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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor Word has come from my family in the North: that stupid groundhog is a big fat liar. Other than a single warm day last week, there is yet no real sign of spring. Gather once again round ye olde hearth, then, and bring something to read. | |
Review: 'The Illumination' by Kevin Brockmeier
What if all of mankind's pain suddenly became visible, literally glowing from people's skin? Small cuts glow softly, and people in severe pain become blindingly bright. That's the premise behind The Illumination, a new novel which bridges the gap between sci-fi and literary fiction.
| New in Paperback: 'Lunch in Paris' by Elizabeth Bard
I love Paris. And lunch. And I always need a little something light (both in content and in actual weight) for bathtub reading, so I think I'm 3-for-3 here.
| Manga Review: Hyde and Closer Vol. 1-3
This new shonen manga stars Shunpei Closer, a wimpy teen who is the grandson of a powerful sorcerer, and his bodyguard Hyde, a cigar-chomping, talking stuffed bear armed with a magical chainsaw. It's quirky and tween-friendly and surprisingly fun.
| Review: 'Ruth and the Green Book' by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
This 2010 release is an excellent children's book to add to your Black History Month reading list. Telling the story of young Ruth, who travels with her family from Illinois to Alabama to visit her grandmother, it features a lesser-known bit of African-American history that I wasn't familiar with before: The Negro Motorist Green Book, which was a real travel guide that helped people of color find restaurants, hotels, and other services in the Jim Crow-era South. Teachers and parents, take note of this one!
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