2008 Employee Favorites: Kelly Lenox
1. The Wilde Women by Paula Wall This book is a delightful romp through the lives of two sisters who defy both convention and stereotype in depression-era Tennessee. While the townspeople's attitudes...
View Article2008 Employee Favorites: Carson Smith
1. Lush Life by Richard Price Richard Price is a professional. His genius is in, among other things, the vernacular — he does his research and knows his lingo. Overall, this is a top-notch New York cop...
View Article2008 Employee Favorites: Robin Fruitticher
1. Firmin by Sam Savage This story about a book-addicted rat will make you contemplate writers, bookshops, and life in general. It will break your heart even as it makes you smile. Firmin is definitely...
View Article2008 Employee Favorites: Chris P.
1. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño Amongst the most keenly anticipated and highly acclaimed literary releases of 2008, 2666 is as vast in its ambition as it is in volume. Comprising characters and stories in...
View Article2008 Employee Favorites: Suzanne
1. The Good Prince: Fables #10 by Bill Willingham Fairy tales are adult again — noirish, literary, ironic, and in graphic-novel form. When a new Fables collection comes out, I rush home, set it...
View Article2008 Employee Favorites: Gerry Donaghy
1. Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock I had a feeling when I first read this book (back in 2007, before it was actually published) that it would be my favorite book of 2008, and nothing I read in the...
View ArticleThe Final 2008 Employee Favorites: Lynn Roethler-Green
1. Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Naomi Wolf My favorite book for 2007 was Naomi Wolf's The End of America, and Wolf tops my list again for 2008 with Give Me Liberty. While...
View ArticleFirst Contact
It's a tall order, setting out to write a satire chock full of aliens as an homage to Kurt Vonnegut, but Evan Mandery pulls it off brilliantly in First Contact. It's a zany narrative full of pop...
View ArticleThe Keeper Shelf
I read a lot. I also give away a lot of books, otherwise I'd end up being one of those people you read about who died but it took forever for someone to notice because he/she was buried under a giant...
View ArticleThe Lord of the Flies
In this bleak tale of a community gone awry, a group of schoolboys are stranded on a deserted island. The untenable situation soon devolves into chaos and horror. The ending is surprising and...
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