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A review of Turnaround by George Pelecanos

 As an audiobook reviewer for Library Journal, I am often given books to review that I would not normally pick up on my own. The Turnaround by  ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on October 13, 2008 | 0 comments

Drop out for the techno-impaired
A review of See You in a Hundred Years by Logan Ward

 My cell phone battery just died, and it made better financial sense to buy a new phone than to replace the battery.  Of course, my new phone came with a whole slew of new techno bells and whistles, and being a techno-tard, it was just a matter of minutes before I wanted to hurl my phone out the window. I can't figure these things out. You can imagine then, that a good 'drop out' book would be the perfect thing for me to read this year. And I found it in Logan Ward's ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on October 10, 2008 | 1 comment

These young first time novelists continue to amaze
A review of The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block

 The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block is one such novel. It follows two threads, one ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Central Library on October 9, 2008 | 0 comments

Letting Go
A review of Lisa's Story: The Other Shoe by Tom Batiuk

 Earlier this year Tom Batiuk was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his Funky Winkerbean comic strip. And, more specifically, for the story arc that concerned character Lisa Moore. In her story, she was originally diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, suffered a recurrence and recently died. The first part of the story was collected in the book ...read more

Reviewed by Dennis - Central on October 8, 2008 | 0 comments

I'm swooning over a Civil War vampire...
A review of Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

 and his name is Bill Compton. Such a shame that he is already in love with the coolest girl, Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic waitress extraordinaire at Merlotte's Bar and Grill in Bon Temps, Louisiana. And that he is dead and all that. But what a gentleman! Such excellent manners! I was first introduced to Bill and Sookie on HBO's new series True Blood. Total addict that I am, I had to go back and watch all of the in-demand extras interviewing the cast ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on October 7, 2008 | 0 comments

Annie, get your (glue) gun
A review of Handmade Nation by Faythe Levine

 Grab your glue guns and seam rippers because craft is back! In Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design artists Faythe Levine and Courtney Heimerl chronicle the boom of the ...read more

Reviewed by Rebecca - Monroe Street on October 6, 2008 | 0 comments

For the thrill of it
A review of Takeover by Lisa Black

 I've been on a thriller kick lately. Something about the fall makes me want to hunker down and dive in. Oops, sorry for the mixed metaphors but you get the picture. Good thrillers thrill. Sounds so simple but in reality it takes real skill to manage the pacing, characterizations and plot to thrilling effect. Three of my recent reads excelled in all these ways. ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on October 3, 2008 | 0 comments

Pappy was a bad, bad man

A review of Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

 First time novelist Hillary Jordan's novel Mudbound caught the attention of Barbara Kingsolver and won the 2006 Bellwether Prize for Fiction, an honor that she founded to award "literature of social change." It caught my attention in the positive reviews it got in ...read more

Reviewed by Katharine - Sequoya on October 2, 2008 | 0 comments

Why you shouldn't eat your boogers
A review of Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless or Gross Information About Your Body by Francesca Gould

 I usually have a pretty tough time coming up with a catchy title for these book reviews. Not this time. The publishers of Why you Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless or Gross Information About Your Body took care of that ...read more

Reviewed by Dennis - Central on October 1, 2008 | 2 comments

Monsters in the family
A review of The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff

 Lauren Groff's first novel, The Monsters of Templeton, begins when Willie Upton returns to her hometown of ...read more

Reviewed by Mary K. - Central on September 30, 2008 | 0 comments
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