Monthly Archives: September 2010

Reader Review: "Still Alice"

by Jean-R.N. (MA): Well written – everyone should be made aware of the dynamics in dealing with anyone exhibiting the symptoms of Alz. disease. Important to understand & remember that they have feelings too, regardless of their ability to communicate. As a nurse I worked with Alzheimer patients & I read & reread this thought … Continue reading

Reader Review: "Cane River"

by Bo Walker (Chattanooga, TN): This book is awesome; I was unable to put it down until I finished. This saga is so true of many of our ancestors who overcame tremendous obstacles and injustices to build legacies from which we benefit. The author did a great job relating the family’s story, the unique strength … Continue reading

Reader Review: "Room"

by avid (central illinois): This book is difficult to categorize, but it would be fair to call it a thriller. However, while most thrillers end with the resolution of a situation, in Room, the situation is resolved about midway through the book. In the "bonus reading" (my own term for the second half of this … Continue reading

Oprah picks "Freedom"

Yet to be confirmed but the word on the street is that Oprah’s next book club pick is Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom.. Read more on bookbrowse.com

Reader Review: "The Bricklayer"

by Nancy Patterson (Houston): I had just finished the Hunger Games series and was looking for something new that intrigued me like this series. Since my dad was a second generation bricklayer, I picked it up wondering how authentic the author’s voice would be regarding the life of a bricklayer. Being a bricklayer is more … Continue reading

Reader Review: "The Reader"

by Claudia (Memphis, Tn): Marvelous book! Interesting that no review picked up on the incredible symbolism that the author wove into the story. If Hanna was first generation Germany, and Michael represented the second generation, post-war children, it fits very well. Hanna committed a heinous crime by abusing an underage child, one that was seriously … Continue reading

Thomas Guinzburg, Paris Review co-founder, dies at 84

Thomas Guinzburg, an editor and publisher who helped create The Paris Review, the enduring lion of American literary magazines, and who later became president of Viking Press, the publishing house founded by his father, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 84. Read more on bookbrowse.com

Army negotiating to buy & destroy first print run of memoir

Defense Department officials are negotiating to buy and destroy all 10,000 copies of the first printing of Operation Dark Heart, an Afghan war memoir they say contains intelligence secrets… the only catch is that some copies have already been released to reviewers and online bookstores. Read more on bookbrowse.com

Wall Street Journal plans new book section

At a time when book coverage is gradually disappearing from newspapers nationwide, Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal plans to launch a weekly book review within the next few weeks as a pull out section for the Weekend Journal… Read more on bookbrowse.com

Booker shortlist announced

The shortlist for the Man Booker Prize has been announced: The Long Song by Andrea Levy Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey Room by Emma Donoghue C by Tom McCarthy The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut The last two titles have not been published in the … Continue reading