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Even More Weekly Reviews: Serial Killers
We have a huge backlog of wonderful reviews right now, so this week we’re giving you even more weekly reviews. The great film reviewer Jonathan Rosenbaum once commented that “it’s pretty safe to say that there are more serial killers in movies than there are in real life” and puzzled over why so many viewers […]
Weekly Reviews: Sequels
Trilogies. How many of us shudder at the thought? How many of us miss those great standalone novels? A whole story arc in one book – imagine! On the other hand, many readers enjoy knowing that there is more to come. In a student bookgroup meeting last week, as we discussed what to read next, […]
Weekly Reviews: Identity
As promised, we have our full complement of reviews for the week, all in one omnibus post. These week’s books are all about identity. In our first book, Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan, Cahalan recounts her harrowing experience of grappling with a rare brain disease called autoimmune encephalitis, which brought on hallucinations, paranoia, and […]
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The Distance Between Us
In her new memoir, Reyna Grande, author of Dancing with Butterflies and Across a Hundred Mountains, tells the story of illegally immigrating to the U.S. from Mexico, and the difficulties being apart for long periods of time caused her family. The Los Angeles Times calls it “the “Angela’s Ashes” of the modern Mexican immigrant experience,”and praises […]
Devil’s Wake
Devil’s Wake, the first in a new series by husband and wife writing team Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due, adds welcome diversity to the crowded zombie field. Tananarive Due is author of the acclaimed African Immortals series, which can also be recommended to young adults. It includes My Soul to Keep, The Living Blood, Blood Colony, and My Soul to Take. […]
Lone Wolf
A new novel by Jodi Picoult is always an event. Her latest is getting a BIG publicity push — check out this photo from Times Square (from her Facebook page). Ever since the publication of My Sister’s Keeper, teens have been aware of the author, and fans tend to enjoy her novels whether they have […]
The Infernals
The Infernals is published as a young adult novel under a different title (Hell’s Bells) in the U.K. It is the second in a series, following The Gates (which is lucky enough to be published under the same title on both sides of the pond). Much was made in the U.K. of John Connelly’s switch to […]
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