Reviews by Genre

General Fiction
Austenland by Shannon Hale
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky (spotlight)
Blessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Killing Tree by Rachel Keener
The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches by Robert Stanek (mini review)
A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton (mini review)
The Love Wife by Gish Jen (mini review)
Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder
Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife by Linda Berdoll (mini review)
No Angel by Penny Vincenzi
Noboy's Fool by Richard Russo (mini review)
Only Milo by Barry Smith
Plainsong by Kent Haruf (mini review)
Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson
Secrets to Happiness by Sarah Dunn (mini review)
Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn (mini review)
31 Hours by Masha Hamilton
This One Is Mine by Maria Semple
This Rock by Robert Morgan
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

Graphic Novel
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Crown of Horns by Jeff Smith
The Demon of River Heights by Stefan Petrucha
The Dragonslayer by Jeff Smith
Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith
Ghost Circles by Jeff Smith
The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith
Legends in Exile (Fables 1) by Bill Willingham
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Peterson
Old Man's Cave by Jeff Smith
Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith
The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shuan Tan
Rock Jaw by Jeff Smith
Sword of Fire and Ice by John Matthews (mini review)
Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith

Historical Fiction
Dawn on a Distant Shore by Sara Donati
Genghis: Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
The House of Blue Mangoes by David Davidar
I, Claudius by Robert Graves (mini review)
Imperium by Robert Harris (mini review)
The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl (part I)
Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Peony in Love by Lisa See (mini review)
Rebel by Bernard Cornwell
The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Mystery / Thriller
Ceepak mysteries by Chris Grabenstein (mini review)
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement
Dead As a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Deadly Nightshade by Cynthia Riggs (mini review)
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn (spotlight)
Death of a Travelling Man by M. C. Beaton
Death Qualified by Kate Wilhelm
Delectable Mountains by Earlene Fowler
The Eye of the Jade by Diane Wei Liang
The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
The Judas Pair by Jonathon Gash (mini review)
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Mind Scrambler by Chris Grabenstein
A Mortal Bane by Roberta Gellis
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Plum Island by Nelson DeMille
Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb
The Russian Hill Murders by Shirley Tallman (mini review)
To Darkness and to Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Wife of the Godsby Kwei Quartey (spotlight)
A World I Never Made by James LePore

Nonfiction / Memoir
About Alice by Calvin Trillin (mini review)
Between Me and the River by Carrie Host
Cod by Mark Kurlansky (spotlight)
French Lessons by Peter Mayle
French Milk by Lucy Knisley
Game On Diet by Krista Vernoff and Az Fercuson
Heat by Bill Buford
Home Game by Michael Lewis
House of Mondavi by Julia Flynn Siler
In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White
Inventing Montana by Ted Leeson
More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl
Patron Saint of Used Cars by Mark Millhone
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Twilight at Monticello by Alan Pell Crawford
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
What to Cook . . . by Arthur Schwartz
Zig-Zagging by Tom Wilson

Cookbooks
All-American Coolie Book by Nancy Baggett (mini review)
Cooky Book by Betty Crocker (mini review)
Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread by Crescent Dragonwagon
Dough by Richard Bertinet
Passionate Vegetarian by Crescent Dragonwagon

Short Stories
Great Dream of Heaven by Sam Shepard

Pre-Twentieth Century Fiction
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome

Young Adult / Middle Readers Fiction
After the Moment by Garret Freymann-Weyer
Albert the Fix-It Man by Janet Lord
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
Blizzard! by Jim Murphy
The Brain Finds a Leg by Martin Chatterton
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation
Darkness Be My Friend by John Marsden
The Dead of the Night by John Marsden
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
A Killing Frost by John Marsden
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Magickeepers by Erica Kirov
The Magykal Papers by Angie Sage
Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle
Nothing but Ghosts by Beth Kephart
Our Own May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm (mini review)
Rumors by Anna Godbersen
Starfinder by John Marco
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer
Testimony by Anita Shreve
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Willow by Julia Hoban
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Zamora's Ultimate Challenge by M. K. Scott

Other Print
Fishing Journals by Louis Gary Lamit

Movies
Lost in Austen
Pride & Prejudice Goes to the Movies
Bride & Prejudice
Emma on Film
Watching Sense & Sensibility
Final Look at Austen to Film

Recipes
David Shamah's Jumbles (cookies)
Toffee Squares (cookies)
Apple, Blue Cheese and Hazelnut Salad on Endive Leaves (appetizer)
Double Chocolate Layer Cake (dessert)