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Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2009; ... We can all conjure up our lists of Books We Loved, Books We've Read Over and Over, and Books We Hated. And then there are the Books We Didn't Finish. These are the books that just bored us for too long and whose fundamental style we couldn't stand; they are the books that even though they ...
Tune in, read on.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2009; ... I very much enjoyed the letter from the editor in the May/June 2009 issue of Bookmarks. I think there's a common assumption that when markets are tanking, people seek escape. As you point out, it's actually more about checking in. We're reminded that stories, which make up our lives, are ...
Shared tastes.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2009; ... One of my AAUW book club members alerted me to your magazine three years ago, and I love it. When I mentioned it to our librarian, she admitted to keeping it for the staff, so I ordered a subscription for our library and also decided it would make a great holiday gift for fellow book ...
Any wordly book dealers?(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2009; ... I am the editor of a monthly medical journal, and I love your magazine. I particularly enjoyed your article in the Mar/Apr 2009 issue, "Books in Translation." Yesterday I came across a list of the "Top 40 European Fiction Authors 2008-2009." My eyes lit up like Dylan Thomas's on seeing a ...
Bookmarks selections: staff favorites from among the most highly rated books in this issue.
Jul 01, 2009 ... LITERARY Page 29 **** The Family Man By Elinor Lipman Lipman returns with another comedic novel populated by deep, charming characters. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Washington Post "Lipman mesmerized me. she ...
Between the covers: a different kind of issue overview.(Plot summary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Beyond our selections, here's a look at some other noteworthy books in this issue. This Issue's Highbrow Literary Works **** Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi By Geoff Dyer This novel is a travelogue; a philosophical treatise on ...
2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners.(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009 ... The prizes were announced on April 20, 2009 at columbia University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FICTION OLIVE KITTERIDGE |ELIZABETH STROUT: Olive Kitteridge, a retired seventh grade math teacher and pharmacist's wife, is quick, sharp, big, gossipy, and not an ...
Travel through books.(Recommended readings)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Books cost a lot less than airfare, and they offer the added bonus of time travel. I like a nice mix of fiction and nonfiction--really, anything that's well-written and gives me a sense of place. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] INDIA The Space Between Us ...
All-time favorites.(Recommended readings)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Blonde By Joyce Carol Oates Sympathetic but not sentimental, this fictionalized portrayal of Marilyn Monroe is a sad story that characterizes just about everyone in her crowded life, including the Athlete and the Author, her two most famous husbands. She deserved so ...
"The coven".(book group)
Jul 01, 2009; ... How did your book group get started? Eight years ago I invited four of my closest friends and then asked each of them to invite one woman who was not part of our immediate circle. We range in age from 35 to 50 years. We're a pretty opinionated group, and it's not ...
what one book: expert recommendations on a selected topic.(Legal Dramas)(Recommended readings)
Jul 01, 2009 ... The painstaking preparation. The surprise witness. The powerful closing argument. There's a reason why so many television shows culminate in a dramatic courtroom scene rather than, say, an editorial meeting for a literary magazine. there are authors for ...
Barbara Kingsolver.
Jul 01, 2009 ... "The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. The most you can do is live inside that hope, running down its hallways, touching the walls on both sides." -2008 Commencement Address, Duke University FOR BARBARA KINGSOLVER (1955-), ...
Now in paperback: previously reviewed, available for less.(Buyers guide)
Jul 01, 2009 ... JULY 2009 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Say You're One of Them By uwem Akpan **** SELECTION LITERARY - Children narrate this debut story collection, which shines light on ...
Robert Littell.(Contemporary Authors)
Jul 01, 2009; ... AS A MASTER OF THE COLD WAR SPY NOVEL, Robert Littell could have kept returning to the scene of the crime with more thrillers about the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Instead, he expanded his focus with his new effort The Stalin Epigram, which fictionalizes the ...
Iain Pears.(Contemporary Authors)
Jul 01, 2009; ... IN ENGLISH NOVELIST IAIN PEARS'S LATEST NOVEL, Stone's Fall (see our review below), a wealthy financier and arms dealer mysteriously dies in London in 1909. As the book moves backward in time to 1890 Paris and 1867 Venice, the truth about the man's death emerges. Like the widely acclaimed ...
Literary.(Plot summary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... NEW BOOKS GUIDE 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, highly-rated books that received less comprehensive coverage, and lower-rated books ...
Crime.(Plot summary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... FICTION **** About Face A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery By Donna Leon Former English professor Donna Leon again shines the spotlight on her beloved adopted city of Venice in this 18th installment of her award-winning mystery ...
Sf.(science fiction)(Plot summary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... FICTION **** Pride and Prejudice and Zombies By Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Jane Austen is a Regency-era English novelist beloved by generations of readers throughout the world. Seth Grahame-Smith, who adds gruesome twists to Austen's ...
General.(nonfiction works)(Plot summary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... NONFICTION **** Tall Man The Death of Doomadgee By Chloe hooper Australian author Chloe Hooper's first novel, A Child's Book of True Crime, about a young schoolteacher's affair, was a New York Times Notable Book and was short-listed ...
Biography.(Plot summary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... NONFICTION The First Tycoon The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt By T.J. Stiles Historian T. J. Stiles's award-winning first book, Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War (2002), was a New York Times Notable Book, and he has written many ...