Book review: ‘Prairie Lotus’ reimagines ‘Little House’ world through eyes of...
Like countless American girls, Linda Sue Park devoured the “Little House” novels of Laura Ingalls Wilder, re-reading them and imagining herself in the stories as a friend of young Laura.But as she grew...
View ArticleJim Higgins: How to read 35, 50 or 100 books a year: Give up on the boring ones
I read a lot of books. During this decade I’ve finished more than 100 in a year at least twice. Sometimes when people find this out, I get polite chatter about how I find the time, not unlike the kind...
View ArticleBook review: New book on The Association provides a different look at pop...
If you can remember hearing the catchy strains of “Along Comes Mary” by The Association back when it first hit radio’s top 40 stations, wow ... you’re old! If you’ve never heard of The Association,...
View ArticleBook review: New book on The Association provides a different look at pop...
If you can remember hearing the catchy strains of “Along Comes Mary” by The Association back when it first hit radio’s top 40 stations, wow ... you’re old! If you’ve never heard of The Association,...
View ArticleBook review: Jim Bouton biography goes deep inside writing of ’Ball Four’
Jim Bouton the pitcher was famous for a time for a few successful World Series appearances as a New York Yankee in the early 1960s. But Jim Bouton’s legacy was minted as a writer, and he reveled in...
View ArticleBook review: Smith’s ‘The Meat and Potatoes of Life’ gives a funny look at...
Once upon a time, young Lisa Smith, a lawyer, married Francis Molinari, an up and coming naval career officer. Then they had three kids, and military service caused multiple relocations. Like everyone...
View ArticleBook Smart column: 5 novels to check out before the end of summer
Even though summer is waning, there is still time to grab a good book, or two, to curl up with. Of course, there is still worry about the future, the economy, health and the precarious political...
View ArticleBook review: Ayad Akhtar’s new novel depicts unease of being a brown Muslim...
Anyone who has seen both “Disgraced” and “Junk” will be prepared for the content of Ayad Akhtar’s new novel, “Homeland Elegies.” But even those hard-punching, argumentative dramas don’t completely...
View ArticleBook Notes column: How much like the eel are we?
“The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World” By Patrik Svensson. Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. 2020. 241 pages. $28.99“The Book of Eels” is as...
View ArticleBook Smart column: Tales of betrayal
Betrayal is a theme that runs deep in literature because it is one of the most common and painful interpersonal experiences. Betrayal can happen not only in romantic relationships, but in friendships,...
View ArticleBook review: ‘Skunk and Badger’: A classic odd couple you’ll want to meet
Somewhere east of “Frog and Toad” and west of “The Odd Couple” live Skunk and Badger, as mismatched a pair of musteloids as you’ll ever find in North Twist.Badger likes to hunker down with his hammers...
View ArticleBook Notes column: A mystery unravels in the Northeast Kingdom
“The Orphan’s Guilt” By Archer Mayor. Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s. September 2020. 288 pages. $27“The Orphan’s Guilt” is, among other things, a study on the enduring power of guilt. There’s nothing...
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