Sonderbooks 87: Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund

Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund

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*****= An all-time favorite
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Welcome to Sonderbooks, an e-zine of book reviews by Sondra Eklund.
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October 26, 2004

Nonfiction

****Sixpence House, by Paul Collins
****Journey from the Land of No, by Roya Hakakian
****Let Your Life Speak, by Parker J. Palmer

****Moyers on America, by Bill Moyers

****Raisin' Brains, by Karen L. J. Isaacson

Fiction

*****Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

*****Nights of Rain and Stars, by Maeve Binchy
****Duty and Desire: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman, Book 2, by Pamela Aidan

Young Adult Fiction

*****Close Kin, by Clare B. Dunkle
****Waters Luminous & Deep, by Meredith Ann Pierce

Children's Nonfiction

***If Not for the Cat, haiku by Jack Prelutsky, paintings by Ted Rand

Children's Fiction

****Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, by Sharon Creech

Old Favorite

(Children's Fiction): *****Emily of New Moon, by L. M. Montgomery

Picture Book Pick

****Mr. Maxwell's Mouse, by Frank Asch, illustrated by Devin Asch

Quotation of the Week

“It is precisely by passing judgments on other people’s work and pointing out their errors
that readers can be made to understand your own opinions better.
It is the easiest thing in the world to turn a review to one’s own ends.
One only need mention the book once or twice
and for the rest of the article one may develop one’s theme just as one chuses.
It is, I assure you, what every body else does.”

—Lascelles in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

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