Annabel Lyon’s The Golden Mean, a novel of the philosopher Aristotle and Alexander the Great and set in 343 B.C., is right up my alley. [...]
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High school in the 80s wasn’t one big Molly Ringwald movie, but it wasn’t all bad. That’s why I was tickled mauve to hear about the publication of True Prep: It’s A Whole New Old World, a “sequel” by The Preppy Handbook’s authors. [...] A new release came my way recently: Original Sins: a novel of slavery & freedom, by Peg Kingsman (W.W. Norton). A young woman’s journey into the slave-holding South to discover the fate of a lost child. Why would a runaway Virginia slave – having built a rewarding life in the East Indies as a [...] Charles Yu’s How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is part science fiction, part family drama. [...] In my town, they printed & bound sets of the town minutes for every single board member and department head. I am the Lorax, and I speak for the trees that wee slaughtered to make all those ugly tomes. Surely there’s a better way? Williamsburg is trying the iPad instead. [...] Jeff Deck has a new book (co-written with Benjamin D. Herson) out that’s bound to delight those of us who chortled our way through Eats, Shoots & Leaves — The Great Typo Hunt, documenting his journey across America, fixing one typo at a time. [...] From NPR, it’s jail for a Shakespeare thief… and yet I can’t help wondering if the Bard, a notorious carouser himself, might not have appreciated the reasons behind his larceny. [...] Loving Frank is lighting up book club meetings everywhere, and for good reason. [...] High school in the 80s wasn’t one big Molly Ringwald movie, but it wasn’t all bad. John Hughes, v-necked sweaters and safety-pinned jeans, The Violent Femmes. My not-secret love of the guy who played Jake in 16 Candles. And The Preppy Handbook. [...] Book bloggers catch on with publishers. [...] |
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