Book Review: ‘Shuna’s Journey,’ by Hayao Miyazaki
First published in Japan in 1983, this picture book from the fabled animator is eerie, enchanting and surpassingly strange.
Book Review: ‘Cheap Land Colorado,’ by Ted Conover
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Newly Published, From Egotistical Artists to Corporate Control
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘Vigilance,’ by Andrew K. Diemer
Andrew Diemer’s “Vigilance” gives a freedom fighter his due.
Author reminds Americans that Samuel Adams was a revolutionary before he was a beer
Adams' historical importance is often overlooked because he didn't keep copies of his own letters. Stacy Schiff's superb new biography explores his crucial role in inciting the American Revolution.
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With 'Foster,' Claire Keegan asks that readers look outward
More than most books four times its size, Foster does several of the things we ask of great literature: It expands our world, diverting our attention outward, and it opens up our hearts and minds.
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Book Review: ‘Dr. No,’ by Percival Everett
“Dr. No,” which borrows its name from an early James Bond story, features a math professor who’s recruited by a supervillain.
Book Review: ‘Case Study,’ by Graeme Macrae Burnet
“Case Study,” by Graeme Macrae Burnet, is a novel of found documents detailing troubled lives and shifting identities.
Book Review: ‘Requiem for the Massacre,’ by RJ Young
RJ Young’s “Requiem for the Massacre” is more coming-of-age story than reckoning.
Review: ‘The Island of Extraordinary Captives,’ by Simon Parkin
In Simon Parkin’s riveting account, a shameful chapter in British history is also a testament to creativity and hope.
Book Review: ‘Art Is Life,’ by Jerry Saltz
“Art Is Life” collects the art critic’s essays, reviews, interviews and more from the past two decades.
Book Review: ‘Saha,’ by Cho Nam-Joo
In her new novel, “Saha,” Cho Nam-Joo follows a group of outcasts to examine the strict enforcement of social hierarchies.
Book Review: ‘Trespasses,’ by Louise Kennedy
Louise Kennedy’s debut novel, “Trespasses,” considers the relationship of a Catholic woman and a Protestant man.
Essay: ‘Toad,’ by Katherine Dunn
The posthumous publication of a new novel, six years after Dunn’s death, is a chance to celebrate the bawdy originality of the author of the cult hit “Geek Love.”
Book Review: “Before You Knew My Name,” by Jacqueline Bublitz
Jacqueline Bublitz’s debut, “Before You Knew My Name,” follows the parallel tracks of two women in New York City — one vital and vibrant, the other not so much.
Book Review: ‘Mr. B,’ by Jennifer Homans
“Mr. B,” by Jennifer Homans, explores the life of the Russian-born choreographer, as well as the beauty and pains of his art.
Verity
UnCovered review by Collette Jones, ACLS Egg Harbor City Branch
Manager
Self-published in 2018, VERITY is a psychological thriller that follows the journey of writer Lowen Ashleigh as she travels to Vermont to work as the new co-writer for a popular series of books written by the renowned author Verity Crawford. Written from the perspectives of both Verity and Lowen, VERITY explores violence, trauma, and truth. This storyline is a romantic, suspenseful, thriller filled with chilling details and fascinating sick twisted turns. Disturbing, horrifying, and unsettling at times to read through nonetheless, your attention to see what happens next will consume you as a reader. It is a well-written story in the first person narrative that plays with genres and is a bit creepy; definitely manipulatively and psychotic. The story is unsettling and clearly involves a lot of secrets: death of a loved one, abuse, gory details. It is uninhibited and can be described as an immersive reading experience. I was pushed past my comfort zone of reading this just as a romance novel. The book has emotional trigger moments. While reading the statements and story you can feel yourself responding to the events being described as terrifying while understanding love is in bloom.
In
VERITY,
Lowen is a writer who is offered the opportunity to complete the last three
novels of a bestselling book series because the author, Verity Crawford, is
unable to do so for medical reasons. When Lowen moves into the Crawford house
to go over Verity’s notes, she sees that Verity has been left largely
unresponsive after a car accident. She also learns that Verity’s two twin
daughters died in the months before the accident. Lowen soon finds herself
attracted to Jeremy, Verity’s husband, and she also discovers an
autobiographical manuscript written by Verity, which contains dark secrets
about Verity’s life. The unraveling of this story is chilling. This is not a
usual romance novel like Colleen Hoover captures.
Book Review: ‘A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto,’ by China Miéville
In “A Spectre, Haunting,” the British fantasy writer and political activist China Miéville makes the case for why Marx and Engels’s famous pamphlet remains vital today.
Book Review: “Gilded Mountain,” Kate Manning
In “Gilded Mountain,” Kate Manning explores the bedrock of the labor movement through the experience of one family.
Teaching Children About Climate Change
Two new picture books and a novel for young readers place children at the center of environmental calamity.
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