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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

Now this is an urban jungle
A review of Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy

 Public defender Margrit "Grit" Knight likes testing herself professionally and personally.  Which is why she's crazy enough to be jogging late at night in Central Park.  Though she takes a few risks, Grit is no fool.  She knows she has to be quick and wary.  The handsome man who accosts her may be wearing a business suit but there's something about him that has her spidey senses tingling.  And when she hears the next day of a murder in the park, Grit is ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on July 11, 2008 | 0 comments

Take a hike
A review of 60 hikes within 60 miles, Madison by Kevin Revolinski

 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Madison (including Dane and Surrounding Counties) is part of the American Hiking Society's ...read more

Reviewed by Robin - Pinney on July 10, 2008 | 0 comments

Shrinking the dead
A review of The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner

 A rash of star-studded murder-suicides has shaken the San Francisco Bay area more than the recent earthquakes and widowed forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett has been called in to investigate.  Her specialty is the psychological autopsy, in which her expertise as a trauma medical doctor and her skills as a psychiatrist are used to determine what the victims were thinking and feeling prior to their deaths.  All of the murder-suicide victims have ties to an ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on July 9, 2008 | 1 comment
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