Once On a Moonless Night
Barbara Hoffert – Library Journal "Once on a moonless night a lone man is traveling…" and, stumbling, clings to the side of an abyss. No, this doesn't actually happen in Dai's magisterial new work; it's reputedly the beginning of a lost Buddhist sutra, written on a scrap of silk belonging to China's last emperor. As […]
The Elephant Keeper
Publishers Weekly: A tale by BBC radio documentary producer Nicholson about a man and an elephant canters along at a delightful pace, from the first meeting between the two on the quay in Bristol, England. In 1773, Tom Page writes a history of the well-trained elephant, Jenny, and his life as a "humble groom" for […]
The Siege
Library Journal: It takes White fewer than ten pages to completely draw the reader into this tautly written suspense thriller, perhaps his best to date. He introduces suspended Colorado police detective Sam Purdy, a friend of Alan Gregory (from the best-selling series that includes Dead Time). The action centers on a building at Yale where […]
South of Broad
The Washington Post – Chris Bohjalian: South of Broad is a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage?and, perhaps, vintage Pat Conroy?Conroy is an immensely gifted stylist, and there are passages in the novel that are lush and beautiful and precise. No one can describe a tide or a sunset with his lyricism and exactitude. […]
The Siege of Macindaw
Synopsis: After years as a Ranger's apprentice, Will is now the protector of his first fief. Not long into his service, everything that can go wrong does: Keren, a renegade knight, has taken over Castle Macindaw, a strategic gateway to the North?poisoning the royal family in the process?and is holding Will's friend Alyss captive. The […]
The White Queen : a Novel
Library Journal A lovely young widow, Elizabeth, stands by the side of the road, hoping for a boon from the king against whom her husband fought. Her ultimate prize is far more?marriage and a crown, power, and influence. Edward of York risks much by marrying this commoner, but their union (and his new wife's fertility) […]
The Fallen Sky : an Intimate History of Shooting Stars
Kirkus Reviews: Sprawling adventure memoir and natural history of meteorites from Cokinos (English and Creative Writing/Utah State Univ.; Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds, 2000). In his quest to understand the passions of the opportunists, innovators and romantics that popular the history of meteorites, the author traverses the globe, […]
Judy Moody Declares Independence
Children's Literature Judy Moody certainly feels her oats in this book. She and her family go on vacation to Boston and experience the excitement of learning about our history. While there she meets another girl her age from London, and is invited by the family to go and stay with them at their hotel for […]
Wicked Game
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by Penny Weymouth. Kristin Ramsdell – Library JournalRebecca Ryan Sutcliff hasn't had a vision in years when one brings her to her knees in a shopping mall. She sees Jessie Brentwood, a classmate who disappeared 20 years ago, and fears a connection when a skeleton is unearthed in the […]
206 Bones
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: Reichs isn't above a bit of melodrama, and her heroine is metaphorically tied to the tracks at one awkward juncture?until the forensic procedures take center stage, as they always do in this cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series.