Monday, April 30, 2012

Mister Wonderful by Daniel Clowes

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In Daniel Clowes' graphic novel Mister Wonderful , friends have arranged for two lonely, middle-aged people to meet. Marshall and Nata...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright

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YA literature has introduced me to so many unforgettable characters and now I'm adding New Yorker Carlos Duarte to that list. From Bil...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway

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London clockmaker Joe Spork is a really nice guy. (He can't help it that his father was an infamous criminal.) Joe is called on to rep...
Monday, April 23, 2012

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detectives Extraordinaire! translated from the Rabbit by Polly Horvath

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I seek out translated fiction because I like encountering newness -- different perspectives and styles, that sort of thing -- but this is ...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

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First-time author Eowyn Ivey blends historical fiction with a Russian fairytale in this remarkable and unusual novel. A childless couple i...
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Global Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger

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Canadian botanist and biochemist Diana Beresford-Kroeger has written something unlike anything I've read before. The brief essays that...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet

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Clem and Frankie are two teenagers who should never have fallen in love. Her family is rich; his is working class poor. Their romance is...