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Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2009; Jon ... When I discover a new writer I like, I have to stop myself from reading all of his or her work right away. If I don't, I find it's easy to conflate plots and characters, or the writing style that initially seemed so compelling grows tiresome. It's a bit like ordering another round of ...
Pardon the interruption.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Jon ... Before we get to another wonderful round of books-we-didn't-finish letters (misery does love company), I hope you don't mind a brief commercial. This is my last chance to ask you to consider giving Bookmarks subscriptions as gifts for the upcoming holidays. The most common phrase I hear ...
More books we didn't finish.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Oh, I feel vindicated! I loved all these letters, and so many of those failed books resounded with me. The big one, though, was The Lovely Bones. I couldn't stand it. At the time, I was one of the Elle magazine reviewers, and I'm afraid my review was the lone negative. I wondered about ...
Bookmarks selections: staff favorites from among the most highly rated books in this issue.(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... LITERARY Page 41 ***** Love and Summer By William Trevor In provincial Ireland in the 1950s, a young housewife carries on an affair. Boston Globe "No one writes with such clarity, subtlety, grace, and precision." ...
Coming soon: upcoming books worthy of your attention.(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Literary Fiction Last Night in Twisted River | JOHN IRVING: In New Hampshire, a 12-year-old boy shoots the town constable's girlfriend, thinking she was a bear. He and his father become fugitives as the constable feverishly tracks them. Irving tells the story of the boy's life ...
The most-reviewed books.(Brief article)(List)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Aug 2009 - Sept 2009 On our Web site, bookmarksmagazine.com, we keep a database of online links to major newspaper and magazine book reviews. Between issues of Bookmarks, you may look up a book on our site to get access to the related book reviews published to date. In addition, ...
Now in paperback: previously reviewed, available for less.(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... NOVEMBER 2009 The Piano Teacher By Janice Y. K. Lee **** SELECTION LITERARY - In 1952, a 28-year-old woman leaves England for Hong Kong and marries a man she doesn't love. (Mar/Apr 2009) The Scarecrow By Michael Connelly ...
Best books 2009: a look back at our favorite books.(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Each issue of Bookmarks features our Selections--staff favorites from among the books reviewed. Below is a round-up of our Selections from earlier in 2009. Please also see this issue's selections on page 4. Literary Deaf Sentence By David Lodge ...
Questioning the Basics of Psychology and Leadership: Reviewing a Biography of Each of Us.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Bhikharie, Roy ... Enhance your productivity, generate resilience and see a graceful detachment in times of stress through Bhikharie's teachings. His innovative psycho-synthesis approach enables anyone to deepen life's meaning by reviewing and reinterpreting his or her biography. [ILLUSTRATION ...
The San Miguel book group.(book group)
Nov 01, 2009; Velte, Luisa ... How did your group get started? Twenty-five years ago, four women, frustrated that they couldn't find any current books to read, decided to get together and address the problem. They lived in a small colonial town in central Mexico, San Miguel de Allende, where the supply of ...
STRONG FEMALE VOICES.(have you read?)(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; Capaldi, Katie ... The first female literary voice that I recall quoting with vigor was that of my kindred spirit, Lucy Maud Montgomery's fictional Anne shirley of Prince edward Island (Anne of Green Gables). Few have followed in her memorable footsteps, but whether these books are written by or about ...
TEN FROM THE WILD.(have you read?)(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; Owens, Matt ... Matt Owens is an Appalachian Trail thruhiker and a park ranger with Georgia's Department of natural Resources. He lives with his wife and daughter in a cabin near Dahlonega, Georgia. The Last Season By Eric Blehm Blehm recounts the 1996 mystery of a ...
American Inventors.(what one book)(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; Teisch, Jessica ... From the steam engine to the Barbie doll, Americans have long innovated out of necessity, opportunity, and circumstance. The following books, from memoirs to novels, shed light on some well known--and lesser known--American inventors and the spirit of innovation. We've also included a ...
GUILTY PLEASURES Vol. 1.(from Paradise to HELL)(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... EXCUSE ME, it looks like something fell behind the other books on your bookshelf. Here, behind Gravity's Rainbow and Ulysses. Wait, what is this? A copy of Confessions of a Shopaholic? And look, there's a whole stack of books back here ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's ...
Margaret Atwood.(Contemporary Authors)
Nov 01, 2009; Teisch, Jessica ... In Oryx and Crake (2003), Canadian author Margaret Atwood imagined a dystopian future where genetic technology supplanted human civilization. The Year of the Flood, her newest novel and companion piece, continues this nightmarish vision. It takes place on an Earth where a terrible pandemic ...
New books guide.(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... We read hundreds of book reviews each month to select the works to include in each issue. We seek a balance among three categories: highly-rated books that received many reviews, highlyrated books that received less comprehensive coverage, and lower-rated books that were widely reviewed ...
Literary.(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... FICTION **** The Calligrapher's Daughter By Eugenia Kim Eugenia Kim is the author of various short stories and anthologies, including Echoes Upon Echoes: New Korean American Writings. The Calligrapher's Daughter is her first novel. ...
Crime.(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... FICTION **** Get Real A Dortmunder Novel By Donald E. Westlake Celebrated pulp fiction writer Donald Westlake, the recipient of three Edgar Awards, died in 2008. During his 50-year career, he produced more than 100 novels and short ...
Sf.(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... FICTION **** Catching Fire By Suzanne Collins In addition to authoring the young-adult series The Underland Chronicles, Suzanne Collins previously worked as a children's television writer. Catching Fire is the second book in the young-adult ...
General.(Recommended readings)
Nov 01, 2009; ... NONFICTION **** Cold Adventures in the World's Frozen Places By Bill Streever A biologist who runs an applied research program in the North Slope oil fields of Alaska, Bill Streever is the author of four works of nonfiction, ...
