Articles Index
'The Newlyweds' by Nell Freudenberger - Book Review
The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger was released in May 2012.
'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' by Katherine Boo - Book Review
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo is a nonfiction account of life in a slum in Mumbai over a couple years.
'When I Was a Child I Read Books' by Marilynne Robinson
When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson is a collection of ten essays.
'A Good American' by Alex George - Book Review
A Good American by Alex George is a debut novel.
'Nightwoods' by Charles Frazier - Book Review
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier is a novel that was released in 2011.
'Some Assembly Required' by Anne Lamott - Book Review
Some Assembly Required by Anne Lamott is the follow up to Operating Instructions, which followed her son's first year. Some Assembly Required is a journal of her son's first son.
'The Orphan Master's Son' by Adam Johnson - Book Review
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson is a fictional story of one man's life in North Korea.
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay - Book Review
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay was released in February 2012. Here is a review.
'The Unruly Passions of Eugenie R.' by Carole DeSanti - Book Review
The Unruly Passions of Eugenie R. by Carole DeSanti is a debut novel that takes place in France
'The Family Fang' by Kevin Wilson - Book Review
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson is a novel about an artistic family and the effects on their children.
'The Reading Promise' by Alice Ozma - Book Review
The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma is the story of a father and daughter who read together every night until she left for college.
'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' by Rebecca Skloot - Book Review
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is a story of science and history that revolves around one woman.
'Legend' by Marie Lu - Book Review
Legend by Marie Lu is the first book in a new young adult trilogy that takes place in the future.
'The Mill River Recluse' by Darcie Chan - Book Review
The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan is a self-published e-book that became a bestseller in 2011.
'The Litigators' by John Grisham - Book Review
The Litigators by John Grisham is Grisham's 2011 legal thriller. Find a review here.
'Silver Sparrow' by Tayari Jones - Book Review & Book Club Discussion Questions
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones is about a man who has two families.
'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' by Ransom Riggs - Book Review
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs uses real pictures to augment a fictitious tale.
'If Jack’s in Love' by Stephen Wetta - Book Review
If Jack's in Love is a debut novel by Stephen Wetta.
'The Marriage Plot' by Jeffrey Eugenides - Book Review
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides is a modern love triangle set in the early 1980s.
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller - Book Review
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller is a memoir about her childhood.
'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern - Book Review
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a magical debut novel that should not be missed. One of the best books released in 2011.
'The Cut' by George Pelecanos - Book Review
The Cut by George Pelecanos is the first book in a series of thrillers about a retired soldier.
'Flashback' by Dan Simmons - Book Review
Flashback by Dan Simmons is a thriller that takes place in a dystopian future where almost everyone is addicted to a drug that allows them to relive the best times in their lives.
'In the Garden of Beasts' by Erik Larson - Book Review
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson follows the story of an American diplomat in Germany just before World War II.
'Moonwalking with Einstein' by Joshua Foer - Book Review
Moonwalking with Einstein is part memoir, part pop psychology. Joshua Foer tells the story of winning the National Memory Championship, in the process explaining the history of memory and what is known about how memory works.