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Gatsby's still great
A review of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

 I groaned when I learned I would have to reread The Great Gatsby for a school assignment.  Reread the one about the guy with the fancy library?  Come on.  I don't know how it happened, but a literature professor friend of mine and I were so bored with Gatsby that we started telling ...read more

Reviewed by Jon - Central Library on July 24, 2008 | 0 comments

If you had to have a body transplant
A review of: Airheads by Meg Cabot

 Whose body would you choose? Meg Cabot’s latest series starter, Airhead, is over the top entertainment.  It starts out with a crazy accident that crushes our ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on July 23, 2008 | 0 comments

In the year 1000
A review of The Year 1000 by Robert Lacey

 What was life like in the year 1000?  The Year 1000 : What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium : An Englishman's World tackles that question by taking a peek into the everyday lives of the ...read more

Reviewed by Library Staff on July 22, 2008 | 0 comments

The perfect number is lonely
A review of 5 is the Perfect Number by Igort

I caught an earworm tonight. It is Harry Nilsson's golden oldie, One ("is the loneliest number") as sung by Aimee Mann.  You know, her cover featured in the film ...read more

Reviewed by Barbara - Alicia Ashman on July 21, 2008 | 1 comment

A classic detective
A review of An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson

 In her debut novel, Nicola Upson puts classic mystery author Josephine Tey to work as a detective.  In An Expert in Murder Tey is journeying by train from Inverness to London where her play Richard of Bordeaux is entering its final week.  She makes ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Alicia Ashman on July 18, 2008 | 0 comments

A memoir of a man and his city
A review of Made in Detroit by Paul Clemens

 After reading a review on CitizenReader's blog (which is where Sarah has landed if you're missing her reviews) I picked up Made in Detroit: A South of 8-Mile Memoir by Paul Clemens.  It's a terrific ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on July 17, 2008 | 1 comment

The original gloom and doom
A review of The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

 We’ve had a bit of rain around these parts this summer and nothing beats curling up with a good gothic tale during a stormy night.  I’ve been on quite a gothic kick since having read The Thirteenth Tale, and after re-reading Daphne du Maurier’s ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on July 16, 2008 | 0 comments

Bloggers can write books?
A review of Things I Learned About My Dad in Therapy by Heather B. Armstrong

 I read blogs daily, I figure it's a better habit than two cigarettes and coffee every morning.  Two of my favorites, Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com and Rebecca Woolf of Girlsgonechild.blogspot.com have both recently made their debut in the old school publishing world of books.  Often cynical, but always heartfelt and humorous these two bloggers seemed ripe for a book spin ...read more

Reviewed by Katharine - Sequoya on July 15, 2008 | 0 comments

Kansas, the Center of Everything
A review of The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty

 If you are ten years old and looking at a map of the United States, you might believe that Kansas is the center of the world.  That is the perspective of Evelyn Bucknow, a bright child growing up during the Reagan administration, whose story is told in the first person in The ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on July 14, 2008 | 0 comments

More from the other class
A review of Anything for Jane by Cheryl Mendelson

 I'm from New York, so I love reading about it.  I've just finished Anything for Jane, set in Upper West Side Manhattan.  It's the 3rd book of ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on July 12, 2008 | 0 comments
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