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Turn of Mind
by Alice LaPlante
A Mind Lost (5/11/2011)
'Turn of Mind' by LaPlante is a fascinating book. Dr. Jennifer White is suffering from early onset Alzheimer's disease and this book is told mainly from her perspective in the first person. She is deteriorating rapidly and is having trouble remembering anything recent ormore
Snowdrops: A Novel
by A.D. Miller
Moscow - "that city of neon lust and frenetic sin" (12/11/2010)
' "Snowdrop" said Steve. "Your friend is a snowdrop".
That's what they call them, he told me - that's what they call the bodies that come to light with the thaw. Drunks mostly, and homeless people who give up and lie down in the snow, and the odd vanished murder victim.more
Snakewoman of Little Egypt: A Novel
by Robert Hellenga
Interesting subject matter and sensuous language (11/17/2010)
Hellenga is the author of one of my favorite books, The 16 Pleasures. While this book does not come up to this, it has its definite merits. It is about a college professor named Jackson who is dealing with an existential crisis - should he return to Mbutu where he had donemore
Bad Boy: An Inspector Banks Novel
by Peter Robinson
A Weak Mystery in the Detective Banks Series (7/13/2010)
This mystery is part of the Detective Banks series. However, it is by far not one of the best. The story is about a 'bad boy' who tries to pull a heist on a conglomerate of 'badder boys'. Tracy Banks, Detective Alan Banks' daughter has been involved with Jaff, the bad boy,more
Mr. Peanut
by Adam Ross
Disappointing Read (7/8/2010)
I read Mr. Peanut and was quite disappointed. The book was disjointed, it seemed to try and go too many places and the ultimate feeling I had was boredom. It is about a man whose wife dies from choking on a peanut. Did he kill her or was it an accident? The book also goesmore
My Name Is Mary Sutter
by Robin Oliveira
Woman of Spirit and Hope (7/8/2010)
Mary Sutter wants to be a surgeon. The main problem for her attaining this goal is that the book takes place during the civil war time and there are no female surgeons. Mary packs her bags and travels from New York to Washington, D.C. to help with the war effort. There shemore
Learning to Lose: A Novel
by David Trueba
Living and Losing (6/1/2010)
Learning to Lose has an interesting narrative but I feel like the novel was blunted somewhat by the translation. I believe that it would read more fluently in Spanish. The story is about an inter-generational family. There is Sylvia, 16 years old, who gets run over by Ariel,more
Remedies
by Kate Ledger
A Troubled Marriage (5/3/2010)
The Bears lost their 6 week old son to meningitis early on in their marriage. Since then, they both have turned inwards and do not communicate about their feelings with each other or anyone else. This is ironic because Emily is a public relations specialist dealing withmore
The Imperfectionists: A Novel
by Tom Rachman
A Private Look into the Life of Journalists (4/9/2010)
Set in Rome, this wonderful novel is about the lives of journalists who all work for the same newspaper. Each chapter can stand on its own in much the same way as Olive Kitteridge.

Many of the journalists hate their jobs, may be misanthropes, have their own personalmore
The Lake Shore Limited
by Sue Miller
The Lake Shore LImited (4/9/2010)
This beautiful and transformative novel is told from the vantage points of four individuals - - Rafe, Billy, Leslie and Sam. Each have experienced severe loss. Billy lost her lover, Gus in the tragedy of 9/11. Billy's lover was Leslie's younger brother. Sam's first wifemore
Lowboy
by John Wray
Magnificent Portrayal of Schizophrenia (3/14/2010)
Lowboy is one of the best books I have ever read. It is about Lowboy, so named because he likes to ride the subways of New York City and be underground. He has disappeared from his psychiatric hospital and both his mother and a police detective are looking for him in tandem.more
Big Machine: A Novel
by Victor LaValle
A Trip to the Wild Side (3/14/2010)
Part mystery, part science fiction and part fantasy, this book is a genre buster. It is about a group of ex-addicts and street people, all black, who have been chosen to be a group of Unlikely Scholars. Their job is to read newspaper articles looking for sightings of themore
The Swimming Pool
by Holly LeCraw
Beautiful Writing, Prosaic Content (3/12/2010)
This is a story of two families, each with secrets. Callie and Jed are brother and sister who have lived with sorrow. Their mother, Betsy, was murdered and their father, Cecil, died shortly thereafter. At the time of Betsy's death, Cecil was having an affair with Marcella.more
Summertime: Fiction
by J M Coetzee
Biography of a Living Writer - Supposedly Written After His Death (2/24/2010)
This is a wonderful book. John Coetzee writes a 'biography' of himself that supposedly has been written after his death. The biographer interviews family members, old lovers and colleagues of Coetzee. What comes out repeatedly is that Coetzee was a bland man, asexual andmore
Making Toast: A Family Story
by Roger Rosenblatt
Death Brings a Family Closer (11/15/2009)
This memoir is about family - love, death, perseverance. When the author's 38 year-old daughter dies suddenly, leaving three young children and a husband, the author and his wife move in with their son-in-law and grandchildren to help preserve the family as their daughtermore
Await Your Reply
by Dan Chaon
Are We Ever Who We Think We Are? (7/14/2009)
This is a book of philosophy as much as it is a book of fiction. It is about personal identity and how easily one's identity can be shifted into something else. How real are we? Who are we? Through alternating chapters about three different people, this book asks thismore
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