A book that challenges spelling expertise with 200 tests and quizzes. And here I thought I was a good speller.
Category: New Books
Michael Greenberg’s happy intensity
"Beg, Borrow, Steal: A Writer's Life" is a compilation of Michael Greenberg's columns from the "Times Literary Supplement." They are funny, wise and a great joy to read.
How much would you spend on a new book?
Abbeville Press releases this month "The History of Paris in Painting." A gorgeous, expensive book.
There will be elephants
Sam Savage's second novel, "The Cry of the Sloth," is as entertaining as his first. Here's what to expect.
Bird books aren’t for birders alone
I'm gathering a small collection of bird books. Perhaps in a former life I was an ornithologist. Here are two, recently published and purchased.
Man Booker shortlist announced
Here are the six novels selected as finalists for the 2009 Man Booker Prize, the U.K.'s prestigious award for literature. They were chosen out of a Longlist of 13.
10 books to anticipate this fall
10 books soon be published include a new story collection by Alice Munroe and a memoir from Mary Karr, who started the whole memoir craze with "The Liars Club" way back when. Check 'em out.
“Homer & Langley” is now available
E. L. Doctorow's new novel is based on the true story of the eccentric Collyer brothers who lived in New York City. Today, September 1, is its publication date. Here's a quick idea of what it's all about.
Shame on you Barnes & Noble
I purchased Thomas Pynchon's new novel "Inherent Vice" and couldn't believe where I found it.
The stupidity that thrills
Do characters in thriller fiction always have to be so shallow? It's a reason I don't like the genre. Plus, a review of Jason Starr's new thriller "Panic Attack."
There are no dead
William Styron. Charles Bukowski. Vladimir Nabokov. Books from these great, late authors will be published this Fall. The big news - and the interesting story - is Nabokov's book.
The true subject of “Wanting”
Richard Flanagan says his new book is about desire. But it's the historical events and characters (the novelist Charles Dickens and the explorer Sir John Franklin) that make it memorable.
Dear Gertrude
A book about Gertrude Tennant published by Yale University Press offers up 24 new letters written by Gustave Flaubert to the Victorian lady. A rare discovery.
Ponder me, remember me
"Do Not Deny Me" is a new short story collection whose characters are drawn from everyday life. Facing distressing circumstances, they reach for hope and new ways to go forward.
A bookshop across the pond
While reading the London Review of Books, I discovered some upcoming Fall releases in the U.S. are already available in the U.K. I also found a new place to spend my money - at the London Review Bookshop.
