No One Is Here Except All of Us
by Mackenzie M. February 27th, 2012 | Fiction, New Releases
Picture life in the shtetls of pre-World War II Eastern Europe. These small, self-sustaining Jewish towns dotted the landscape as far as the Ural Mountains of Russia. The shtetl teamed with life. Goats ran down the dirt roads, a fiddler stood on the corner playing folk songs, and the ever-important rabbi walked into the synagogue with his entourage to prepare for the Sabbath. This scene has been portrayed by Elie Wiesel, Fiddler on the Roof, and even history books in the United States. However, this life was ended during World War II. The brand new novel No One is
Lord of the Flies
by Kaitlin February 24th, 2012 | Classics, Fiction, Young Adults
The other day, I made an off-hand reference to William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The response? Deafening silence. My high school English teacher would have been appalled. She considered Sir William Golding her literary boyfriend, and her enthusiasm for his most famous novel was contagious. I'm about to seriously dig myself into a hole of geekdom here, but I'll say it anyway -- one of my favorite assignments in high school was an essay I wrote on the symbolism in Lord of the Flies. Yes, not only did I have assignments I enjoyed, but one of them was on
The Women by T.C. Boyle
by Jessica B. February 23rd, 2012 | Fiction
Frank Lloyd Wright is best known for his architecture, but his love life has made interesting fodder for many a gossip magazine back in his day, and these days several novels. T.C. Boyle’s take on Wright’s women is the second novel I’ve read in the last year about this ladies' man, whose record with women is not so much different from Henry VIII.
In The Women, T.C. Boyle takes an interesting perspective, telling the story from the point of view of one of Wright’s apprentices, a Japanese architect who admires his teacher a great deal. The choice of this perspective,
In The Women, T.C. Boyle takes an interesting perspective, telling the story from the point of view of one of Wright’s apprentices, a Japanese architect who admires his teacher a great deal. The choice of this perspective,
My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business
by T Akery February 20th, 2012 | New Releases, Nonfiction
My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: A Memoir is written by the famous Dick Van Dyke. Van Dyke became a television celebrity for his role on the Dick Van Dyke Show with co-star Mary Tyler Moore. His latest television roles were for the Diagnosis Murder series that appeared on the air from 1993 to 2001. While he isn't a well-known star to this generation, he certainly made a splash. At the age of 82, Dick Van Dyke is still going strong. This book chronicles his life.
There are some surprising revelations about his life that were never
There are some surprising revelations about his life that were never
The Hunger Games Trilogy
by Louise February 17th, 2012 | Fiction, Young Adults
Looking for a book (or three) that will keep any teen or tween flipping pages instead of clicking a mouse? The Hunger Games trilogy, a young adult series written by Suzanne Collins, is guaranteed to do just that.
The first installment, The Hunger Games, was published on September 14, 2008. The next two installments, Catching Fire and Mockingjay came in 2009 and 2010, respectively. They are written in first person from the perspective of the sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in District 12 of Panem, a post-apocalyptic world that exists where North America once was. Panem and its 12 districts
The first installment, The Hunger Games, was published on September 14, 2008. The next two installments, Catching Fire and Mockingjay came in 2009 and 2010, respectively. They are written in first person from the perspective of the sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in District 12 of Panem, a post-apocalyptic world that exists where North America once was. Panem and its 12 districts
