, extremely satisfying.  And calming.  And good. The same part of my tiny brain that is amused by putting titles in alphabetical order is also thoroughly stimulated by the end-of-the-year ...read more

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

A rainbow of kites flying over Kabul
A review of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

 The Madison Public Library offered a promotional contest for free tickets to a sneak preview of the movie The Kite Runner based on the book by ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on December 22, 2007 | 0 comments

The dark underbelly of libraries
A review of Free For All by Don Borchert

 When I stumbled across Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and ...read more

Reviewed by Robin - Pinney on December 21, 2007 | 0 comments

Story of survival
A review of Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein

 Living with a chronic illness can be difficult, and as Amy Silverstein points out in her book, Sick Girl, it can also be hard to live with a transplanted organ.  The difference between the two is that people expect someone to have problems with the chronic illness but not with a ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on December 20, 2007 | 0 comments

A small but sparkling gem
A review of Last Seen Leaving by Kelly Braffet

 Last Seen Leaving by Kelly Braffet is an interesting little gem.  It's, of course, a book about grief (I do ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on December 18, 2007 | 0 comments

No business like show business
A review of One More Time by Carol Burnett

 The other night on PBS there was a biography special on about comedian Carol Burnett, and although I didn't mean to watch it, I made the mistake of leaving it on for a few minutes, and then I was hooked. Perhaps I should explain.  When I was little I read a lot of adult books, because that's pretty much what was in our house.  In addition to reading a few things that were probably a little "old" for me, I ...read more

Reviewed by Sarah - Alicia Ashman on December 17, 2007 | 1 comment

Dear Mr. Joe Hill, please write more
A review of Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

 I will make the proclamation:  2007 is the year of Joe Hill.  This guy can write! First up was Heart-Shaped Box, reviewed ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on December 15, 2007 | 2 comments

Careful man, there's a beverage here!
A review of I'm A Lebowski, You're A Lebowski by Bill Green

 If the title above makes you call out 'Big Lebowski!' you must checkout ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Central Library on December 14, 2007 | 2 comments
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