Archive for the ‘book reviews’ Category

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Books: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin

This year, HBO introduced millions of otherwise fantasy-averse viewers to George R.R. Martin’s complex, rich, densely layered and decidedly adult A Song of Fire and…



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Book Review: A Discovery of Witches By Deborah Harkness

A Discovery of Witches By Deborah Harkness Diana Bishop, the smart, beautiful, cosmetics-shunning witch at the center of Deborah Harkness’ debut novel, A Discovery of…



Justin Cronin's literary horror novel The Passage came with a lot of hype...and deserved it (No. 4).

Top 10 Books of 2010: Year In Review

Let me get this out of the way: Freedom, Jonathan Franzen’s Great American Novel, defeated me. These cold winter months may have me crawling back…



Jersey Shore’s JWOW To Release New Book

Jenni Farley, a Long Island native and one of the cast members of MTV’s most talked about reality show “The Jersey Shore”, will soon be…



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Jay-Z’s ‘Decoded:’ There’s an App For That

Claiming in an NPR Radio interview that he does not write down any of his raps anymore, Jay-Z made a change of pace for his…



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Book Review: The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise

The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise By Julia Stuart I have a weakness for whimsical British novels, which are usually stuffed to the brim with…