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The Possibility of Everything
The Possibility of Everything
by Hope Edelman
The Possibility of a Little Less than Everything, please? (8/2/2009)
I haven't read the author's previous books, but it's not hard to guess her primary focus. Here's four other titles listed in this book: Motherless Daughters, Letters from Motherless Daughters, Mother of My Mother, Motherless Mothers.

It comes as no surprise that Edelman …more
Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing
Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing: Living in the Future
by Charles Bowden
Gonzo Hemingway + Audubon: A portrayal of the deserts inside and outside (2/11/2009)
Bowden writes in a spare style, perhaps reflecting the time he spent as a newspaper reporter for the Tucson Citizen. In several pieces he skips place or personal names altogether--in a life as painful as the one he describes, with nary a dysfunction left out of his …more
The Crow Road
The Crow Road
by Iain Banks
The Crow Road (9/25/2008)
When I dive into a novel, I want to be enveloped in its world, every sense engaged. I want the author to lead me by the hand, whispering into my ear. If this is you, too, you'll like The Crow Road by Iain Banks. Many and varied characters, connected in different ways over …more
Can't Remember What I Forgot
Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory Research
by Sue Halpern
Can't remember--don't care (5/9/2008)
I like reading popular science books, be they light, Mary Roach ("Stiff"), funny, Bill Bryson ("A Short History of Nearly Everything") or more challenging, Oliver Sacks ("Uncle Tungsten"). I expected this to be on the lighter side, a la Mary Roach, with the author candidly …more
A Child Called It
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
by Dave Pelzer
Check your facts first (5/9/2008)
One of reviewers cites a reference on Wikipedia to a book by Dave Pelzer's brother, Stephen, entitled "Dysfunction for Dollars". There is no such book. "Dysfunction for Dollars" is an article by Pat Jordan in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, July 28, 2002.
The Ministry of Special Cases
The Ministry of Special Cases: A Novel
by Nathan Englander
Get it for your book club! (5/9/2008)
Like his earlier short story collection, this will draw you deep inside a world that is both new and familiar. I have recommended this book to many people, and each came away saying "Wow". It reminds me of "Life of Pi", not in its themes or characterizations, but in the way …more
Evening Is the Whole Day
Evening Is the Whole Day
by Preeta Samarasan
Immerse yourself. (4/16/2008)
Evening is The Whole Day takes place almost entirely inside of one house, and yet it feels like it contains a whole world. As the story begins, the household is in turmoil. We know something terrible has happened, but exactly what took place is unclear. Samarasan takes us …more
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
It might make a better movie... (3/13/2008)
The movie is scheduled to come out in 2009. Although there were many aspects of the book that I liked--her description of the afterlife, and of the disintegration of a family beset by tragedy--there were many times I found myself murmuring, "Stop, stop, enough. Where's the …more
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