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A review of The Worst Thing I've Done by Ursula Hegi

 For some reason I've avoided reading Ursula Hegi's books since her brilliant Stones From the River.  I don't know ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on November 3, 2008 | 0 comments

Suicide prevention by snail mail
A review of When No One Understands by Brad Sachs

 When No One Understands : Letters to a Teenager on Life, Loss, and the Hard Road to Adulthood presents psychologist Brad Sach's efforts to reach an uncommunicative teen who recently attempted suicide. ...read more

Reviewed by Dennis - Central on October 31, 2008 | 0 comments

Exchanging truth for fiction
A review of The Trophy Exchange by Diane Fanning

 Diane Fanning has been writing true-crime for a number of years. She has only recently begun novel writing and her sophomore effort, ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on October 30, 2008 | 0 comments

Laura Bush revealed
A review of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

 The novel American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld just absolutely knocked my socks off.  Seriously, it is ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Central Library on October 29, 2008 | 2 comments

Fairytale turned upside down
A review of Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale

I'm not generally a reader of graphic novels, though my associate at work is always trying to change that. However, I am a fan of the author Shannon Hale. So when a new book came across the desk by her ...read more

Reviewed by Liz - Alicia Ashman on October 28, 2008 | 0 comments

Ms. Hempel learns a lesson
A review of Ms. Hempel Chronicles by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

 Twenty-something Beatrice Hempel is just beginning to feel like "Ms. Hempel", but that isn't who she is all the time - it's who she is to her seventh-grade English class.  Throughout the eight connected stories in Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum's ...read more

Reviewed by Kylee on October 27, 2008 | 0 comments

Lazarus lives
A review of The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon

 I was happy to see that Aleksandar Hemon’s The Lazarus Project was nominated for the ...read more

Reviewed by Jon - Central Library on October 24, 2008 | 1 comment

Great books for adults to read out loud to kids or read for fun for themselves because they are just so good
A review of A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

 It is also not too early to start thinking about the holidays and these books make great gifts: Happy Fiftieth Anniversary, Paddington! I first read A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond when I was in third grade based on a friend’s recommendation. I remember enjoying it, but ...read more

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

This one, truly stranger than fiction
A review of Cris, Pursued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe by Mike O'Connor

 Crisis, Pursued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe: A Memoir of Life on the Run is quite the title. And, coincidentally, it is quite the book. The author, Mike O'Connor, is a journalist who has worked for NPR, CBS and ...read more

Reviewed by Lisa - Central on October 22, 2008 | 1 comment

Friends (and enemies) of the court
A review of Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley

 I always look forward to new books by Christopher Buckley. He's such a gifted wordsmith and his sense of humor never fails to amuse, no matter the subject. He's become something of an adept at taking national and international crises-du-jour such as American-Islamic relations, ...read more

Reviewed by Dennis - Central on October 21, 2008 | 0 comments
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