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'Planet Reese': Feel-bad Funnew
Cordelia Strube creates a realm wrought with black comedy, depression and sympathy in her seventh novel.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
07-02-2007 |
Fiction
'Boomsday' Bustnew
Buckley can be really funny, and there are a few laugh-out-loud moments here, but he has a habit of stating the obvious.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
06-29-2007 |
Fiction
From Mary Jane to 'The Plain Janes'new
Highs and lows for women in comics.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
06-28-2007 |
Fiction
Portraits of the Fundamentalist as a Young Mannew
Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Yasmina Khadra's The Sirens of Baghdad take on the challenge of sympathetically looking through the eyes of the inscrutable.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
06-26-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
'Brother Dumb': Tender, Reflective, Subtlenew
Gilbert's new book defies expectations.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
06-25-2007 |
Fiction
'Fellow Travelers' Brings Cold War Era to Lifenew
Historical novel transports readers back in time.
Shepherd Express |
Roger Miller |
06-25-2007 |
Fiction
'Landsman': A Separate Warnew
A marooned Jewish Southerner finds his conscience under the Confederate flag.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
06-25-2007 |
Fiction
Flying With Scissorsnew
True confessions from the super set.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
06-22-2007 |
Fiction
That's So Gay! (And Lesbian, and Bi, and Trans ... )new
Young adult books for Pride Month -- and all year long.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
06-21-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
Kate Schatz Goes Into the Woodsnew
Continuum's 33 1/3 series enters PJ Harvey terrain with the fictional Rid of Me.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Davidson |
06-21-2007 |
Fiction
The Pros and Cons of the Superhero Lifenew
Soon I Will Be Invincible is an entertaining mash-up of superhero antics and literary ethos -- too bad the magic wears off.
Willamette Week |
Wayne Bund |
06-21-2007 |
Fiction
Khaled Hosseini's Two Womennew
Hosseini may not be a lyrical writer, but he marshals details well, which helps render his characters' plight -- so foreign to us -- in human terms.
Sacramento News & Review |
John Freeman |
06-07-2007 |
Fiction
The Go-Betweensnew
Writers dismantle and recombine genre in search of fresh modes of storytelling.
Baltimore City Paper |
Adrienne Martini |
06-05-2007 |
Fiction
'Skin' Tightnew
Set aside an afternoon and read this novel in one sitting -- you won't be able to stop once you've started.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
06-04-2007 |
Fiction
'After Dark': Filled With Dreamy Fatalismnew
Murakami's stories blur edges between characters and realities.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
06-01-2007 |
Fiction
