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Book reviews, news from the literary world, and a daily blog by the books editor of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Teens and books
The American Library Association this week offered a rosy assessment of teens and books. According to an ALA press release (the group is also promoting its Teen Read Week, scheduled this year for Oct. 12-18), “teen books now enjoy unprecedented critical success and popularity.”
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Jane Eyre
Classics are receiving more attention now from several of my book groups. Jane Eyre made a real hit in two groups: 100 percent enjoyment of rereading. Jane (or Janet) was a strong woman of her time like Zora Neale Hurston’s character in “Their Eyes Were Watching God.”
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The Pixar Touch
It’s a rags-to-riches story, a classic example of the cream rising to the top. And it’s as entertaining and heartwarming as, say, a Pixar movie. It’s The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company, and its topsy-turvy, roller-coaster plot has all the thrills of a ride at Disneyland.
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The Perfect Man
I just read The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr. After a semester of reading almost exclusively short stories for a creative writing program, Murr’s book was an immensely discoverable treasure. His characters are so perfectly flawed, his conflicts so intricately layered, and his voice so humanly measured and direct that you really won’t be able [...]
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Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer
If love grew from the ground, it might be a sun-ripened tomato. And now it is August in the Northeast, when an abundance of the succulent fruit momentarily clouds memories of beautiful – yet tasteless – imported produce.
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