Complete book coverage for Sunday, May 3, 2009
Inside this issue: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life by Gerald Martin, Stealing MySpace by Julia Angwin, Viral Spiral by David Bollier, The Wikipedia Revolution by Andrew Lih, Brooklyn: A Novel by Colm Toibin, Life and Death by Amos Oz, The Amos Oz Reader, The Thoreau You Don't Know by Robert Sullivan, The Hospital for Bad Poets by J.C. Hallman, The Unknown Knowns by Jeffrey Rotter, American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell, Corvus: A Life With Birds by Esther Woolfson, The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
May 10, 2009
WORD PLAY
'The Last Olympian'
I've been an unabashed fan of the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series by Rick Riordan from early on. But one thing bugs me as I consider "The Last Olympian" (Disney/Hyperion: $17.99, ages 10 and up), the fifth and final book in the series: I am flummoxed by my inability to keep straight the plots of the five books (hereafter called "PJO").
May 3, 2009
BOOK REVIEW
'The Wikipedia Revolution,' 'Stealing MySpace' and 'Viral Spiral'
The Wikipedia Revolution
May 3, 2009
OFF THE SHELF
When second novels go bad
I'm having a love affair with "bad" second novels. Not "Rabbit, Run." Not "The Crying of Lot 49." Many writers do knock it out of the park on their second try -- and good for them. But those aren't the novels I mean.
May 3, 2009
DISCOVERIES
'The Unknown Knowns,' Jeffrey Rotter; 'American Salvage,' Bonnie Jo Campbell; 'Corvus: A Life With Birds,' Esther Woolfson
The Unknown Knowns
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