Plot summary (with spoilers): The Arrival is a graphic novel that wordlessly tells the story of an unnamed man’s immigration to a new country. The drawings lay out the man’s plight, first by showing that his family lives in less than luxurious circumstances, with not a single piece of modern furniture or decent crockery in [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Mari Asai is a smart, studious 19-year-old girl with a habit of staying up all night in Tokyo reading books in family restaurants such as Denny’s and Skylark. On one such night, she runs into Takahashi, a young man who insists that he knows Mari through her sister Eri. The two [...]
Summary: Columbine by Dave Cullen was released to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of one of the worst school shootings in American history. On April 20, 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, both seniors at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, smuggled bombs and guns into their school. By the time their shooting spree ended, [...]
Here are the week’s New York Times Bestsellers in a handful of the more popular categories: Hardcover Fiction: 1. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown 2. AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon 3. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks 4. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett 5. HOTHOUSE ORCHID, by Stuart Woods Hardcover Nonfiction: [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): The novel begins with Kitty Fane engaging in an adulterous tryst with the older Charles Townsend, an assistant colonial secretary in Hong Kong where Kitty and her husband Walter have been living since they were married a few years ago. Kitty senses that Walter has come home early for some reason. [...]
Sarah Palin has apparently finished her memoir early. According to this FOX News article, Palin’s 400-page book, called Going Rogue: An American Life, was completed just four months after the contract was signed. Publisher Harper has now moved the release date up from spring of 2010 to November 17, 2009. Harper is planning to run [...]