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Dead Until Dark / Charlaine Harris
Sookie Stackhouse Series

Brings vampires and other supernaturals to life in her fun books that let you escape to another world. True Blood HBO series loosely based on these books.

reviewed by a Fletcher Library patron

My Life in France / Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
My Life in France

I really enjoyed this book about Julia's adventures in food and falling in love. It is a great read!

reviewed by a Thompson Library patron

Where Armadillos Go to Die / James Hime
Where Armadillos Go to Die

Small Texas town full of characters. Nastiest man in town goes missing. Ranger Spur is asked to find him. WOW!!

reviewed by a Fletcher Library patron

The Women / T.C. Boyle
The Women

It gives a glimpse into famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's personal life, especially with the several women he loved through the years.

reviewed by a Thompson Library patron

Sarah's Key / Tatiana de Rooney
Sarah's Key

France in WWII occupied by the Nazis and one young girl's determination to survive, the years following, and a haunting memory of her young brother.

reviewed by a Fletcher Library patron

West with the Night / Beryl Markham
West with the Night

A true story of the author's move from England to East Africa (now Kenya) as a four year old with her father in the early 1900's. She tells of her life with the natives and as a horse trainer and later a pilot.

reviewed by a Thompson Library patron

Other Review Resources

  • Audiobooker — from Booklist Online
  • Critical Mass — from the National Book Critics Circle board of directors
  • Omnivoracious — run by the books editors at Amazon.com
  • Paper Cuts — from the folks at The New York Times
  • Sentences — from Wyatt Mason, Contributing Editor at Harper's
  • Books Blog — the literature blog of The Guardian
  • The Book Bench — from the Books Department of The New Yorker