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  In The Farmer's Daughter , Jim Harrison returns to his signature three-novella format. In addition to the title story, this volume ...

After explaining that, while in Portland, he bought a book called A Complicated Kindness on the recommendation of several Powell’s Books ...

My mom was here for a visit and passed on a couple of books she thought I would like, giving me a short Mailbox Monday list. These are t...

Anthony Powell is best known for his 12-volume novel, A Dance to the Music of Time , which follows a loose group of acquaintances from...

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." -- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Although I've watched the movie sever...

"In a quiet street near Sule Pagoda, a woman smiles at me for no reason." -- Burmese Lessons: A True Love Story by Karen Co...

Every Bitter Thing is the fourth book in Leighton Gage’s captivating mystery series featuring Chief Inspector Mario Silva of the Brazilia...

Pelham Grenville ("P. G.") Wodehouse wrote some -- most? -- of the funniest books in the English language. Over his long c...

"'The method of killing was the same, a single shot to the abdomen followed by a beating with a blunt object. And the bullets we...

My mailbox overfloweth last week. Many books really did come in the mail, plus I stopped at one of my favorite library bookstores, the Boo...

"Lushington collected the pieces of typewritten foolscap and shook them together so that the edges were level." -- Venusberg ...

"The story so far: I have been writing a column for this magazine for the last fifteen months." --  Housekeeping vs. the Dirt...

"It was Norma Palhares who first steered her new husband towards the offshore oil platforms." -- Every Bitter Thing by Leigh...

Saving Stanley: The Brickman Stories by Scott Nadelson is a terrific collection of eight interrelated stories about Daniel Brickman and ...

ANNOUNCEMENT The August issue of the Internet Review of Books is up now, with a dozen non-fiction reviews, a half-dozen fiction reviews, ...

"I'd never expected to be held accountable for my actions as a ten-year-old, and I certainly never thought they would cost me my ...

I am pleased to announce the winner of my giveaway for The Opposite Field by Jesse Katz. Thank you to everyone who participated by sig...

Only one book came into my house last week, so my Mailbox Monday list is very short. Every Bitter Thing by Leighton Gage. This was ...

There is a small irony in the fact that Kate Grenville won the Orange Prize – awarded to the “best” novel in English -- for a book that c...

Rulka Langer was visiting her family in Poland when Germany invaded in 1939, setting off World War II. Her husband was in America, where t...

What happens when an idol turns out to be a normal, middle-aged person with plenty of ordinary problems of his own? Nick Hornby answers t...

"Aragorn sped on up the hill." -- The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is Part II of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I r...

The long rumbling noise of crumbling walls, the tinkle of broken glass. Mother, the room, everything disappeared in a cloud of dust . . ...

Two book came into my mailbox last week, in time for Mailbox Monday. Chick Loves Lit is the host this month. The first book is one I had...

"When the cat was sick and slowly dying, Hannah canceled vacation plans, dinner parties, hair appointments, a manicure." Savin...

In Small Island , Andrea Levy examines what happened when volunteers from Jamaica came to England to fight for the British military durin...

"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and sa...

"I have lived in New York City all my life, and I am convinced that it is the most vibrant, fascinating, creative, diverse, and, some...

Valley of the Dolls may be the most famous of all "trashy" novels, which is why I've always wanted to read it. I have n...

"The trailer was old, probably thirty, which is about three hundred in trailer years. It canted to the right on cinder-block legs....

I enjoyed Peaceful Places, Los Angeles so much that I got my hands on a copy of Peaceful Places, New York City . There are plans afoo...