Lifestyle/Pop Culture Books


Feature Writer: Victoria Oldham
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Fire by Kristin Cashore is Another Thrill

In: Lifestyle/Pop Culture Books (general)

Just released, Fire is the story of the last surviving human monster in the seven dells. This raises the question - what makes a person a monster - nature or nurture? more...

The High Priest and the Idol by Jane Fletcher

In: Lifestyle/Pop Culture Books (general)

Jane Fletcher's newest novel takes her familiar, well loved characters and pits them against zealots forcing them to step away from their ideals and confront their fears. more...

Fingersmith by Renowned Author Sarah Waters

In: Feminist Literature

Award winning author Sarah Waters has done what she does best--she's taken a moment in time and developed deep, intense characters you can care about and cheer for. more...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

In: Lifestyle/Pop Culture Books (general)

Jane Austen's original classic, Pride and Prejudice, was written in 1813. Nearly two hundred years later, Seth Grahame-Smith has taken Austen's novel and added in zombies more...

Women and Literature in New England This Fall

In: Lifestyle/Pop Culture Books (general)

The annual Women's Week Festival is October 9-18, 2009. It is the 25th year, and literature, art, music, comedy and drama promise to make this an amazing trip for all. more...

A Darker Domain by Val McDermid is Murky Ground

In: Entertainment Books

Widely known for her crime fiction, McDermid takes on the Miners Strike in Scotland and combines it with a twenty five year old murder, making for a dizzying storyline. more...

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff Hits Home

In: Entertainment Books

Set in the desert of Utah, this novel takes the reader through time: One story is set at the beginning of the Mormon movement, the other in a modern day Mormon compound. more...

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

In: Lifestyle/Pop Culture Books (general)

A Thousand Splendid Suns follows the lives of two extraordinary women living in Taliban controlled Afghanistan as they fight to live, finding comfort only in one another. more...

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