The 20-Year Contest to Crack the Code of the Rosetta Stone
“The Writing of the Gods,” by Edward Dolnick, offers a fresh account of the discovery in Egypt of the giant slab, and of the competition to decipher its symbols.
Dream Girl
UnCovered review by Rachel Simmons, Librarian, ACLS Hammonton Branch
The main character Gerry Andersen is a famous author with many adoring fans and aspiring authors at his heels. Just before he falls down his floating staircase and ends up in the hospital, Gerry finds a letter with a familiar Baltimore address. Confined to a hospital bed in his Baltimore apartment, he relies on his assistant and night nurse for all his needs. In his drug induced state, he receives calls from someone named Aubrey, who claims to be his “Dream Girl”. He continues to have strange calls, visions, and dreams which blur reality. Is he developing dementia like his mother or is something more sinister going on?
I just finished the audio version of Laura Lippman’s Dream Girl read by Jason Culp. He does an excellent job and brings the characters to life. This novel has a dark humor to it that I liked. It’s a good mystery suspense story with hints of Misery by Stephen King. Told in first person by an unreliable narrator, we learn a lot about Gerry through the years from his point of view. It’s a very good read overall.
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title is available in print, large print, CD, and digital formats Axis 360 and
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Elizabeth Strout Gets Meta in Her New Novel About Marriage
The protagonist of “Oh William!” is a famous author whose books have a lot in common with ones written by the creator of Lucy Barton.
Here's the data on Brent Spiner's loopy, self-referential new novel 'Fan Fiction'
Fan Fiction is part memoir, part noir pastiche and maybe a little bit true. Is it a great work? No. Is it a lot of fun? Yes. Is it a book that could only have been written by Brent Spiner? Absolutely.
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'This Thing Between Us' wants to hurt you — and you should let it
Gus Moreno's new novel follows a man who flees the city where his wife's murder became a political and media sensation, but he can't escape either his grief or the thing that haunted their apartment.
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New in Paperback: ‘Memorial’ and ‘Singular Sensation’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Thomas Mallon on the Career of Jonathan Franzen
Mallon talks about Franzen’s “Crossroads,” and Joshua Ferris discusses “A Calling for Charlie Barnes.”
Fright Lite
Four new picture books draw in young readers with ghosts, ghouls and vampires — not to scare them but to amuse them.
'Why We Fly' flips dusty old cheerleader stereotypes upside down
In their new YA novel, Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal tell the story of a cheerleading squad whose white captain convinces them to take a knee to protest injustice — and the backlash that follows.
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Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections
“The Ruin of Everything,” “Hao” and “Variations on the Body” explore fraught relationships and the long shadow of war.
When the Au Pair Helps With the Care of the Children and the Sex Life of the Parents
T.L. Toma’s second novel, “Look at Us,” follows a wealthy couple who embark on a sexual misadventure with their au pair.
‘Commercial’ vs. ‘Literary Writing,’ Cozy Mysteries and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Lena Dunham on Joy Sorman and Unnameable Female Pain
“Life Sciences” follows the youngest in a family of women plagued by mysterious, unheeded illnesses.
A History of Modernity That Puts Africa at Center Stage
“Born in Blackness,” by the former New York Times correspondent Howard W. French, is a deeply researched account of the continent’s often overlooked role in the development of the modern world.
'Two Feathers' is a flawed but gripping novel of racism in the Prohibition-era South
Margaret Verble's novel follows a young Cherokee woman whose life as a horse-diver in Tennessee zoo is derailed by a terrible accident. It's unfocused at times, but definitely a ride worth taking.
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Why Does Thoreau Live On? A Few Famous Writers Offer Answers.
In “Now Comes Good Sailing,” an anthology gathered by Andrew Blauner, famous writers including Pico Iyer, Lauren Groff and Amor Towles meditate on Thoreau’s influence.
How Books Led a Young Jane Goodall to Live Among the Chimps
“There was no TV when I was a child. I learned from books — and nature. I read every book about animals I could find. Doctor Dolittle and Tarzan led me to dream about living with animals in Africa.”
'Dear Memory' sees a direct connection between memory and identity formation
Victoria Chang's lyrical experiment memorably evokes an individual family's time capsule and an artist's timeless yearning to shape carbon dust into incandescent gem.
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He Stayed Grounded by Writing a Thriller Set in Outer Space
Chris Hadfield went viral as an astronaut singing David Bowie in orbit. Now he has written a Cold War thriller packed with cosmic action.
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