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A year in Rome, with twins, insomnia, and the death of the Pope
A review of Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr

 A forthcoming trip to Rome led me to pick up Four Seasons in Rome by ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on September 18, 2007 | 0 comments

Set in Madison
A review of You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen

 Don't you love it when a book is set in a locale you're familiar with?  You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen is set ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on September 17, 2007 | 1 comment

Matt Ruff rocks my world
A review of Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff

 I just finished Matt Ruff's new novel, Bad Monkeys.  And it was every bit as good as its bright yellow cover and freaky cover image indicated that it ...read more

Reviewed by Sarah - Alicia Ashman on September 15, 2007 | 0 comments

If you run off with Sergei, go to page 420
A review of Pretty Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton

 Ok, I fell for it.  It's gimmicky.  It's hokey.  It may be pandering to the lowest level.  I'm talking about "Choose Your Own Adventure" for adults.  ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on September 14, 2007 | 0 comments

That reminds me....
A review of Addaptations by Stephanie Harrison

 It took a recent book display at Sequoya and reading about the death of Grace Paley to remind me how much I enjoy reading short stories.  So this isn’t a book review as such but more of a reminder to anyone else who may have forgotten about this lovely genre. One of the many definitions out there of the short story is one’s ability to read it in one sitting.  What a perfect way to end the day, spend a lunch hour, or wait for an appointment.  (We all know how those ...read more

Reviewed by Tracy - Sequoya on September 13, 2007 | 1 comment

Before Paris and Lindsay, there was Emma
A review of England's Mistress by Kate Williams

 Whenever my fellow library workers have asked in the past week what I've been reading, I often get blank looks when I reply I've been reading a biography of Emma Hamilton.   Yet, if one could imagine the popular tabloids of today being published two centuries ago, Hamilton would be as ubiqitous in pop culture as Britany Spears and Paris Hilton are today.  Virtually unknown on this side of the Atlantic, Hamilton's ...read more

Reviewed by Katie H. on September 12, 2007 | 0 comments

September 11th reinterpreted
A review of Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days by Brian K Vaughan

 Imagine that only one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed on September 11th.  This is the opening premise for Brian K. Vaughan's Ex Machina series.  Mitchell Hundred was a civil engineer in New York City in 1999 and while working on a suspecious device near the Brooklyn Bridge was maimed by an ...read more

Reviewed by Kelly - Central on September 11, 2007 | 0 comments

Ten years later my favorite mystery author is still...
A review of Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman

 Jonathan Kellerman.  His latest installment in the Alex Delaware series, Obsession, is just as good a page-turner as his first.  Every reader has an author or two (or three) that they always read whatever book comes out, and Kellerman is one I have been faithful to for over ten ...read more

Reviewed by Katharine - Sequoya on September 10, 2007 | 0 comments

A woman in charge?
A review of A Woman in Charge by Carl Bernstein

 I don't read a whole lot of biographies*. I am not very interested in Hillary Clinton. Imagine my surprise, then, when I couldn't put down Carl Bernstein's huge epic biography of Hillary, ...read more

Reviewed by Sarah - Alicia Ashman on September 8, 2007 | 0 comments

Sustainable future
A review of Deep Economy by Bill McKibben

 This spring, I attended a talk by Bill McKibben, sponsored by the Wisconsin Humanites Council.  I didn't know much about McKibben or his work until then, but I was very impressed with his positive and hopeful outlook on some of the  ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on September 7, 2007 | 0 comments
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