Title: Walking in Circles Before Lying Down
Author: Merrill Markoe
Author Merrill Markoe has published several books. She’s a funny lady, and she’s got some serious credibility. She helped David Letterman create ”The Late Show” and worked for him as a producer for years. However, her books are always a little weird, like It’s My F—–g Birthday.
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Book Review: “Walking in Circles Before Lying Down”
Book Review: “Starter for Ten”
Title: Starter for Ten
Author: David Nicholls
Starter for Ten is the story of Brian’s first year in college. Set in Britain in 1985, the plot revolves around Brian, a dorky guy, trying to get the girl of his dreams (Alice) to fall in love with him. Meanwhile, they’re teammates on the university’s quiz team together and [...]
Book Review: “Zoology”
Title: Zoology
Author: Ben Dolnick
Author Ben Dolnick’s freshman effort, 2007’s Zoology, is a look at growing up through the eyes of main character Henry Elinsky. He flunked out of college and moves to New York to take a position in the Children’s Zoo at the Central Park Zoo.
Meanwhile, he meets Margaret while he’s living with his [...]
Book Review: “There’s a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell
Title: There’s a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell
Author: Laurie Notaro
Author Laurie Notaro’s first venture into the world of fiction is There’s a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell. Her previous books based on her own life, such as The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club, are hilarious.
Book Review: “Cesar’s Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems”
Title: Cesar’s Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems
Author: Cesar Millan
If you’re looking for some helpful strategies to correct common dog problems, this book doesn’t really deliver what it promises. After watching the miraculous behavior transformations on Cesar Millan’s show “The Dog Whisperer,” I picked up this book hoping it [...]
Book Review: “The Polysyllabic Spree”
Title: The Polysyllabic Spree
Author: Nick Hornby
As an avid reader, I have a tendency to buy way more books than I’ll ever read. I have books in my house that I know I will never read. I thought this was a problem with which I alone suffered, but it’s nice to know that I share [...]
Book Review: “Candyfreak”
Title: Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Author: Steve Almond
Candyfreak, first published in 2004, is a fun book. Writer Steve Almond is obsessed with candy. He’s a self-described “candyfreak” and laments about how he can’t find the candy he loved as a kid. The book is the story of his obsession and [...]
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Book Review: “Water for Elephants”
Title: Water for Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
Sara Gruen’s third novel, the spectacular Water for Elephants, is one of those rare gems that is almost impossible to put down. Published in 2006, the novel was on the New York Times bestseller list for weeks, received critical acclaim, and is currently the Borders Book Club pick.
Book review: “Crossworld”
Title: Crossworld: One Man’s Journey into America’s Crossworld Obsession
Author: Marc Romano
If only one word could be used to describe Marc Romano’s 2005 nonfiction book Crossworld, it would be “pretentious.”
Book Review: “Nineteen Minutes”
Title: Nineteen Minutes
Author: Jodi Picoult
“In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five…. In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, [...]
Book Review: “Rape: A Love Story”
Title: Rape: A Love Story
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is known for her chilling stories that often center on the victimization of women. Judging from the title, it is evident that this powerful little book follows this same theme. However, the title also suggests something much, much deeper than that. If you’re like me, [...]
Book Review: “The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town”
Title: The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Author: John Grisham
The Innocent Man, published last year, distinguishes itself from John Grisham’s other legal thrillers in a major way: It’s nonfiction.
This book tells the true story of murder in the small town of Ada, Oklahoma, and the bizarre string of events that led to [...]
Book Review: “Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir”
Title: Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir
Author: Janice Erlbaum
Author Janice Erlbaum’s memoir Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir, which she calls “narrative nonfiction,” was first published last year. Since then, it has become very popular among readers in their 20s.
The book highlights Janice’s experiences as a teenager in New York in the 1980s. Her life certainly wasn’t [...]
Book Review: “Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping”
Title: Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping
Author: Judith Levine
Imagine not buying any CDs, games, books, movies, or clothes for an entire year. Imagine not eating out in restaurants, going to the movie theater, or any spending money on any other entertainment. That’s exactly what Judith Levine did. The nonfiction book Not Buying It: My [...]
Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Author: Stephen Chbosky
Stephen Chbosky’s debut novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, was published in 1999 by MTV. The story revolves around Charlie, a freshman in high school, and is written as a series of letters Charlie pens to an unnamed friend, so the entire book is from [...]
Great Reveiw! Can't wait for the DVD.... 
I can't wait for Season 4, I missed a few episodes early on this year so I decided to just ...
wow this is coming to DVD fast it was just in theaters like a month ago. 
Can't wait for the new season! 
WOW lucky sob , congrats , thats a good show 