Winter reads depicting the beauty and relentless nature of ice, wind, and snow.
New Year Novels | Wyatt’s World
By on January 7, 2013 Leave a Comment
To bookend last week’s list of January nonfiction, here are five novels to start the New Year. They range from the highly anticipated next novel of a book club favorite to the end of an iconic fantasy series. Each should ensure a good first month of reading. The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier (Dutton) Tiger [...]
Xpress Reviews: Graphic Novels | First Look at New Books, January 4, 2013
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A water color treat, a fine political thriller, a new “CHERUB” from Muchamore, and a spooky tale of bloodthirsty seal maidens
Xpress Reviews: Fiction | First Look at New Books, January 4, 2013
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Travelog: Chinese cats, Michigan bad guys, Minnesota guilt, Alaska dreams, and a post-Colonial New England community
Fiction Reviews | December 2012
By on December 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
Reviews of Tracy Chevalier’s The Last Runaway, Jim Crace’s Harvest, and John Kenney’s Truth in Advertising, plus a full list of fiction reviews from the Dec. issue.
Xpress Reviews: Fiction | First Look at New Books, December 21, 2012
By on December 20, 2012 1 Comment
A new Dave Barry is “insane,” Basran’s debut displays beautifully constructed sentences, Chiaverini crafts an absorbing stand-alone historical, Downie reprieves Roman doctor Ruso, and Thomas knits an engrossing :Kashmir Shawl”
Best Books 2012: More of the Best
By on December 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
After LJ’s editors chose our Top Ten of the year, we still some had titles we felt strongly about. Here are 16 more can’t-miss books from 2012. Cain, Susan. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Crown. ISBN 9780307352149. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780307452207. PSYCH This book makes me want to [...]
Objects of Perfection: Books to Look At and to Read | Wyatt’s World
By on December 17, 2012 1 Comment
Sometimes the best thing a book can offer a reader is not its text but its visuals. These books promise to immerse readers in dual pleasures. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: With Artwork by Yayoi Kusama by Lewis Carroll (Penguin Global) 100 Diagrams That Changed the World: From the Earliest Cave Paintings to the [...]
Xpress Reviews: Fiction | First Look at New Books, December 14, 2012
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Hemon offers Best European fiction, Ellis wields an inventive “Gun Machine,” Santoro’s “The Boy” has a gritty reality, and Schrank’s third novel is “a charming book about love”
The Uninvited, The Bookseller, Brain on Fire, and a Few Colorful Lies | Books for Dudes
By on December 5, 2012 1 Comment
It’s December with temps in the 30s; I guess autumn really is over. I had fun extending my triathlon season into October, but all good things must end, including the only book I really sat down with over the past few months, Color Stories by Benjamin Moore (covered below). I relied on my minions to [...]
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