Reviews

Staff Review

Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town

By Nick Reding

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Aug 21, 2013

I was sitting on the patio of my favorite bakery on a drizzly Saturday morning, eating a croissant, when the woman doing a crossword next to me noticed the title of the book I was reading: Methland. "Excuse me," she said, "but can you tell me a little about that book?"



Staff Review

Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution

By Caroline Weber

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Aug 21, 2013

From the masculine equestrian outfits that made her Louis XV's favorite, to the regal counterrevolutionary gowns in green and violet that exposed her as an enemy of the state, Marie Antoinette's fashion statements were always unfailingly both fabulous and controversial. In Queen of Fashion, Caroline Weber paints a comprehensive portrait of the fashion icon, from Dauphine until death.

Staff Review

Love is a Mix Tape

By Rob Sheffield

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Aug 21, 2013

I like to think of myself as a modern woman -- cool, level-headed, doesn’t cry easily, likes Duran Duran, but not too much. 



Leave it to Rolling Stone editor Rob Sheffield and his ruminations on Pat Benatar, Whitney Houston, Sleater-Kinney and Pavement to make me cry like a baby. It also wreaked havoc on my bank account as I went on an iTunes downloading spree. Hanson's "MMMBop," anyone?



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Over the Edge by Mary Connealy


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Aug 19, 2013

Seth Kincaid doesn’t remember he was married to beautiful and courageous Callie. He remembers everything from his tragic accident and the Civil War, but not her. He’s headed to Colorado where he grew up. And Callie is too.

Staff Review

Amy Falls Down by Jincy Willett


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Aug 17, 2013

Amy Gallup has spent the last 20 or so years remembering her past with its joys and triumphs, teaching online writing classes, and writing in her notebook and her online blog.  But things are about to change: Amy falls in her backyard, hits her head, and is taken to the emergency room.   She comes home thinking that everything is normal, including a gigantic hea

Staff Review

Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan


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Aug 16, 2013

Hilarious and honest, Dad Is Fat chronicles the difficult but joy-filled experience of raising five children in a two-bedroom walk-up in New York City.  Comedian Jim Gaffigan ranges from topics like disastrous

Staff Review

Wesley the Owl by Stacie O'Brien


Rated by Hannah Jane W.
Aug 15, 2013

Wesley the Owl is a fascinating story about the 19 years Stacie O’Brien shares with Wesley, a barn owl.  Stacie, an employee at Caltech, is offered the opportunity to raise a barn owl.  She immediately accepts the offer and throws herself into the arduous but overwhelmingly poignant task of creating a happy and long life for her new feath