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Reviews from early 2005:
December 2005 Reviews
The Conjurer's Bird by Martin Davies, review by Beth Golay
Airball: My Life in Briefs by L. D. Harkrader, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Water Mirror by Kai Meyer ("Dark Reflections," vol. 1), review by Mark Bradshaw
The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Future Dictionary of America from McSweeney's, review by Beth Golay
The Door to Time by Pierdomenico Baccalario, review by Ashley Walker
Dying Light and Other Stories by Donald Hays, review by Bruce Jacobs
Luna by Julie Anne Peters, review by Mark Bradshaw
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles, review by Mark Bradshaw
Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook by Martha Stewart, review by Mark Bradshaw (Cookbook of the Month!)
Where I Want to Be by Adele Griffin and Inexcusable by Chris Lynch, reviews by Mark Bradshaw
Memories of John Lennon edited by Yoko Ono, review by Tim Quigley
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, review by Julianne Ramsey
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Diviners by Rick Moody, review by Bruce Jacobs
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong, review by Mark Bradshaw
November 2005 Reviews
The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall, review by Marlo Hamrick
At the Jim Bridger: Stories by Ron Carlson, review by Bruce Jacobs
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann, review by Mark Bradshaw
The All-American Dessert Book by Nancy Baggett, review by Sarah Bagby (Cookbook of the Month!)
A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin, review by Julianne Ramsey
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins, review by Alan Liu
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera by Anne Carson, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Kansas Guidebook for Explorers by Marci Penner, review by Beth Golay
Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco, review by Beth Golay
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood, review by Mark Bradshaw
Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley, review by Mark Bradshaw
How to Have a Baby and Still Live in the Real World by Jane Symons, review by Beth Golay
Spectacular Cakes: Special Cakes for Any Celebration by Mich Turner, review by Beth Golay
Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd and
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro, reviews by Mark Bradshaw
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman, review by Mark Bradshaw
October 2005 Reviews
The Perfect Pumpkin Pie by Denys Cazet, review by Beth Golay
Melville: His World and Work by Andrew Delbanco, review by Mark Bradshaw
On Beauty, a novel by Zadie Smith, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr, review by Sarah Bagby
Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H. W. Brands, review by Jessica Stroope
Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman, review by Mark Bradshaw
Everybody Loves Pizza: The Deep Dish on America's Favorite Food by Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby, review by Beth Golay
Ex Machina: Tag by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Tony Harris, review by Mark Bradshaw
Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester, review by Carolyn Kretzer
Are We There Yet? by David Levithan, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer, review by Carolyn Kretzer
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan, review by Mark Bradshaw
Weekend Knitting Projects by Melanie Falick, review by Marlo Hamrick
Amalee by Dar Williams, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, review by Mark Bradshaw
Perfect Recipes for Having People Over by Pam Anderson, review by Beth Golay (Cookbook of the Month!)
Stitch 'N Bitch Nation by Debbie Stoller, review by Marlo Hamrick
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester, review by Beth Golay
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, review by Sarah Bagby
September 2005 Reviews
Salad People and More Real Recipes: A New Cookbook for Preschoolers & Up by Mollie Katzen, review by Sarah Bagby
Out by Natsuo Kirino, review by Marlo Hamrick
Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine, review by Missy Abbott
Stitch 'N Bitch by Debbie Stoller, review by Marlo Hamrick
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, review by Meridith Jones
City of Falling Angels by John Berendt, reivew by Sarah Bagby
The Shakespeare Miscellany by David Crystal and Ben Crystal, review by Beth Golay
Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love edited by Anne Fadiman, review by Beth Golay
Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant, review by Beth Golay
I, Fatty by Jerry Stahl, review by Todd Robins
I Remember Running: The Year I Got Everything I Ever Wanted - and ALS by Darcy Wakefield, review by Sarah Bagby
Museum Quilts: Designs Inspired by the Victoria & Albert Museum by Kaffe Fassett with Liza Prior Lucy, review by Beth Golay
Barbershops by Tally Abecassis and Claudine Sauvé, review by Beth Golay
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, review by Meridith Jones
Fallen: a novel by David Maine, review by Bruce Jacobs
Writers: Photographs by Nancy Crampton, review by Bruce Jacobs
King of Kings County by Whitney Terrell, review by Sarah Bagby
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke, review by Mark Bradshaw
Leonardo and the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems, review by Beth Golay
Black Rose by Nora Roberts, review by Missy Abbott
Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Rustic Table: Simple Fare from the World's Kitchens by Constance Snow, review by Sarah Bagby (Cookbook of the Month!)
August 2005 Reviews
G. a novel by John Berger, review by Jason Malott
Until I Find You: A Novel by John Irving, review by Bruce Jacobs
Museum Shapes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, review by Beth Golay
Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme by Chris Roberts, review by Beth Golay
Not the End of the World by Kate Atkinson, review by Mark Bradshaw
Mommy Guilt: Learn to Worry Less, Focus on What Matters Most, and Raise Happier Kids
by Julie Bort, Aviva Pflock, and Devra Renner, review by Missy Abbott
Runaways: Pride and Joy, Teenage Wasteland, and The Good Die Young by Brian K. Vaughan,
illustrated by Adrian Alphona, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Master: a Novel by Colm Tóibín, review by Mark Bradshaw
A Necessary Spectacle: Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, and the Tennis Match that Leveled the Game
by Selena Roberts, review by Sarah Bagby
Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing by Margaret Atwood, review by Mark Bradshaw
Why Read? by Mark Edmundson, review by Beth Golay
The Wedding Planner's Daughter by Coleen Murtagh Paratore, review by Beth Golay
Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Hary Bliss, review by Beth Golay
Raymond and Hannah by Stephen Marche, review by Bruce Jacobs
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham, review by Rebekah Rine
Tales from the Kansas State Sideline by Stan Weber with David Smale, review by Todd Robins
Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century by Graham Robb, review by Mark Bradshaw
Mrs. McBloom, Clean Up Your Classroom! by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Guy Francis, review by Beth Golay
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, and Girls in Pants
all by Ann Brashares, review by Meridith Jones
Age of Bronze: Vol. 1: A Thousand Ships and Vol. 2: Sacrifice
adapted by Eric Shanower, review by Mark Bradshaw
Running for Peak Performance by Frank Shorter, review by Beth Golay
The Other Shulman by Alan Zweibel, review by Sarah Bagby
The Double by José Saramago, review by Mark Bradshaw
Being Dead is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral
by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hayes, review by Angela Nanny (Cookbook of the Month!)
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, review by Beth Golay
July 2005 Reviews
Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies by Ellen Cooney, review by Audrey Brown
The Good Wife by Stewart O'Nan, review by Sarah Bagby
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden by Steve Coll, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan, review by Sarah Bagby
Batman Adventures: Rogues Gallery and Shadows and Masks from DC Comics, reviews by Mark Bradshaw
The Neiman Marcus Cookbook by Kevin Garvin, review by Beth Golay
The Bake Shop Ghost by Jacqueline K. Ogburn, review by Beth Golay
Broken Verses by Kamila Shamise, review by Audrey Brown
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby, review by Meridith Jones
The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between America and Iran by Kenneth Pollack, review by Mark Bradshaw
Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts, review by Missy Abbott
Golden and Grey by Louise Arnold, review by Mark Bradshaw
French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano, review by Mark Bradshaw
Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo, review by Bruce Jacobs
Rain Storm by Barry Eisler, review by Bruce Jacobs (encore review)
Housekeeping: a Novel by Marilynne Robinson, review by Mark Bradshaw
Naked in Baghdad by Anne Garrels, with Vint Lawrence, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra, review by Mark Bradshaw
June 2005 Reviews
True Blueberry: Delicous Recipes for Every Meal by Linda Dannenburg, review by Angela Nanny (Cookbook of the Month!)
Blood of Angels by Reed Arvin, review by Sarah Bagby
Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris, review by Mark Bradshaw
Pearl by Mary Gordon, review by Elizabeth Jacobs
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link, review by Mark Bradshaw
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner by Dean Karnazes, review by Sarah Bagby
The Missing Person by Alix Ohlin, review by Sarah Bagby
Dom Casmurro by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, review by Mark Bradshaw
Odd Velvet by Mary Whitcomb, illustrated by Tara Calahan King
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow, by Bruce Jacobs
A Hundred and One Days: a Baghdad Journal by Ĺsne Seierstad, review by Mark Bradshaw
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow, review by Beth Golay
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell, review by Rebekah Rine
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler, review by Gaylene Edgar
The Right Madness by James Crumley, review by Todd Robins
Good Day for a Picnic by Jeremy Jackson, review by Angela Nanny (Cookbook of the Month!)
Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey, review by Bruce Jacobs
May 2005 Reviews
Love in a Dark Time by Colm Tóibín, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Zahir by Paulo Coelho, review by Beth Golay
Breaking Point by Stephen Koch, review by Bruce Jacobs
Dead Babies by Martin Amis, review by Becky Farris
All the Flowers are Dying by Lawrence Block, review by Bruce Jacobs
You: the Owner's Manual by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz, review by Becky Farris
The Insistence of Beauty by Stephen Dunn, review by Bruce Jacobs
Broken as Things Are: a Novel by Martha Witt, review by Mark Bradshaw
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, translated by Seamus Heaney, review by Mark Bradshaw
Saturday by Ian McEwan, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Game of Silence by Louise Erdrich, review by Carolyn Kretzer
The Closers by Michael Connelly, review by Sarah Bagby
Fresh Every Day: More Great Recipes from Foster's Market by Sara Foster, review by Angela Nanny and Jessica Stroope (Cookbook of the Month!)
Last Night by James Salter, review by Bruce Jacobs
Jemima J. by Jane Green, review by Anne Frey
April 2005 Reviews
Hard, Hard City by Jim Fusilli, review by Bruce Jacobs
Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man by Andrew Barlow and Kent Roberts, review by Mark Bradshaw
Shelf Life: Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore by Suzanne Strempek Shea, review by Gaylene Edgar
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, review by Jessica Stroope
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott, review by Sarah Bagby
Lost in The City by Edward P. Jones, review by Mark Bradshaw
Five Men Who Broke My Heart by Susan Shapiro, review by Anne Frey
One Soldier's Story: A Memoir by Bob Dole, review by Sarah Bagby
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, review by Mark Bradshaw
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa Seen, review by Gaylene Edgar
Cold Dish by Craig Johnson and Cold Service by Robert B. Parker, reviews by Bruce Jacobs
The Changed Man by Francine Prose, review by Sarah Bagby
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult, review by Gaylene Edgar
Nightmare in Wichita: The Hunt for the BTK Strangler by Robert Beattie, review by Sarah Bagby
Goodnight Steve McQueen by Louise Wener, review by Meridith Jones
Bloody Mary: A Jacqueline 'Jack' Daniels Mystery by J. A. Konrath, reivew by Sarah Bagby
Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday and Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday,
The Face of the Naked Lady by Michael Rips, review by Bruce Jacobs
Saul and Patsy by Charles Baxter, review by Bruce Jacobs
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson, review by Beth Golay
The Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry, review by Todd Robins
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, review by Bruce Jacobs
Kingston by Starlight by Christopher John Farley, review by Audrey Brown
Sideways: The Shooting Script screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor,
based on the novel by Rex Pickett, review by Beth Golay
Emma by Jane Austen, review by Louise Cale
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd, review by Sarah Bagby
March 2005 Reviews
Cottonwood by Scott Phillips, review by Sarah Bagby
Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick, review by Beth Golay
Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticot, review by Sarah Bagby
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, review by Sarah Jane Leming
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, review by Beth Golay
The King’s English: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller by Betsy Burton, review by Beth Golay
Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes, Review by Elizabeth and Cecilia Golay
Please Don't Come Back from the Moon by Dean Bakopoulos, Review by Bruce Jacobs
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman, review by Sarah Bagby
The Position by Meg Wolitzer, review by Bruce Jacobs
My Guardian Angel by Sylvie Weil, review by Sarah Jane Leming
Cut and Run by Ridley Pearson, review by Sarah Bagby
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, review by Becky Farris
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie, review by Anne Frey
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, review by Mark Bradshaw
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, review by Joyce Suellentrop
The Barefoot Contessa cookbooks by Ina Garten, review by Amy Kellogg
Epicure's Lament by Kate Christensen, review by Bruce Jacobs
More-with-Less: A World Community Cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre, review by Jessica Stroope
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi, review by Beth Golay
The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor, review by Sarah Jane Leming
The Sea of Tears, a novel by Nani Power, review by Bruce Jacobs
Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son by Peter Carey, review by Bruce Jacobs
Transmission by Hari Kunzru, review by Mark Bradshaw
Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller, review by Sarah Bagby
You're Only Old Once: a Book for Obsolete Children by Dr. Seuss, review by Beth Golay
Sight Hound by Pam Houston, review by Bruce Jacobs
February 2005 Reviews
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz, review by Mark Bradshaw
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares, review by Rebecca Spexarth
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson, review by Sarah Bagby
Plain Brown Wrapper by Karen Grigsby Bates, review by Sarah Bagby
Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy and The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy, review by Mark Bradshaw
24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley (a.k.a. Jeremy Jackson), review by Louise Cale, age 13.
De Kooning by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan; Joe: a Memoir of Joe Brainard by Ron Padgett;
Chronicles, Vol. 1 by Bob Dylan; and Downtown by Pete Hamill, reviews by Bruce Jacobs
January 2005 Reviews
The Known World by Edward P. Jones, review by Mark Bradshaw
Speaking Shakespeare by Patsy Rodenburg, review by Mark Bradshaw
Feast by Nigella Lawson, Review by Angela Nanny
Kitchen Life by Art Smith, review by Mark Bradshaw
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