Book Reviews

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Written by Andrea Braun Wednesday, 01 July 2009 06:22

Willett's characters are real to anyone who has ever taught adults.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 01 July 2009 06:21

Each essay is self-contained, making it possible to choose those most relevant to your own interests.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 01 July 2009 06:19

How Fiction Works is a marvelously readable appreciation of how Wood's favorite writers achieve their effects.

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Written by Michael Munro Wednesday, 24 June 2009 14:10

In spite of its brooding subject matter, the novel maintains a lyrical air throughout, with prose that often borders on poetry.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:00

If I'm less than celebratory about Man in the Dark, it's because Auster has written many better books and seems content in this one to coast on his reputation.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:58

McCall Smith explores the web of human relations with particular focus on the question of what is truth, and whether honesty is always the best policy.

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:55

The tone of A Prayer for the Dying reminds me of Stephen King's The Gunfighter…if The Gunfighter were actually entertaining or interesting.

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Written by Laura Hamlett Tuesday, 09 June 2009 15:17

In an instant, the book becomes something to reread, reinterpret and rethink.

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Written by Laura Hamlett Tuesday, 09 June 2009 15:15

Rather than plan for college in the fall, James spends his days trolling the internet, looking for the perfect house in the middle of America.

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Written by Laura Hamlett Tuesday, 09 June 2009 15:13

I was repulsed by the book's narrator, and the more I read, the less I liked him.

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 02 June 2009 07:27

The book is an unusual point of view for a cultural history of sorts that is also a guilt-free piece of chick lit.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 20 May 2009 14:47

The border between independent and studio production has always been permeable, and from the earliest years of film people have gone back and forth between the two worlds.