LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance — Jonathan Evison Algonquin Books 308 Pages Does anyone remember the old Ralph Edwards’ show, “This Is Your Life?” Popular back in the 1950s,…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States — Sarah Vowell Riverhead Books 288 Pages A lot of times I try to avoid history books as a means for review. I work…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: The Man Without A Shadow
The Man Without a Shadow — Joyce Carol Oates Ecco Publishing 384 Pages Books by Joyce Carol Oates are sometimes hard to review. There is no neat category to fit…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: This Was Not The Plan
This Was Not the Plan – Cristina Alger Touchstone Publishing 352 Pages Sometimes I pick up a book at the library that really aren’t books that I would normally read.…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: Life in New York
Life in New York — Laura Pedersen Fulcrum Publishing 202 Pages This evening, author Laura Pedersen will be at the Lockport Public Library to discuss her new memoir, Life in…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: The Bones Will Speak
The Bones Will Speak — Carrie Stuart Parks Thomas Nelson Publishers 331 Pages Just over one year ago, I reviewed the first book in the Gwen Marcy series, A Cry…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: Lay Down Your Weary Tune
Lay Down Your Weary Tune — W.B. Belcher Other Press 384 Pages Once in awhile when skimming the New Books shelves at the Lockport Library, I run across a book…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: ‘Your Fathers, Where Are They?’
Your Fathers, Where Are They, And the Prophets,Do They Live Forever? — Dave Eggers Vintage Books 240 Pages This week’s book has quite a long title. It actually may be…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: One Year After
One Year After — William R. Forstchen Forge Books 304 Pages It’s not often that I write a review of a sequel without writing the review of the first book…
LITERALLY THE BEST REVIEWS: Time and Time Again
Time and Time Again — Ben Elton Thomas Dunne Books 400 Pages It’s always a common question asked regularly in vastly different company. “If you could go back in time…