Mary, Mary by James Patterson
Monday January 30, 2006
"Someone is killing Hollywood's brightest and most beautiful at precisely the wrong moment for FBI Special Agent Alex Cross - while he is vacationing in California. As one of the ... Read More
Oprah's Frey Fry
Friday January 27, 2006
After having embraced A Million Little Pieces in my review three years ago I, like Oprah, feel duped. And I feel like publishers owe it to the customer to ... Read More
The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
Tuesday January 24, 2006
"Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, estranged from his only daughter, the retired life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Nathan finds his long-lost nephew, ... Read More
The Truth (With Jokes) by Al Franken
Thursday January 19, 2006
"When George W. Bush was elected for a second term (and won for real this time) it was certainly a blow to the Democratic and liberal communities. What exactly happened? ... Read More
Oprah picks Holocaust Memoir
Monday January 16, 2006
In the wake of the Million Little Pieces controversy, Oprah has announced her latest book club selection: Night, Elie Wiesel's autobiographical account of life in the Auschwitz and Buschenwald death ... Read More
National Book Critics Circle Finalists Announced
Sunday January 15, 2006
The finalists for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle awards were announced Saturday.
Nominees in the fiction category included William T. Vollman's Europe Central, E.L. Doctorow's The March, and Kazuo Ishiguro's ... Read More
A Million Little Pieces: Too bad to be true?
Tuesday January 10, 2006
The veracity of James Frey's memoir, A Million Little Pieces, is being called into question in a detailed article posted Sunday on The Smoking Gun web site. The article ... Read More
Harry Potter and the Unapproachable Book Sales
Sunday January 8, 2006
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold more copies in the U.S. on the first day of its release than any other book sold during the entire year 2005, 7.02 ... Read More
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Ashram
Thursday January 5, 2006
It was the ultimate 60s scene: the ashram in Rishikesh, India where the Beatles, Donovan, Mia Farrow, a stray Beach Boy and other 60s icons gathered along the shores of ... Read More
The Accidental Whitbread Award Winner
Tuesday January 3, 2006
Scottish author Ali Smith won this year's Whitbread Novel Award for The Accidental, in which the arrival of a mysterious 12-year-old upsets the delicate balance of a prosperous English family.
The ... Read More
Happy New Year - New in 2006
Monday January 2, 2006
One of my resolutions this year is to keep you informed about some notable titles that are being released in the the upcoming weeks. These will rotate on the Coming ... Read More