So many worthy books!
James Cihlar Great review of "Happy" by Alex Lemon today!
Star Tribune Books A page-turner plot. Wisdom. And lovely description. "Irreplaceable," by Stephen Lovely, another little-noticed gem of 2009.
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IRREPLACEABLEBy Stephen Lovely (Voice, 344 pages, $24
Star Tribune Books Another lovely book you might have missed: "Saplings," by Noel Streatfeild, the author of the "Shoe" books. Out of print for years, reissued in 2009.
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If you grew up as I did on Noel Streatfeild's "Shoe" books, you will find "Saplings" to be both strange and familiar
Star Tribune Books What book did you read in 2009 that you wish everyone would read?
Star Tribune Books and here is another fine book that you might have overlooked, a novel that explores the world through the eyes of a charming, witty and mentally ill young woman:
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Grace Vandenburg, the narrator of Toni Jordan's debut novel, "Addition" (William Morrow, 258 pages,$24
Star Tribune Books quick, before the year ends: great books of 2009 you don't want people to miss. first up:
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If you know Charles Siebert's earlier work -- his New York Times magazine pieces about elephants and whales, or his novel, "Angus," told from the point of view of a dying dog -- you know how fascinated he is by the link between animals and humans
Star Tribune Books Pitch letters we didn't finish reading: Dear Laurie, Feel like you're spending countless hours training with weights and doing cardio? Have you hit a brick wall in your training and physique, where you're not seeing additional gains by increasing the amount of work you're doing in the gym?
Star Tribune Books Alexander Soltzhenitsyn's "In the First Circle," a new translation that restores the missing pieces. Reviewed here by Michael J. Bonafield--a man who knows Russia, and Russians.
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We've all gazed in wonder at a restored art masterwork, where vibrant colors and rich texture were heretofore obscured by decades of grime and dust
Star Tribune Books Ha Jin's latest short stories, reviewed here by Tom Zelman, are about immigrants feeling displaced.
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Ha Jin's new collection of short stories features members of the Chinese émigré community in and around Flushing, N
Star Tribune Books "The Fourth Part of the World" takes a look at the long-lost map that first named America. Reviewed by Common Good Books' Martin Schmutterer.
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Everyone learns in school that the Americas were named after Florentine merchant Amerigo Vespucci, but the questions that should arise -- the whys, the hows -- are rarely asked
Star Tribune Books Note to publicists: Please do not pack tiny little silver spangles with the review book so that they explode all over me when I open the package. Thank you.
Star Tribune Books The Great Depression, from a different point of view.
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On June 5, 1931, a young Ohio lawyer made the first entry in what would become a decades-spanning diary
Star Tribune Books Merry Christmas Eve to you all! A read-aloud story for you, from the Star Tribune and Susan Marie Swanson.
Star Tribune Books OK, Jane Austen fans, this one is for you. From the glamorous and intelligent Andrea Hoag.
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Why are we still obsessed with Jane Austen?Perhaps it is because no matter how modern any of us seem, love and romance are just as important to readers now as they were at the time of her death
Star Tribune Books Louise Erdrich is creeping up on Garrison Keillor in our online poll. Who do you think was the most significant author in Minnesota during the last decade? (Other options: Bly. Kling. Baxter.) Cast your vote! Or leave a note here if you think it was someone else.
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