Monday, October 31, 2011

Alphabet Juice

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Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and ...

Seriously....I'm Kidding

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Seriously…I’m Kidding By Ellen Degeneres Grand Central Pub., 2011. 241 pgs. Biography Ellen’s got a new book, and it’s pretty funny. In ...

Heat Rises

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Heat Rises By Richard Castle Hyperion, 2011. 320 pgs. Mystery Police investigator Nikki Heat’s career is on the rise. She is up for a big...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

52 Loaves: One Man's Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust

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52 Loaves:One Man’s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust By William Alexander Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 2010. 3...

The Art of Fielding

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The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Little, Brown, 2011. 512 pgs. Fiction. Chad Harbach's novel is so accomplished and so well-knit,...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Girl Is Murder

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The Girl Is Murder By Kathryn Miller Haines Roaring Book Press, 2011. 342 pgs. Young Adult It's the fall of 1942 in New York City, a...

The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared

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The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared By Alice Ozma Grand Central Publishing, 2011. 279 pgs. Nonfiction Alice Ozma’s fa...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Girls Don't Fly

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Girls Don't Fly By Kristen Chandler Viking, 2011. 300 pgs. Young Adult High school senior Myra--after getting dumped by her perfect ...

The Death Cure

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The Death Cure By James Dashner Delacorte Press, 2011. 325 pgs. Young Adult Thomas knows that WICKED can't be trusted, but they say ...

Maphead

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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings Scribner, 2011. 276 pgs. Nonfiction This is a book all about ...

Dreams of Joy

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Dreams of Joy by Lisa See Random House, 2011. 354 pgs . Fiction Dreams of Joy picks up the story of sisters Pearl and May where Shanghai...
Monday, October 24, 2011

America's Hidden History

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America’s Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation By Kenneth C. Davi...

Variant

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Variant By Robison Wells Harper Teen, 2011. 376 pgs. Young Adult After years in foster homes, seventeen-year-old Benson Fisher applies t...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The Leftovers

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The Leftovers By Tom Perrotta St. Martin’s Press, 2011. 355 pgs. Fiction The premise of The Leftovers is absolutely brilliant. What w...

The Twelfth Enchantment

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The Twelfth Enchantment By David Liss Random House, 2011. 398 pgs. Fiction Lucy Derrick is the charming heroine of David Liss’s new boo...

The Lady of Bolton Hill

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The Lady of Bolton Hill By Elizabeth Camden Bethany House, 2011. 334 pgs. Fiction As teenagers, Daniel Tremain and Clara Endicott's ...
Monday, October 17, 2011

When the Elephants Dance

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When the Elephants Dance By Tess Uriza Holthe Crown, 2002. 368 pgs. Fiction Set in the Philippines during WWII, this is the story of one...

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

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Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis Norton, 2011. 213 pgs. Nonfiction. It is hard to find the International Debt...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Happy like Jesus

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Happy like Jesus By D. Kelly Ogden Deseret Book, 2011. 134 pgs. Nonfiction In eighteen brief chapters, Ogden provides simple lessons abo...

Made from Scratch

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Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life By Jenna Woginrich Storey Publishing, 2009. 184 pgs. Nonfiction Woginric...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Turn of Mind

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Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011. 307 pgs. Mystery Is the perfect murder the one you can't forget or the ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Snobs

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Snobs By Julian Fellowes BBC Audiobooks America, 2005. 9 CDs. Fiction Edith Lavery is the daughter of a moderately successful English ac...

The Wilder Life

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The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure Riverhead Books, 2011. 336 pgs. Nonfictio...

Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star

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Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star By Heather Lynn Rigaud Sourcebooks Landmark, 2011. 424 pgs. Romance The major plot points will surprise no o...

In the Time of the Butterflies

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In the Time of the Butterflies By Julia Alvarez Algonquin Press, 1994. 325 pgs. Fiction In 1960, three sisters were found dead near the c...
Monday, October 10, 2011

The Night Circus

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The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern Doubleday, 2011. 387 pgs. Fiction “When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates f...

The False Princess

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The False Princess By Eilis O'Neal Egemont USA, 2011. 319 pgs. Young Adult The narrator of this book has been raised in luxury--afte...

Texas Gothic

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Texas Gothic By Rosemary Clement-Moore Delacorte Press, 2011. 406 pgs. Young Adult Amy Goodnight has been the self-appointed defender ...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

The Girl of Fire and Thorns

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The Girl of Fire and Thorns By Rae Carson Green Willow Books, 2011. 424 pgs. Young Adult Elisa, the second-born princess of Orovalle, is...

Pirate King

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Pirate King By Laurie R. King Bantam Books, 2011. 304 pgs. Mystery Not wanting to encounter Mycroft after their last, distasteful meet...