'Chemistry Lessons' Has A Great Formula, But The Results Aren't There
The science doesn't quite add up in Meredith Goldstein's debut novel about a young scientist who's continuing her late mother's work on pheromones — in an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend.
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In 'The Cost Of Living,' Renouncing Serenity For A Life In Motion
Deborah Levy's brilliant new memoir opens at a time of great change in her life — divorce, deaths, moving house — and it's full of the feeling of travel and movement, but preoccupied with home.
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The Book Review Podcast: From Transcribing for Obama to Writing Her Own Story
Beck Dorey-Stein discusses “From the Corner of the Oval,” and Caroline Weber talks about “Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siècle Paris.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: French High Society During the Belle Époque
“Proust’s Duchess,” by Caroline Weber, describes the luxurious but unhappy lives of three celebrated Parisian women.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘No Apparent Distress,’ ‘The Destroyers’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Inside J.R.R. Tolkien’s Notebooks, a Glimpse of the Master Philologist at Work
A manuscript page from the “Lord of the Rings” author’s notebooks reveals his painstaking process of language invention.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: In This Novel, a Mother Risks Everything for a Second Chance
Evgenia Citkowitz’s first novel, “The Shades,” follows the remorseful decline of a family in the aftermath of a daughter’s death.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: The Illness That Had No Name
Amanda Stern’s memoir, “Little Panic,” recounts her quest to discover why she felt so different.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: ‘O.K., Google, Make Me Happy’: In This Novel, Technology Is a Panacea
In Katie Williams’s “Tell the Machine Goodnight,” there are individualized “contentment plans” that let us know how to achieve peace of mind.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Inside the List: Want a Belt Buckle, Coffee, Sword or Mug With That Book?
Sure, fans can buy books on authors’ websites. But enterprising authors like Brad Thor, Anne Rice and George R.R. Martin offer tie-in merchandise as well.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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