Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
December 2005

Thursday December 29, 2005
New York Times
  • Fathers and Daughters by Benjamin Markovits Review by Richard Eder

    Wednesday December 28, 2005
    Boston Globe
  • The Reasons I Won't Be Coming by Elliot Perlman Review by Kevin O'Kelly

    Monday December 26, 2005
    Boston Globe
  • Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer Review by Robert Braile

    Sunday December 25, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • Where Three Roads Meet by John Barth Review by Deborah Friedell

  • A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher Review by Sally Eckoff

  • Rust and Bone: Stories by Craig Davidson Review by Lizzie Skurnick

  • The Man From Beyond by Gabriel Brownstein Review by Jennifer Haigh

    Washington Post Book World
  • Hot Animal Love by Scott Bradfield Review by Caroline Hsu

  • Watercolor Women/Opaque Men by Ana Castillo Review by Jennfier Howard

  • The Arms of God by Lynne Hinton Review by Ron Charles

  • The Prosperous Thief by Andrea Goldsmith Review by Dennis Bock

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Gotz and Meyer by David Abraham Review by Jason Thompson

  • Against Gravity by Farnoosh Moshiri Review by Kim Hedges

  • Ash & Bone by John Harvey Review by Carlo Wolff

  • Not Me by Michael Lavigne Review by Christopher Bird

  • Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend Review by Heller McAlpin

  • The Contract With God Trilogy by Will Eisner Review by Paul Buhle

  • Atomik Aztex by Sesshu Foster Review by Carolyn Juris

    Chicago Tribune
  • In Lucia's Eyes by Arthur Japin Review by Tom Beer

  • Koula by Menis Koumandareas Review by David L. Ulin

    Poetry:
  • Undanceable by Merrill Gilfillan
  • American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander
  • Midwest Eclogue by David Baker
  • A Palace of Pearls by Jane Miller
  • 100 Essential Modern Poems: Selected by Joseph Parisi
    Review by Katie Peterson

    Boston Globe
  • Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami Review by Thrity Umrigar

    Sunday December 18, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Niagara River: Poems by Kay Ryan Review by David Kirby

  • Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer Review by Sophie Harrison

  • The Scorpions Gate by Richard A. Clarke Review by Joseph Finder

  • The Bronte Project by Jennifer Vandever Reiew by Chelsea Cain

  • Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson Review by Dawn Drzal

  • Music Through the Floor: Stories by Eric Puchner Review by Helen Schulman

    Washington Post Book World
  • Sex Wars by Marge Piercy Review by Lauren Belfer

  • The Time in Between by David Bergen Review by Ron Charles

  • Directed by Desire: Collected Poems of June Jordamn Review by Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Music Through the Floor by Eric Puchner Review by Amy Klein

  • The House at the Edge of Tears by Venus Khoury-Ghata Review by Malena Watrous

  • Where Three Roads Meet: Novellas by John Barth Review by Ethan Gilsdorf

  • A Good Place for the Night by Savyon Liebrecht Review by David Hellman

  • Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer Review by Heller McAlpin

  • In Lucia's Eyes by Arthur Japin Review by Elizabeth Gold

    Tuesday December 13, 2005
    Boston Globe
  • The Jungle Law by Victoria Vinton Review by Julia Hatfield

    Sunday December 11, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • Cold Skin by Albert Sanchez Pinol Review by Marcel Theroux

  • The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
  • Weight by Jeanette Winterson Review by Carolione Alexander

  • The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch Review by Emily Nussbaum

    Chronicle:
  • Twins by Marcy Dermansky
  • The Englsih Teacher by Lily King
  • Macdougal Street Ghosts by Hesper Anderson
  • The Turning: Stories by Tim Winton
  • If You Want Me To Stay by Michael Parker
    Review by Polly Shulman

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Western Limit of the World by David Masiel Review by Ron Charles

  • The Whale Caller by Zakes Mda Review by Steve Amick

  • The Town That Forgot How to Breathe by Kenneth J. Harvey Review by David Maine

  • Maybe a Miracle by Brian Strause Review by Juliet Wittman

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala Review by Diana Abu-Jaber

  • The Reasons I Won't Be Coming by Elliot Perlman Review by Christine Thomas

  • The Western Limit of the World by David Masiel Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Zeppo's Fist Wife: New and Selected Poems by gail Mazur Review by Alexandra Yurkovsky

    Boston Globe
  • The Lighthouse by P.D. James Review by Gail Caldwell

    Sunday December 4, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • Liberation by Joanna Scott Review by Lynn Freed

  • Making It Up by Penelope Lively Review by Roxanna Robinson

  • The House of Paper by Carlos Maria Dominguez Review by Alexander McCall Smith

  • The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson Review by Judith Warner

  • Beast of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala Review by Simon Baker

  • In Lucia's Eyes by Arthur Japin Review by Kathryn Harrison

  • The Diamond by Julie Baumgold Review by Ada Calhoun

  • Phone Rings by Stephen Dixon Review by Sven Birkerts

  • It's Superman by Tom De haven Review by Josh Emmons

  • The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch Review by Pat Walsh

  • Philip Roth: Novels and Stories Review by Gary Shteyngart

    Washington Post Book World
  • Golfing With God by Roland Merullo Revirew by Colman McCarthy

  • In Lucia's Eyes by ARthur Japin Review by Ron Charles


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