Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen

by HRevvdon@evpl on Sunday, April 19 2009, 1:53pm

The Bone Garden (2008) by Tess Gerritsen is an almost gothic novel of suspense, romance, medicine, poor Irish Immigrants, and Boston's wealthy. Recently divorced Julia buys an old house just outside of Boston and begins restoration of the house and...

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Life On The Color Line by Gregory Howard Williams

by HRevvdon@evpl on Friday, April 3 2009, 10:00pm

I just finished 2009's One Book One Community selection and it is amazing. The writing is good and the story is incredible. It is truly hard to put down. Gregory, aka Billy, is a child in Virginia whose family owns a tavern and a septic service company...

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

by HRevvdon@evpl on Monday, April 27 2009, 9:57am

I thought this book charming. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009) by Alan Bradley features 11 year-old Flavia deLuce and is set in a small English village in the 1950's. Flavia is smart, quick witted, and an aspiring chemist who sees herself...

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I Heart The Spellmans!

by Shh_ImReading@evpl on Thursday, April 9 2009, 11:17am

Back in January, I wrote a little bit about Lisa Lutz 's Spellman series. Last night I finished the third installment, Revenge of the Spellmans . It is EXCELLENT! This has become my new favorite series, since I've begun to grow tired of Janet...

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Filed under: fiction, sequels, families, series, private investigators, Lisa Lutz, San Francisco

Apologize, apologize! by Elizabeth Kelly

by HRevvdon@evpl on Friday, April 10 2009, 11:51am

Apologize, apologize! (2009) by Elizabeth Kelly is my favorite book so far this year. The story line is unique and the writing is exceptional. I have not heard anyone refer to an author as a "wordsmith" in a long time. Kelly is an exceptional...

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The Girl She Used To Be by David Cristofano

by Guatemama@evpl on Tuesday, April 14 2009, 6:02pm

A captivating and bittersweet debut novel, The Girl She Used To Be grabs ahold of your senses in its first few pages and doesn't let you go until the very last sentence. With its thrilling tug-of-war storyline and writing style this was the first...

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Filed under: reviews, debut novel, identity Psychology Fiction, witness protection program, mafia, first novel, David Cristofano

Kentucky Shakers

by Meditatinglibrarian@evpl on Tuesday, April 14 2009, 8:14am

The latest title in the China Bayles' mystery series, Wormwood , by Susan Wittig Albert is a gem. In addition to the China Bayles contemporary herbal mystery series, Albert writes an English historical mystery series with her husband under the name...

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Filed under: fiction, mystery series

My Land is Dying, by Harry Caudill

by Bufkinite@evpl on Tuesday, April 14 2009, 8:38pm

Why review a 38 year old book? When I spotted this book, I remembered the name Harry Caudill because of his book Night Comes to the Cumberland s . I read that book after reading a chapter about Harry Caudill in a book of essays by Wendell Berry called...

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Filed under: politics, nonfiction, reviews, books, recommended, essays, environmentalism, Harry Caudill, Wendell Berry, strip mining, mining

All the Living by C.E. Morgan

by HRevvdon@evpl on Friday, April 17 2009, 6:45pm

All the Living (2009) by C.E. Morgan was released in March and should be at EVPL this month. I enjoyed Morgan's novel, though not as much as some the book critics seem to have. I found the writing difficult at first because there are no quotation...

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Elementary, my dear Peabody ...

by myzticrhythmz@evpl on Monday, April 20 2009, 3:37pm

There are some books you read to stay current and informed, and some that you read because you "should" or you "have to". Then there are the books you read simply for the pure enjoyment of reading them. One of my favorite fun reads...

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Filed under: humor, fiction, historical fiction, mysteries, mystery series, women detectives, Amelia Peabody, Egypt, Elizabeth Peters

Revolution In The Air by Clinton Heylin

by Bufkinite@evpl on Thursday, April 23 2009, 11:09am

When Clinton Heylin writes about Bob Dylan , people listen. His biography Dylan: Behind the Shades , not only dug deeper than any other biographer or Dylan enthusiast, the painstaking detail of his scholarship was obvious. So having the chance to get...

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Filed under: books, books and reading, music, Bob Dylan, songwriting, songs, blues, folk music

The Way of Ignorance and Other Essays by Wendell Berry

by Bufkinite@evpl on Sunday, April 26 2009, 3:19pm

Wendell Berry is by now surely the “elder statesman” of living responsibly in a sustainable fashion, with strong local allegiances to a place in every sense of the word: the local ecology, culture, community, and people. He seems to be aware...

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Filed under: reviews, books, Agriculture, philosophy, local authors, essays, villiage, environmentalism, Wendell Berry, local economy, local agriculture, community

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

by HRevvdon@evpl on Monday, April 27 2009, 10:41am

This novel was recommended to me by a new acquaintance who told me that it was her favorite book. I have since talked to a couple of friends that have read it and had mixed reactions. The Shadow of the Wind (2005 translation) was a bestseller in Spain...

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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

by lit.fic.reader@evpl on Tuesday, April 28 2009, 12:32pm

I rarely read novels in which an animal is a significant character, but the companionship of my two cats over the past twelve years has made me a bit more aware of this type of fiction. I recently enjoyed a touching new novel , The Art of Racing in the...

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Filed under: dogs, automobile racing -- fiction

The Author gave me... ...breakfast?

by kiya@evpl on Sunday, April 5 2009, 4:46pm

You never know what you might find when you go exploring on authors' websites. Maybe there will be a contest - a chance to win a signed book or other prize. Perhaps some short stories about minor characters in an ongoing series. With Google or other...

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Filed under: mysteries, author, cooking, recipes, books and reading, science, Emilie Richards, autism, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Len Fisher, Jeffrey Cohen

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