Is anyone surprised by the book that was in my mailbox last week? I originally determined that Mockingjay was going to have to wait until… »
general fiction
2010: #47 – The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Stieg Larsson)
The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson’s internationally best-selling trilogy
Lisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be… »
2010: #41 – So Much For That (Lionel Shriver)
From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World comes a searing, ruthlessly honest new novel about a marriage both stressed and strengthened by the demands of serious illness.
Shep Knacker has long saved for “The Afterlife”: an idyllic retreat to the Third World where his nest egg can last forever…. »
2010: #34 – A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
From the author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. A young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to teach visits a black youth on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of… »
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