May 2005 |

Sunday May 29, 2005
New York Times Book Review
Fiction Chronicle:
Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue by Mark Kurlansky
The Center of Winter by Marya Hornbacher
The Effects of Light by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
Serpent Girl by Matthew Carnahan
Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncery
Review by Maggie Galehouse
Collected Poems, 1943-2004 by Richard Wilbur
Review by Stephen Metcalf
Washington Post Book World
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Review by Elizabeth Hand
The Diezmo by Rick Bass
Review by H.W. Brands
Her Body Knows by David Grossman
Review by Judy Goldman
Welcome to Havana Senor Hemingway by Alfredo Jose Estrada
Review by Ron Charles
San Francsico Chronicle
The Magic Keys by Albert Murray
Review by Tom Nolan
Chicago Tribune
Blinding Light by Paul Theroux
Review by Paul Baumann
Music of the Mill by Luis J. Rodriguez
Review by Paricia Henley
Almonds to Zhoof: Collected Stories by Richard Stern
Review by Alan Cheuse
The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
Review by Conan Putnam
Fatal Crossroads by Seymour Topping
Review by James O'Shea
Looped by Andrew Winston
Review by Bill Savage
Boston Globe
Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett
Review by Gail Caldwell

Sunday May 22, 2005
New York Times Book Review
The Missing Person by Alix Ohlin
Review by Sophie Harrison
The Magic Keys by Albert Murray
Review by John Leland
The Sad Truth About Happiness by Anne Giardini
Review by Laura Jamison
The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr
Review by Geoff Nicholson
Follies by Ann Beattie
Review by David Means
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Review by Tom Shone
Fiction Chronicle:
Holy Skirts by Rene Steinke
The Portrait by Iain Pears
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Review by Dan Kennedy
Maps For Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
Review by Akash Kapur
Raymond and Hannah by Stephen Marche
Review by Meghan Daum
Washington Post Book World
Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo
Review by Jonathan Yardley
The Coast of Akron by Adrienne Miler
Review by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Sad Truth About Happiness by Anne Giardini
Review by Donna Rifkind
The Portrait by Iain Pears
Review by Howard Norman
The Great Inland Sea by David Francis
Review by Jeff Turrentine
My Name Is Legion by A.N. Wilson
Review by Ron Charles
San Francisco Chronicle
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Review by David Hellmen
Follies by Ann Beattie
Review by christine Thomas
The Right Madness by James Crumley
Review by John Freeman
Chicago Tribune
Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo
Review by Art Winslow
The Lake, the River & the Other Lake by Steve Amick
Review by Jean Thompson
The Bitch Posse by Martha O'Connor
Review by Jane Ciabattari
The Company Car by C.J. Hribal
Review by Porter Shreve
Under the Glacier by Halldor Laxness
Review by Alan Peter Ryan
Boston Globe
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Review by Richard Eder
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Review by Adam Mansbach

Sunday May 15, 2005
New York Times Book Review
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Review by Terrence Rafferty
A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin
Review by Dan Chiasson
Natives and Exotics by Jane Alison
Review by Sue Halpern
Zorro by Isabel Allende
Review by Max Byrd
Her Body Knows: Two Novellas by David Grossman
Review by Tova Mirvis
Fiction Chronicle:
Alternative Atlanta by Marshall Boswell
Owen Noone and the Marauder by Douglas Cowie
The Narcissist's Daughter by Craig Holden
The Devil's Wind by Richard Rayner
Review by Ruth Davis Konigsberger
My Life in CIA by Harry Mathews
Review by Alan Furst
Little Women
Little Men
Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
Review by Mary Jo Salter
Washington Post Book World
The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
Review by Patrick Anderson
Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Review by Christopher Tilghman
Last Night by James Salter
Review by Michael Knight
Zorro by Isabel Allende
Review by Craig Nova
Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett
Review by Micahel Dirda
San Francisco Chronicle
Tokyo Cancelled by Rana Dasgupta
Review by Alan Cheuse
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Review by Buzz Poole
The Lake, the River, & the Other Lake by Steve Amick
Review by Andrew Roe
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Review by Jesse Berrett
Let It Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz
Review by Susan Comninos
The Night Garden by Pamela Holm
Review by Allison Block
A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
Review by Regan McMahon
Chicago Tribune
Paradise by A.L. Kennedy
Review by Art Winslow
Boston Globe
Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo
Review by Nathaniel Bellows

Sunday May 8, 2005
New York Times Book Review
The Hot Kid by Elmore leonard
Review by Charles McGrath
The Good Wife by Stewart O'Nan
Review by Nell Freudenberger
A Perfect Stranger and Other Stories by Roxana Robinson
Review by Bliss Broyard
The Right Madness by James Crumley
Review by Ron Powers
The Diezmo by Rick Bass
Review by Jay Jennings
Bosh and Flapdoodle: Poems by A.R. Ammons
Review by Edward Hirsch
Honey and Junk by Dana Goodyear
Review by Emily Nussbaum
Ashes for Breeakfast: Selected Poems by Durs Grunbein
Review by Melanie Rehak
Washington Post Book World
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
Review by Ron Charles
Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Review by Michael Dirda
San Francisco Chronicle
Zorro by Isabel Allende
Review by Allen Barra
The Coast of Akron by Adrienne Miller
Review by Jennie Yabroff
Raymond and Hannah by Stephen Marche
Review by Andrew Ervin
In the Shadows of the Sun by Alexander Parsons
Review by Jesse Berrett
Maps For Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
Review by Timothy Peters
Thirty-Three Swoons by Martha Cooley
Review by Floyd Skloot
Chicago Tribune
My Name is Legion by A.N. Wilson
Review by William Pritchard
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman
Review by Stephen J. Lyons
Follies by Ann Beattie
Review by Jessica Treadway
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Review by Beth Kephart
Zorro by Isabel Allende
Review by Alan Cheuse
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Review by Laura Ciolkowski
Boston Globe
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Review by Gail Caldwell
The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
Review by Stephen King
Towelhead by Alicia Erian
Review by Amanda Heller

Tuesday May 3, 2005
New York Times
Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo
Review by Michiko Kakutani

Sunday May 1, 2005
New York Times Book Review
Black Maria by Kevin Young
Review by Joel Brouwer
Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller
Review by Kathryn Harrison
Snow White and Russian Red by Dorota Maslowska
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Review by Boris Fishman
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Review by Laura Miller
Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
Review by Benjamin Kunkel
Washington Post Book World
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Review by Ron Charles
Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller
Review by Richard Bausch
North by Frederick Busch
Review by Richard Grant
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Review by Louise Bernard
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Review by Meg Wolitzer
Nam-A-Rama by Phillip Jennings
Review by Tom Paine
Lunar Follies by Gilbert Sorrentino
Review by Michael Dirda
San Francisco Chronicle
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Review by Megan Harlan
The Sugar Mile by Glyn Maxwell
Review by Jon Mooallem
Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
Review by Melissa Price
What We Do is Secret by Thorn Kief Hillbery
Review by Lisa Teasley
Sonechka: A Novella and Stories by Ludmila Ulitskaya
Review by Charles May
Europe Central by William T. Vollmann
Review by Steve Kettmann
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
Review by Sandip Roy

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