News Monday is a fun day! by Ellie Hattie 11/30/2017 A rhyming and rollicking romp through the days of the week; this book is perfect for infants with its bright colors, 1 year olds with its rhythm, and early preschoolers as it covers the days of the… The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 11/27/2017 I'm choosing The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson as the best book I read in 2017, mostly because it surprised me so much. I pick up a lot of heavy books each year and often get exactly… The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2017, Edited by Bill Henderson 11/27/2017 The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous… Ryan Adams: Losering, A Story of Whiskeytown by David Menconi 11/22/2017 Every year I make a 'Top 50 Albums of the Year' list, and my frontrunner for 2017 (since January) has been Prisoner by Ryan Adams. The News & Observer's David Menconi has written a… News of the World by Paulette Jiles 11/22/2017 News of the World, a short and beautifully written novel set out west, with lyrical and economical depictions of people and places--should be a textbook for any fiction reading or writing class. The Echo Maker by Richard Powers 11/22/2017 The Echo Maker is an elegiac and astonishing work of art. It is so real, I believe I know what it is like to experience a rare form of brain damage in which I perceive my own sister (and even my… Andre Agassi's memoir, "Open: An Autobiography" 11/20/2017 I'm essentially addicted to memoirs, but this one was by far the best sports memoir I have ever read, and one of the best memoirs ever, period. I was a bit disappointed (and perhaps naive) when I… The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah 11/20/2017 The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah is an emotional and intense read portraying the life of women in Nazi-occupied France during WWII. The book follows two sisters who take completely different… Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeline Thien 11/20/2017 Do Not Say We Have Nothing spans multiple generations following a close group of friends and family whose experiences are intertwined through the progression and eventual fallout of the Chinese… Excellent Women by Barbara Pym 11/20/2017 As a comic novel, Excellent Women isn't madcap or farcical, but it has an aware, understated humor that reminds me (and probably everyone else) of Jane Austen. The book was written and set in post-… Pagination First page « First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Next page Next Last page Last »