Atlantic County Library System

Nonfiction: When Growing Old Is a Blessing

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 11:15am

By JESSICA BRUDER

John Leland’s book “Happiness Is a Choice You Make” chronicles the unlikely virtues of aging.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Children’s Books: New Y.A. Books by Women of Color Rewrite Old Cultural Scripts

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 5:01am

By JENNIFER HUBERT SWAN

In books by Dhonielle Clayton, Tomi Adeyemi and others, teenagers from around the globe are inventive, romantic and above all empowered.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Fiction: Young and Adrift in New York City

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By DEBORAH SHAPIRO

Hermione Hoby’s first novel, “Neon in Daylight,” offers a fresh take on the romance of urban life.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: Getting Better All the Time?

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By ANGUS DEATON

In “It’s Better Than It Looks,” Gregg Easterbrook argues the case for optimism in a time of troubles.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Fiction: A Tale of Soviet-Era Bucharest Probes the Ties Between Writer and Muse

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By MICHAEL OWEN

“The Invention of Ana,” a novel by Mikkel Rosengaard, hinges on an ambiguous mentorship and the history of the Romanian revolution.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Crime: Disappearing Acts: A Shelf of Missing-Person Mysteries

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By MARILYN STASIO

Crime novels by Jane Harper, Robin Oliveira, Christobel Kent and Steve Cavanagh probe the fate of women and girls: some just gone, some gone for good.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: Steven Pinker Continues to See the Glass Half Full

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By SARAH BAKEWELL

In “Enlightenment Now,” the Harvard professor offers much evidence that the world, our feelings notwithstanding, is definitely getting better.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: She Didn’t Own a Birth Certificate or Go to School. Yet She Went On to Earn a Ph.D.

Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 4:50pm

By ALEC MacGILLIS

In her memoir, “Educated,” Tara Westover recounts her extraordinary journey from her survivalist family in Idaho to the lecture halls of the Ivy League.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Editors’ Choice: 7 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 2:14pm

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Siblings On A Strange Journey In 'Monster Portraits'

Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 7:00am

By Genevieve Valentine

Sofia Samatar teams up with her brother Del, a tattoo artist, to create a new take on the fantastic bestiary. The result is a prose poem with jolts of autobiography, spiced with intricate drawings.

(Image credit: Rose Metal Press)

Source: NPR Book Reviews