June 28th, 2011
Reviews — Newspapers & Web Sites
Below are links, with RSS feeds, where available, from the major newspaper and online book reviews.
National Newspapers
New York Times, Daily
- Katherine Boo on Her Book ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’
- Books of The Times: ‘Once Upon a Secret’: Mimi Alford on Her Affair With Kennedy
- John Sargent, Former Doubleday President, Dies at 87
- Children's Books: Even Crocodiles Get the Blues
- Books of The Times: ‘Bringing Up Bébé,’ a French-Influenced Guide by Pamela Druckerman
New York Times, Childrens Books
- Even Crocodiles Get the Blues
- Bookshelf: Presidents
- The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight - By Jennifer E. Smith - Book Review
- Switched - By Amanda Hocking - Book Review
- Angel Of the Battlefield — The Treasure Chest, Book 1 — By Ann Hood — Review
New York Times Book Review (Sunday)
- Elmore Leonard Returns With ‘Raylan’
- ‘The Science of Yoga’ Considers the Practice’s Benefits
- The Letters William S. Burroughs Wrote at the Height of His Success
- Three Books Explore the Reality Behind the World of ‘Downton Abbey’
- ‘Stay Awake,’ Stories by Dan Chaon
USA Today – (Top 150 best sellers posted on Thursdays).
- A trip through time for young Black History Month readers
- At 50, A Wrinkle in Time' is still going strong
- Ordinary people tell StoryCorps their love stories
- Writer Vince Flynn aims for a 'Kill Shot' against cancer
- Warm up to these good reads
Washington Post
- Margot Livesey’s ‘The Flight of Gemma Hardy’ takes ‘Jane Eyre’ into modern era
- Books: ‘An Available Man,’ by Hilma Wolitzer
- New in paperback: Stephanie McAfee’s ‘Diary of a Mad Fat Girl’
- Book World: ‘A Lovesong for India’ by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Book review: ‘Defending Jacob,’ by William Landay
LA Times
- Charles Dickens takes pride of place at book fair
- Dishing on late celebs' cooking
- Book review: 'The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards'
- Book review: 'Treasure Island!!!' by Sara Levine
- Review: 'Lost Kingdom' by Julia Flynn Siler
Web Sites
Christian Science Monitor
- Reader recommendation: The Artist of Disappearance
- Do French and Eskimo moms know better?
- Reader recommendation: Emily Post
- 'Coming Apart': Charles Murray sees an America divided, but not by race
- Charles Dickens: looking for love in all the wrong places
Salon.com
The Book Beast (book section of the Daily Beast)
- Kathie Lee Gifford's Favorite Books
- Winning Novels About Losers
- The Bobby Fischer I Knew
- Lisa Baron's Salacious Memoir
- Crown Publishing: Sister
The Huffington Post
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Regional Newspapers
Boston Globe
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Chicago Tribune
- P.D. James brings a murder mystery into Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' territory
- In 'Film School,' what doesn't kill Steve Boman makes for an entertaining book
- Nitpicking grammar in the digital age
- Longtime library head resigns
- Emanuel wants more summer library programs
Denver Post
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Philadelphia Inquirer
- Evil afoot again in Norway
- Chick Wit: Humility and help in the hospital
- 'Red State Religion': Why Kansas became so conservative
- The scary spaces twixt men, women
- Chick Wit: Never too late to refeather an empty nest
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- 'Bringing Up Bebe': Why the French make better parents (no offense)
- Be a child again at The Frick: Exhibit revisits book illustrations
- Author Walter Dean Myers is passionate about the benefits of parents reading to children
- Children's Corner: 'Dead End in Norvelt' led Jack Gantos to Newbery gold
San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle Times
- Local books: dragons and their keepers, and a history of the Elwha
- A wandering gene's destructive path
- Granta series at Elliott Bay features David Long
- 4 good reads from National Book Critics Circle awards' finalists
- Comics: Justice League fights real-world hunger
