Review of A Jane Austen Education, by William Deresiewicz
A Jane Austen Education How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William Deresiewicz The Penguin Press, New York, 2011. 255 pages. Starred…
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Review of The Drowned Cities, by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi Little, Brown and Company, 2012. 437 pages. The Drowned Cities is set in the same world as Ship Breaker, but you definitely don’t need…
Sonderling Sunday – Chapter 9 – Meeting the Sonderlinge
It’s time for Sonderling Sunday! I missed last week because it was my youngest son’s 18th birthday! (Where oh where does the time go?) That reminds me of a funny…
Review of The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man’s Fear The Kingkiller Chronicles: Day Two by Patrick Rothfuss DAW Books, New York, 2011. 994 pages. Starred Review 2011 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #6 Fantasy Fiction I already talked…
Review of The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One by Patrick Rothfuss DAW Books, 2007. 722 pages. Starred Review 2011 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #2 Fantasy Fiction This book wasn’t even…
Review of A Fistful of Rice, by Vikram Akula
A Fistful of Rice My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability by Vikram Akula Harvard Business Review Press, 2011. 191 pages. This is an intriguing and hopeful book. Vikram…
Review of Proofiness, by Charles Seife
Proofiness The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception by Charles Seife Viking, 2010. 295 pages. Starred Review I’ve already admitted that I’m a certified Math Nut. And that I read popular-audience…
Review of The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang Scholastic Press, New York, 2011. 312 pages. Starred Review Full disclosure: I met Wendy Shang at KidLitCon09 and liked her…
Review of We Are the Ship, by Kadir Nelson
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, words and paintings by Kadir Nelson Starred Review. Jump at the Sun (Hyperion), New York, 2008. 88 pages. I’m…