Pictorial Image vs. Alphabetical Image vs. Sleep and the Price Paid Comments made about a book only just begun cannot be interpreted as a book
Pictorial Image vs. Alphabetical Image vs. Sleep and the Price Paid Holding onto my first thoughts after finishing Jonathan Crary’s 24/7 this morning, I realize that
THE FERAL DETECTIVE When I read Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 riff on dark detective fiction, Motherless Brooklyn, I was not amused. In fact, I found the
Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings Raban’s Passage to Juneau doesn’t fit easily into a genre category. True, this is an absorbing, stylistic
The Last Mona Lisa, Jonathan Santlofer’s retelling of the August 21, 1911, theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louve, is ingenious. Art theft, forgery,
By the time I had finished reading the forward by the author, Jay Katz, Ph.D., well, okay, Keats, but Keats as Katz, I was hooked.
It is exciting when a new book from Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse hits the bookshelves of stores and libraries (though it is a little daunting
Without having Googled Jonathan Crary, all I know about the author, from five brief lines on the inside of the dust jacket, is that he
This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! I’m not sure you must be over the age of seventy to read This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!,
Old Glory, A Voyage Down the Mississippi Who in his right mind would navigate a sixteen-foot, fifteen-horsepower outboard aluminum motorboat down the Mississippi from the
RIVER OF LOST SOULS The Animas River, Jonathan P. Thompson’s “river of lost souls,” rises on the steep slopes above Silverton, Colorado, flows south through
The Paperbag Princess, A twist to the knight and princess tale. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko is
Dear Bookin’ with Sunny, my niece is ten years old and crazy about horses. Can you recommend any good horse stories? I can’t afford to
Sometimes the title of a book captures its content perfectly. Such is the case with Haven’s Wake, Ladette Randolph’s novel of modern Mennonite life and
David Levithan’s novel, Two Boys Kissing, contains so many layered nuances of gay America in the twenty-first century that I hardly know how to begin
There are times I do not understand the marketing of books. By its hardcover price, $16.99, Two Boys Kissing is marketed for young adults. I
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