Book Review: 13, rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro
13, rue Thérèse Elena Mauli Shapiro Reagan Arthur Books, February 2011 ISBN 9780316083287 Hardcover These gloves haunt you. But let us not be bothered with that now. Let us not slip onto our own body these accoutrements of the dead. Such a gesture would be a bit strange, a bit unsettling. Such a gesture is [...]
April 30, 2011
Tags: contemporary, France, general fiction, historical, Reagan Arthur Books, WWI and later Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review: Captivity by Debbie Lee Wesselmann
Captivity Debbie Lee Wesselmann John F. Blair Publisher, 2008 ISBN 0895873532 Hardcover Recently, the US Congress endowed retirement homes for chimps used in medical laboratory experiments. The facility in Shreveport, LA offers playtime and even TV–not surprising since these animals’ contact was with researchers, their favorite show is “General Hospital.” The reason for this endowment–we [...]
October 27, 2010
Tags: general fiction, John F. Blair, research, sanctuary, wildlife Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Double Book Review: Two African Writers
Say You’re One of Them Uwem Akpan Back Bay Books, 2009 (2008) ISBN 9780316086370 Trade Paperback Say You’re One of Them is a collection of five stories by Nigerian author Uwem Akpan, each of them about the lives and experiences of children in Africa (Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, among others). The stories are not easy to [...]
October 18, 2010
Tags: colonial Africa, general fiction, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
Half Brother Kenneth Oppel Scholastic Press, September 2010 ISBN 0545229251 Hardcover (ARC) Ben Tomlin, an only child, turns 13 years old when his parents move from Toronto to Victoria, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Dr. Richard Tomlin, Ben’s dad, is a behavioral psychologist and mother, Sarah, is working on her PhD. thesis. Ben and his dad traveled [...]
October 10, 2010
Tags: Canada, general fiction, human-animal communication, Scholastic Press, social issues, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Ape House by Sara Gruen
Ape House Sara Gruen Spiegel & Grau, September 2010 ISBN 0385523211 Hardcover Water For Elephants was a magical read. That book had the capacity to bring together humans, animals and history and transport the reader into an unfamiliar world. Obviously, I’m going to compare every elephant and circus book to “Water” and I’m pretty sure [...]
September 30, 2010
Tags: general fiction, research, Spiegel & Grau, wildlife Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Master of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
The Master of Jalna Mazo de la Roche Pan Books, Ltd., 1954 (first published in 1933) ISBN 0330202626 Mass Market Also available as a trade paperback re-issue from XYZ Publishing The Master of Jalna is the fourth by publication date, tenth by story chronology, of 16 novels spanning a hundred years from 1854 to 1954. [...]
August 16, 2010
Tags: Canada, family saga, general fiction, historical fiction, Pan Books Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
The Toughest Indian in the World Sherman Alexie Grove Press, 2001 ISBN 0802138004 Trade Paperback “Are you an Indian?” he asked me. Of course I was. (Jesus, my black hair hung down past my ass and I was dark as a pecan!) I’d grown up on my reservation with my tribe. I understood most of [...]
August 11, 2010
Tags: American Indian, anthology, ethnic, general fiction, Grove Press, short stories Posted in: Full Reviews 5 Comments
Book Review: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm Random House Books for Young Readers, May 2010 ISBN 0375836888 Hardcover Times are tough in Depression-Era America. Eleven-year-old Turtle’s Mom keeps losing housekeeper jobs and getting her heart broken by no-good men. When her Mom gets a job with an old lady who doesn’t like children, she has no [...]
July 25, 2010
Tags: general fiction, historical, kids, Random House Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: To the Bright and Shining Sun by James Lee Burke
To the Bright and Shining Sun James Lee Burke Hyperion, October 2000. Originally published by Scribner’s, 1970. 9780786889686 Mass Market For a moment he thought of forgetting the bus depot. He had almost fifty dollars in his wallet, and that would be enough until he could find some type of job. [...] There was no [...]
May 23, 2010
Tags: Appalachia, coalfields, general fiction, historical, Hyperion, post-WWII Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Greyhound by Steffan Piper
Greyhound Steffan Piper AmazonEncore, April 2010 ISBN 0982555091 Trade Paperback “Greyhound” opens in the darkest hours of the night. Sebastien can’t sleep and soon, he’ll be leaving. His Mother’s getting married for the umpteenth time and he’s not even invited to this ceremony. Dick, the groom du jour, doesn’t like kids and it’s apparent from [...]
May 19, 2010
Tags: AmazonEncore, general fiction Posted in: Full Reviews 2 Comments
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