A-Review-A-Day
Click here for archived review from 2009 and before
Click here to see recent Watermark Picks from The Wichita Eagle book page.
Recent Watermark Reviews:
September 2010
The Ape House by Sara Gruen, review by Sarah Bagby
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls, review by Sarah Bagby
August 2010
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, review by Sarah Bagby
The Blind Contessa's New Machine: A Novel by Carey Wallace, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Her Royal Spyness: A Mystery by Rhys Bowen, review by Kim Overstreet
Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Hey Silly Cat! Don't Tease the Dog! by S. Smith, review by Mark David Bradshaw
July 2010
American Subversive by Dwayne Goodwillie, review by Sarah Bagby
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller, review by Colleen McGee
Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott, review by Beth Golay
Clementine, Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker , review by Mark David Bradshaw
Cat the Cat: Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep! by Mo Willems, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Fleet Street Murders: A Charles Lenox Mystery by Charles Finch, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Only the Good Spy Young: A Gallagher Girls book by Ally Carter, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours by Kim Boyce, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Between a Heart & a Rock Place by Pat Benatar, review by Sarah Bagby
Smile by Raina Telgemeier, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It's Beauty Day by Jane O'Connor, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse, review by Sarah Bagby
June 2010
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems and Jon J. Muth, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Ladybug Girl at the Beach by David Somar & Jacky Davis, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson, review by Sarah Bagby
Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne, review by Bruce Jacobs
Un-Required Reading: Carter's Big Break by Brent Crawford, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Un-Required Reading: A Field Guide for Heartbreakers by Kristin Tracy, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Un-Required Reading: Generation Dead by Daniel Waters, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Big Nate: In Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Elephant & Piggie: Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Mademoiselle Benoir by Christine Conrad, review by Mark David Bradshaw
House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni, review by Sarah Bagby
May 2010
The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Cat the Cat: What's Your Sound, HOUND the HOUND? by Mo Willems, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Postmistress: A Novel by Sarah Blake, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern, review by Colleen McGee
Innocent by Scott Turow, review by Sarah Bagby
Haunt Me Still by Jennifer Lee Carrell, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Cat the Cat: Let's Say HI to Friends Who FLY! by Mo Willems, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Hillestad Butler, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Cat the Cat: Who is THAT? by Mo Willems, review by Mark David Bradshaw
April 2010
Pearl of China by Anchee Min, review by Sarah Bagby
The Line by Olga Grushin, review by Joyce Suellentrop
Sassy chapter books by Sharon Draper, reviews by Mark David Bradshaw
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine, review by Sarah Bagby
The Case of the Missing Servant: A Vish Puri Mystery by Tarquin Hall, review by Mark David Bradshaw
My Boyfriends' Dogs by Dandi Daley Mackall, review by Emily Spexarth
Bite Me by Christopher Moore, review by Colleen McGee
Procession of the Dead by Darren Shan, review by Colleen McGee
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare by James Shapiro, review by Mark David Bradshaw
In the Sanctuary of the Outcasts by Neil White, review by Julie Underwood
Baby Bundt board books by Jamie Harper, reviews by Mark David Bradshaw
March 2010
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson, review by Mark David Bradshaw & Sarah Bagby
Just Kids by Patti Smith, review by Sarah Bagby
Beatrix Potter Figurines, review by Rebekah Rine
Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs by Ursula Vernon, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Sylvia Jean, Scout Supreme by Lisa Campbell Ernst, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Stressed in Scottsdale by Marcia Fine, review by Brandy Lee Hatcher
February 2010 Reviews
Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler, review by Sarah Bagby
Soulless by Gail Carriger, review by Colleen McGee
First Drop of Crimson by Jeaninene Frost, review by Colleen McGee
Marcel Proust: A Life by Edmund White, review by Mark David Bradshaw
The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer, review by Brandy Lee Hatcher
Wichita's Lebanese Heritage by Jay M Price, Victoria Foth Sherry,
& Matthew Namee, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert, review by Sarah Bagby
DamGoodSweet: Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, New Orleans Style
by David Guas & Raquel Pelzel, review by Beth Golay
The Fleet Street Murders: A Charles Lenox Mystery by Charles Finch, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Heist Society by Ally Carter, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl by Tedd Arnold, review by Mark David Bradshaw
January 2010 Reviews
Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett, review by Sarah Bagby
All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Elephant & Piggie: I Am Going by Mo Willems, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Henry in Love by Peter McCarty, review by Beth Golay
How to Be an Everyday Philanthropist by Nicole Bouchard Boles, review by Beth Golay
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby, review by Sarah Bagby
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause, review by Colleen McGee
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai & the Trees of Kenya by Donna Jo Napoli, review by Mark David Bradshaw
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom, review by Sarah Bagby
Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon, review by Mark David Bradshaw