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Children’s Book Review: “Wally The Walking Fish Meets Madison and Cooper” by Gary Lamit
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Written by Gary Lamit for his grand daughter, Madison, this charming little book tells the tale of Madison and the dog Cooper. Cooper, like all the creatures can talk and be understood by all. Madison catches Wally, the walking fish (a walking catfish) and releases him. They get to talking and over the next couple ...4 days ago -
Children’s Book Review: “The Lake That Stole Children: A Fable” by Douglas Glenn Clark
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Part fantasy tale, part mystery tale, this short book tells the tale of what can happen when a person is locked into sadness. The fisherman, Cal, is a stern father of two young children, a daughter and son. While the daughter, much like his wife, dutifully listens to him and does not disobey, his son [...]5 days ago -
About the stupidest thing Ive seen all year and thats really saying something
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So heres the new PW cover and heres the new PW controversy . Is it racist? No. Is the photo impressive? Yes, and Im sure in the context of the book if came from , it is quite lovely indeed. But in a year that has seen so much vocal online discussion about the struggles for People of Color in literature, of arguing ...1 week ago -
So who steps up to the plate?
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In the wake of the news on Kirkus shutting down there has been some mention of whether or not the blogosphere would be picking up the slack left from the continuing loss of book review publications. Of particular note with Kirkus is that they ran negative reviews, something Booklist (who I review for) rarely does. ...1 week ago -
Book Review: “Starvation Lake: A Mystery” by Bryan Gruley
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The plan was to leave Starvation Lake, Michigan and never come back. But 1998 finds Augustus Carpenter, known to all as “Gus” back home after his successful newspaper career exploded on him in Detroit. Both he and the town are still haunted by the goal he let in close to the end of the state [...]1 week ago -
Book Review: “Mind Scrambler: A John Ceepak Mystery” by Chris Grabenstein
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The fifth installment of the series finds Sea Haven, New Jersey police officers John Ceepak and Danny Boyle in Atlantic City. They are there to depose a con artist named Gary Burdick in connection with an Ohio homicide case involving John’s father, Joseph Ceepak. Burdick and Joseph Ceepak shared a drunk tank one ...1 week ago -
Friday Finds: December 11th
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photo credit: James Jordan Lots of great tidbits in the world of books right now!! Best Books for Boys courtesy of Book Club Girl The next Twilight ?? NPR’s Best Gift Books of 2009 What Really Killed Jane Austen … clues from a painting? How Our Brains Learned to Read How to ...1 week ago -
Book Review: “Killer Career” by Morgan Mandel
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Attending the Love To Murder Mystery Conference in Chicago pushes Julie McGuire to make a latent dream become a reality. A lawyer in a growing practice with old friend, Dade Donovan, she longs to become a writer. She is also enthralled by the enigmatic mystery author, Tyler Jensen, the conference keynote speaker. He ...2 weeks ago -
Best Book Club Selections of 2009
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Recently I was contacted by Flashlight Worthy Book Lists along with 13 other bloggers, and asked to choose one book that I thought was the best book club selection of 2009. Check out the list — I think you’ll find the whole site helpful, too! I’ve already added to my TBR list… photo ...2 weeks ago -
And the world just keeps on spinning
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Liz has an excellent overview of a disturbing book replacement/removal in Kentucky . I wont call it a banning exactly as it involves books removed from high school classroom reading lists and not a library (and really I think if we call it a banning there is an immediate knee jerk response of the following): "They ...3 weeks ago -
Book Review: “Rough Country” by John Sandford
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In just days Erica McDill was supposed to finally takeover the advertising agency Ruff-Harcourt-McDill in Minneapolis. With Ruff having died sometime back and Harcourt retired and finally willing to sell his stock to McDill the agency was almost in her grasp. Once he sold his shares, she would have seventy-five ...3 weeks ago -
Book Review: “The Night Monster: A Novel Of Suspense” by James Swain
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Eighteen years ago, as a patrol officer, Jack Carpenter responded to an assault call at the Sunny Isle apartment complex. He made several mistakes that fateful day in 1992 and didn’t stop the abduction of Naomi Dunn. That event haunted and shaped his career with the Broward County Sheriff’s Department. These ...3 weeks ago -
Book Review: “Hell Hole: A John Ceepak Novel” by Chris Grabenstein
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It is another summer in Sea Haven and police officer Danny Boyle and John Ceepak soon are involved in another case. While the tourism industry in Sea Haven seems safe this time around, little else is including their own lives. It begins at a party at a local rental house with a disturbance call. Ceepak is [...]3 weeks ago -
Sylvia Plath Documentary, Part Two of Six
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Book Review: “Breathing Water” by Timothy Hallinan
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The card game wasn’t supposed to be high stakes enough to attract the “Big Guy” but it did. A simple poker game undercover operation designed to net lower level casino cheats, has drawn “Khun Pan” one of the richest men in Thailand. Offended, he isn’t one to just let things go. A deal is struck [...]4 weeks ago -
Ernest Hilbert Reads With Ben Downing, Adam Kirsch, and Rachel Wetzsteon
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The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets , edited by David Yezzi, invites you to an evening of poetry Seating is limited and the event is nearly sold out! Please RSVP to Callie Siskel: siskel@newcriterion.com or 212-247-6980 Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Reception at 6:00 Remarks at 6:30 Readings by Ernest ...4 weeks ago -
Movie Review: Up – Blu-ray Disc
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When I saw the first batch of promotional materials for this movie, I had no clue at all what I should be expecting. All the signs features those bright balloons and it all I could gather was that it involved a guy sending his house floating through the air with some little kid along for [...]4 weeks ago -
Book Review: “The Professional: A Spenser Novel” by Robert B. Parker
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It begins, as many in this series do, in the classic way of a new client visiting the office of the private investigator. This October morning finds attorney Elizabeth Shaw at Spenser’s office. Referred to him by a mutual friend, Rita Fiore, she seeks Spenser’s help on behalf of a group of women who are [...]4 weeks ago
