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Reviews from 2003:

 

 

December 2003 Reviews

 

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, review by Paul Erickson

 

Saul and Patsy by Charles Baxter, review by Bruce Jacobs

 

Oracle Night by Paul Auster, review by Beth Golay

 

Virginia Woolf, a biography by Hermione Lee, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Train by Pete Dexter, review by Todd Robins

 

 

November 2003 Reviews

 

The Odyssey and The Canterbury Tales adapted by Geraldine McCaughrean, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Hallowed Hardwood: Vintage Basketball Gyms of Kansas by Brian Stucky, review by Beth Golay

 

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, review by Carolyn Kretzer

 

 

October 2003 Reviews

 

Who Killed Homer? by Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath, review by Mark Bradshaw 

 

Dinner Doctor by Anne Byrn, review by Beth Golay

 

Arthurian Romance: A Short Introduction by Derek Pearsall, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Patience / Pearl translated by Marie Borroff, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Hard Rain by Barry Eisler, review by Bruce Jacobs

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: a Pop-up Adaptation by Robert Sabuda, review by Beth Golay

 

So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson, review by Beth Golay 

 

 

September 2003 Reviews

 

The Middle of Nowhere by Bob Sloan, review by Bruce Jacobs

 

Greek Myths, Greek Gods and Goddesses, and Roman Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

East by Edith Pattou, review by Sarah Jane Leming

 

 

August 2003 Reviews

 

The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, review by Luke White

 

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Schott's Original Miscellany, review by Jessica Stroope

 

God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Cypress Grove, review by Bruce Jacobs

 

 

July 2003 Reviews

 

Cool Names for Babies, review by Jessica Stroope

 

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, review by Paul Erickson

 

Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution, review by Paul Erickson

 

Autobiography of a Fat Bride, review by Kyle Quillen

 

Shakespeare: For All Time by Stanley Wells, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

 

June 2003 Reviews

 

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, review by Todd Robins

 

Chasing Shakespeares by Sarah Smith, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Hamlet's Dresser by Bob Smith, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

The Ring of the Nibelung by P. Craig Russell, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Little, Big by John Crowley, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

A Million Little Pieces; Running with Scissors; and Dry, reviews by Kyle Quillen

 

Homeric Moments by Eva T.H. Brann, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

 

May 2003 Reviews

 

The Barbed-Wire Kiss, review by Bruce Jacobs

 

New Complete Coffee Book, review by Meredith Jones

 

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, review by Mark Bradshaw

 

Mexico Country Style, review by Matt Amsden

 

Mexico One Plate at a Time, review by Marla Amsden

 

 

April 2003 Reviews

 

That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx, review by Jan Randle

Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces, review by Mark Bradshaw

Tea & Sympathy, review by Lisa Johnson

Cuban Prospect, review by Bruce Jacobs

Bay of Souls, review by Todd Robins

Pieces of Payne, review by Bruce Jacobs

A Single Shard, review by Jessica Stroope

 

March 2003 Reviews

Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Cafe by Mollie Katzen, review by Mark Bradshaw

The Angel's Command, review by Carolyn Kretzer

The Last Detective, review by Sarah Bagby

Getting Mother's Body, review by Sarah Bagby

All Over Creation, review by Sarah Bagby

Passionate Vegetarian, review by Lisa Johnson

Where I'd Like to Be, review by Karen Akao

Tepper Isn't Going Out, review by Lisa Smith

Linked, review by Scott Harper

The Foster's Market Cookbook, review by Jessica Stroope

The Sweet Potato Queens Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner, review by Lisa Smith

 

February 2003 Reviews

The Barefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina Garten, review by Mark Bradshaw

Birds of Kansas Field Guide, review by Jessica Stroope

Millicent's Gift, review by Karen Akao

 

January 2003 Reviews

The Hours by Michael Cunningham, review by Mark Bradshaw

How to Photograph Your Family, review by Julie Kice

The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup, review by Scott Harper

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, review by Marla Amsden

The Crimson Petal and the White , review by Pam Harlan

I Don't Know How She Does It, review by Beth Golay

Living with Books, review by Beth Golay

 

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