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Reviews from 2006:
November 2006 Reviews
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter, review by Beth Golay
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Echo Park by Michael Connelly, review by Sarah Bagby
October 2006 Reviews
Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier, review by Sue Najim
The Great Tree of Avalon: The Eternal Flame by T. A. Barron, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Logan West: Printer's Devil by Christie Merriman Breault, review by Mark David Bradshaw
500 Great Books for Teens by Anita Silvey, review by Mark David Bradshaw
G Is for One Gzonk: An Alpha-number-bet Book by Tony DiTerlizzi, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Brooklyn Follies, a novel by Paul Auster, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Road by Cormac McCarthy, review by Todd Robins
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson, review by Carolyn Kretzer
Sardine in Outer Space 2 by Emmanuel Guibert & Joan Sfar, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Charlotte in New York by Joan McPhail Knight, illus. by Melissa Sweet, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, review by Cody Proctor
Celebrations: Easy Entertaining for Every Occasion by Real Simple Books, review by Beth Golay
Monsters are Afraid of the Moon by Marjane Satrapi, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer, Review by Connor Scholfield
September 2006 Reviews
A Particular Cow by Mem Fox, review by Mark David Bradshaw
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans edited by Dave Eggers, review by Cody Proctor
Flotsam by David Wiesner, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Messenger of Truth: A Maisie Dobbs Myster by Jacqueline Winspear, review by Julianne Ramsey
Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin, illus. by Betsy Lewin, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Akimbo and the Snakes by Alexander McCall Smith, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Forgetfulness by Ward Just, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History by Jonathan Franzen, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Hi! Fly Guy by Ted Arnold, review by Cecilia Golay
August 2006 Reviews
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She was Extinct by Mo Willems, review by Mark David Bradshaw
A Taste of Victory from Victory in the Valley, review by Beth Golay
Get Organized Without Losing It by Janet S. Fox, review by Elizabeth "Liz" Golay
The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote, review by Todd Robins
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Caged Virgin: an Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam by Aayan Hirsi Ali,
A Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link, illustrated by Shelley Jackson, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Driftless Area by Tom Drury, dueling reviews by Bruce Jacobs and Sarah Bagby
Wolf Boy by Evan Kuhlman, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Sardine in Outer Space by Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar, translation by Sasha Watson,
The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houllebecq, review by Bruce Jacobs
July 2006 Reviews
Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy, review by Todd Robins
Akimbo and the Elephants, Akimbo and the Lions, and Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
by Alexander McCall Smith, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Way to Get Here by Gavin Pate, review by J. Quinn Malott
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Final Solution by Michael Chabon, review by Mark David Bradshaw
March by Geraldine Brooks, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai, review by Mark David Bradshaw
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer, review by Carolyn Kretzer
The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin,
adapted & illustrated by Raina Telgemeier, review by Mark David Bradshaw
How to Make Friends with a Giant by Gennifer Choldenko, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Hippo, No Rhino! by Jeff Newman, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Pardonable Lies: a Maisie Dobbs Mystery by Jacqueline Winspear, review by Julianne Ramsey
This Book Will Save Your Life by A. M. Homes, review by Bruce Jacobs
Olivia Forms a Band by Ian Falconer, review by Mark David Bradshaw
June 2006 Reviews
The Amazing Life of Birds by Gary Paulsen, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Fa�za Gu�ne, review by Mark David Bradshaw
A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity by Kathleen Gilles Seidel, review by Beth Golay
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham, review by Rebekah Rine
Russell and the Lost Treasure by Rob Scotton, review by Mark David Bradshaw
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell, review by Julianne Ramsey
Abadazad: The Road to Inconceivable and Abadazad: The Dream Thief
by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Grand & Humble by Brent Hartinger, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Cripple Creek by James Sallis, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Lost Colony: The Snodgrass Conspiracy by Grady Klein, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Deogratias by J. P. Stassen, review by Mark David Bradshaw
TTYL by Lauren Myracle, review by Elizabeth Golay
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear, review by Julianne Ramsey
Giraffe by J. M. Ledgard, review by Marlo Hamrick
Everyman by Phillip Roth, review by Bruce Jacobs
Up in the Tree by Margaret Atwood, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters, review by Mark David Bradshaw
May 2006 Reviews
The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Looking for Alaska by John Green, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Silver Spoon Cookbook from Phaidon Press, review by Todd Robins
Shopgirl by Steve Martin, review by Julianne Ramsey
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields, review by Sarah Bagby
Red Weather by Pauls Toutonghi, review by Beth Golay
Girls in Peril by Karen Lee Boren, review by Sarah Bagby
Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things... by Lemony Snicket
and the editors of McSweeney's, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach, review by Julianne Ramsey
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, review by Bruce Jacobs
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith, review by Beth Golay
Ocean by Warren Ellis, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Notebook Girls: Four Friends, Once Diary, Real Life by Julia Baskin, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen,
Lindsey Newman, and Courtney Toombs, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The New Yorker Book of Cartoon Puzzles and Games by Puzzability,
with a forward by Will Shortz & Robert Mankoff, review by Sarah Bagby
Coraline by Neil Gaiman, review by M.D. Breadshoes (with no help from Mark David Bradshaw)
The Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, review by Sarah Bagby
As Long As It's Big by John Bricuth, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie, review by Julianne Ramsey
The Good Wife by Stewart O'Nan, review by Sarah Bagby
Nicotine Kiss by Loren Estleman, review by Bruce Jacobs
April 2006 Reviews
The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature by Elizabeth Hardwick, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts by Maida Heatter, review by Beth Golay (Cookbook of the Month!)
The Liberation of Gabriel King by K. L. Going, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Where Did Daddy's Hair Go? by Joe O'Connor, illus. by Henry Payne, review by Cecilia Golay
Ex Machina: Fact vs. Fiction by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott, review by Sarah Bagby
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd, review by Sarah Bagby
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, review by Julianne Ramsey
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, review by Julianne Ramsey
Angels in America by Tony Kushner, review
by Julianne Ramsey
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Think Again: A Response to Fundamentalism's Claim on Christianity by Dr. Gary Cox
of Wichita's University Congregational Church, review by Sarah Bagby
My Sister Guard Your Veil; My Brother Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices
by Lila Azam Zanganeh, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Runaways: True Believers & Escape to New York by Brian K. Vaughan,
illustrated by Adrian Alphona and Takeshi Miyazawa, reviews by Mark David Bradshaw
The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter, illustrated by Giselle Potter, review by Carolyn Kretzer
Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes, review by Carolyn Kretzer
Gossamer by Lois Lowry, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Once Upon a Day, a novel by Lisa Tucker, review by Sarah Bagby
War and the Iliad, essays by Simone Weil and Rachel Bespaloff, review by Mark David Bradshaw
March 2006 Reviews
Totally Joe by James Howe, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Absolutely, Positively Not by David LaRochelle, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Brute by Mike Klaassen, review by Donna Rothgeb
Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky, review by Sarah Bagby
Mom's Cancer by Brian Fries, review by Mark David Bradshaw
McNally's Risk by Lawrence Sanders, review by Julianne Ramsey
Money, a Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash by Liz Perle, review by Mark David Bradshaw
An Almost Perfect Moment by Binnie Kirshenbaum, review by Sarah Bagby
Intuition a novel by Allegra Goodman, review by Todd Robins
Beasts of No Nation a novel by Uzodinma Iweala, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Here, Bullet: Poems by Brian Turner, review by J. Quinn Malott
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, review by Sarah Bagby, Meridith Jones, and Beth Golay
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, review by Mark David Bradshaw
February 2006 Reviews
She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmel, review by Karen Bombardier
A Family Daughter by Maile Meloy, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life by Steve Leveen, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan, review by Karen Bombardier
The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde: an Intimate Biography by Neil McKenna, review by Mark David Bradshaw
My Love Affair With Modern Art by Katherine Kuh, review by Bruce Jacobs
Marly's Ghost: a Remix by David Levithan, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Fluke by Christopher Moore, review by Julianne Ramsey
The Great Stink: A Novel of Corruption and Murder Beneath the Streets of Victorian London
by Clare Clark, review and interview by Sarah Bagby
The People's Act of Love by James Meek, review by Bruce Jacobs
Luscious Chocolate Desserts by Lori Longbotham, review by Amy Kellogg (Cookbook of the Month!)
January 2006 Reviews
Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie by Kristiana Gregory, review by Monique Perales
Night by Elie Wiesel in translations by Marion Wiesel and Stella Rodway
Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four & Spider-Man for young readers, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Lemons: Growing, Cooking, Crafting by Kate Chynoweth and Elizabeth Woodson, review by Beth Golay
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Wordplay Caf�: Cool Codes, Priceless Punzles & Phantastic Phonetic Phun
written and illustrated by Michael Kline, review by Beth Golay
The Tent by Margaret Atwood, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Never Coming to a Theater Near You: A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie
by Kenneth Turan, review by Meridith Jones
The Maze, a novel by Panos Karnezis, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Brooklyn Follies, a novel by Paul Auster, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Pastry Queen: Royally Good Recipes from the Texas Hill Country's Rather
Sweet Bakery and Cafe by Rebecca Rather, review by Amy Kellogg (Cookbook of the Month!)
Flea Market Style by Emily Chalmers & Ali Hanan, review by Meridith Jones
The Carnivorous Carnival, The Austere Academy, and The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket,
reviews by Anneke Blignaut, Jordan McEntaffer, and Grant Campbell of the Independent School
On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Arctic Summer by E. M. Forster, review by Mark David Bradshaw
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