Buy, Borrow, Bypass: December 17, 2012
Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy (Ted Widmer, Caroline Kennedy) … Read the full post
In this weekly feature, Book Riot contributors give brief reviews of their recent reads and advise whether you should buy, borrow, or bypass them.
Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy (Ted Widmer, Caroline Kennedy) … Read the full post
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant–General and President Ulysses S. Grant declared regularly … Read the full post
Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume edited by Jennifer O’Connell … Read the full post
We Monks And Soldiers by Lutz Bassman You will not meet Lutz Bassman at a book signing. That’s because … Read the full post
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Deep in Mexico’s Copper Canyon — an inhospitable section … Read the full post
Have You Seen Marie? by Sandra Cisneros, illustrated by Ester Hernandez: This is a sort of grown-up … Read the full post
Live by Night by Dennis Lehane: About this time two years ago, I feverishly mainlined the whole … Read the full post
Summer and Bird by Katherine Catmull: This debut middle-grade novel is a dark and twisted modern fairy … Read the full post
Note: Three out of the four comics mentioned here are series, either ongoing or completed. I’ve … Read the full post
River Thieves by Michael Crummey: Not a recent release but one I am rereading this week because … Read the full post
Note: I listened to all of this week’s books, so my opinions are based on the narrator’s … Read the full post
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner (Simon & Schuster): Though debut author Vaddey Ratner’s … Read the full post
The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger (Knopf): One of The New Yorker’s 20 under 40, Freudenberger … Read the full post
Each week I read between 3-6 books. I don’t have time to write meaningful reviews of each, but I … Read the full post
Each week I read between 3-6 books. I don’t have time to write meaningful reviews of each, but I … Read the full post
Each week I read between 3-6 books. I don’t have time to write meaningful reviews of each, but I … Read the full post
Each week I read between 3-6 books. I don’t have time to write meaningful reviews of each, but I … Read the full post