by ta | Apr 24, 2007 | Fiction
Here’s a list of Favorites from Fran our Reader’s Advisory Guru: Broken for You / Stephanie Kallos The Kite Runner / Khalad Hosseini In the Country of the Young / Lisa Carey Set on a fictional island in Maine, this novel encompasses Irish history,...
by Michelle | Apr 22, 2007 | Fiction, Non-fiction
jmcg is a staff member who, with insistent prompting from ta and inkonvellum, will hopefully be providing more recommendations for Read This! She may even be tempted to write a profile! But for now, this is what she’s got for you… Television Without Pity:...
by ta | Apr 4, 2007 | Fiction
Novel Reflections: The American Dream, a special presentation of PBS’s American Masters series begins tonight. This episode examines seven novels that typifiy the theme of the American Dream: The Grapes of Wrath, Sister Carrie, The Great Gatsby, House of Mirth,...
by ta | Mar 28, 2007 | Fiction
During the 1527 sack of Rome, the well-known courtesan Fiammetta Bianchini and her business partner Bucino escape to Venice, but not without battle scars. In the business of beauty, nothing less than perfection will do and it takes some time and ingenuity for the two...
by ta | Mar 7, 2007 | Fiction
Marie says this is a “Very Good” read, but not exceptional. This is another starred review in Publisher’s Weekly: “See’s engrossing novel set in remote 19th-century China details the deeply affecting story of lifelong, intimate friends...
by ta | Mar 6, 2007 | Fiction
This received a “good” rating by one of our patrons. It also got a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly: “Brooks’s luminous second novel, after 2001’s acclaimed Year of Wonders, imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the...
