Sonderbooks 103: Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund

Sonderbooks 103

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December 11, 2005

Nonfiction

*****The Divorce Remedy, by Michele Weiner Davis
*****For Women Only, by Shaunti Feldhahn

***The Secret Life of the Seine, by Mort Rosenblum

Fiction

****Parnassus on Wheels, by Christopher Morley

****Case of Lies, by Perri O'Shaughnessy

***There's Something About Christmas, by Debbie Macomber

Young Adult Fiction

****The Folk Keeper, by Franny Billingsley

Children's Nonfiction

****Unlikely Pairs, by Bob Racza

***The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence, by Judith St. George, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand

Children's Fiction

****The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
***Hector Springs Loose, by Elizabeth Shreeve, illustrated by Pamela R. Levy

Old Favorite

(Young Adult Fiction): ****Book of Enchantments, by Patricia C. Wrede

Picture Book Pick

****Leonardo the Terrible Monster, by Mo Willems

Quotation of the Week

“When you sell a man a book, you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue
—you sell him a whole new life.
Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night
—there’s all heaven and earth in a book.”

—Christopher Morley, Parnassus on Wheels

= Available at Sembach Library

Sonder is a German prefix meaning "special."