Saturday, April 21, 2007

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

›
I’M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF : Bill Bryson: Broadway Books: Nonfiction After living in England for 20 years, Bill Bryson returned home to Amer...
Friday, April 20, 2007

Among Wild Horses

›
AMONG WILD HORSES: A PORTRAIT OF THE PRYOR MOUNTAIN MUSTANGS : Rhonda Massingham: Storey Publishing: 2006: Nonfiction: 134 pages "Th...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

Piano: the Making of a Steinway Concert Grand

›
PIANO: THE MAKING OF A STEINWAY CONCERT GRAND : James Barron: Times Books (2006): nonfiction: 265 pages This book is the biography of one pi...

The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for a Perfect Garden

›
THE $64 TOMATO: HOW ONE MAN NEARLY LOST HIS SANITY, SPENT A FORTUNE, AND ENDURED AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT GARDEN :...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The Bastard of Istanbul

›
THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL ; Elif Shafak; Viking; 2007; Fiction; 368pp. Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul is as rich a piece of fictio...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Peeps

›
PEEPS : Scott Westerfeld: Penguin Group: Young Adult: 312 pages Nineteen-year-old Cal, a Texas transplant, lost his virginity–and a lot mor...
Monday, April 16, 2007

Sold

›
SOLD: Patricia McCormick: Hyperion: 2006: Young Adult: 272 pages Not for the faint of heart, Patricia McCormic's "Sold" takes...
Friday, April 13, 2007

A Short History of Nearly Everything

›
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING : Bill Bryson : Broadway: 2004: Nonfiction: 560 pages As the title suggests this book by noted humorist...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

The March

›
THE MARCH : E.L. Doctorow: Random House: Fiction: 363 pgs. The March is a novelization of General Sherman’s march across the South at the en...
Friday, April 6, 2007

Babylon's Ark

›
BABYLON'S ARK: THE INCREDIBLE WARTIME RESCUE OF THE BAGHDAD ZOO : Lawrence Anthony: St. Martin's: 2007: Nonfiction: 248 pages Lawren...
Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Enthusiasm

›
Enthusiasm : Polly Schulman: Putnum: 2006: Young Adult: 198 pages Julie and Ashleigh live next door to each other and have been best friends...
1 comment:
Monday, April 2, 2007

Crunch Time

›
CRUNCH TIME : Mariah Fredericks: Atheneum: Young Adult: 317 pages Four students from very different backgrounds form an SAT study group and ...

Bad

›
BAD : Jean Ferris: Farrar, Straus, Giroux: Young Adult: 181 After being caught in the middle of an armed robbery, 16-year-old Dallas is livi...
Saturday, March 31, 2007

Among the Hidden

›
AMONG THE HIDDEN : Margaret Peterson Haddix: 1996: YA: 160 The first installment in Haddix's 7 part series introduces us to Luke, a hidd...
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Don't Think Twice

›
DON'T THINK TWICE : Ruth Pennebaker: H. Holt: Young Adult: 262 pages In the summer of 1967, seventeen-year-old Anne Harper enters a home...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

A Mormon in the White House?

›
A MORMON IN THE WHITE HOUSE? 10 THINGS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MITT ROMNEY : Hugh Hewitt: 2007: NonFiction: 311pgs. Many of you wil...
Saturday, March 24, 2007

Detox Your Finances

›
DETOX YOUR FINANCES: EARN MORE, SPEND LESS, AND MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK AS HARD AS YOU DO :John Middleton: 2004: NonFiction: 245 ...

Love is a Mix Tape

›
LOVE IS A MIX TAPE: LIFE AND LOSS, ONE SONG AT A TIME: Rob Sheffield: 2007: Biography: 219 This delightful book is as much a biography of 90...
Thursday, March 22, 2007

The Book of Names

›
The Book of Names By Jill Gregory and Karen Tintori St. Martin’s Press, 2007. 304 pgs. Mystery This is a fast-paced thriller involving a...

Candyfreak

›
CANDYFREAK : Steve Almond: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill: Nonfiction: 266 pages The appropriately named Almond goes beyond candy obsession ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

London Calling

›
LONDON CALLING : Edward Bloor: Alfred A. Knopf: 2006: Young Adult: 289 pages. Edward Bloor's London Calling is a young adult time travel...

The Collaborator of Bethlehem

›
THE COLLABORATOR OF BETHLEHEM : Matt Rees: Soho Crime: 2007: Mystery: 264 pages. Matt Rees, former Time bureau chief in Jerusalem, has writ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Little Lady, Big Apple

›
LITTLE LADY, BIG APPLE : by Hester Browne: Pocket Books: 2007: Fiction: 360 pages. In this sequel to The Little Lady Agency by Hester Brown...

Sammy's Hill

›
SAMMY’S HILL : Kristin Gore: Miramax Books: Romance: 387 pages Chick lit goes to Washington in this fun read from Al Gore’s daughter. ...
Saturday, March 17, 2007

Does Anything Eat Wasps?

›
DOES ANYTHING EAT WASPS? AND 101 OTHER UNSETTLING, WITTY ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO ASK : New Scientist: Free Pres...

Artemis Fowl

›
ARTEMIS FOWL : Eoin Colfer: Hyperion: Fantasy: 277pgs. Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. Wi...
2 comments:
Friday, March 16, 2007

Nineteen Minutes

›
NINETEEN MINUTES : Jodi Picoult: Atria Books: Fiction: 455 pages Seventeen-year-old Peter Houghton walks into Sterling High one March mo...
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture

›
BORN TO BUY: THE COMMERCIALIZED CHILD AND THE NEW CONSUMER CULTURE : Juliet B. Schor: Scribner: 2005: Non-Fiction: 304 Juliet Schor explores...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

This Year I Will...

›
THIS YEAR I WILL…HOW TO FINALLY CHANGE A HABIT, KEEP A RESOLUTION, OR MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE : M.J. Ryan: Broadway Books: Nonfiction: 226 p...
Monday, March 12, 2007

The One True Platonic Heaven: A Scientific Fiction on the Limits of Knowledge

›
The One True Platonic Heaven: A Scientific Fiction on the Limits of Knowledge By John L. Casti Joseph Henry Press, 2003. 160 pgs. Nonfictio...