Atlantic County Library System

'Home Is Not A Country' Imagines The Lives We Could Have Led

Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 7:00am

By Nayantara Dutta

Safia Elhillo's novel follows a first-generation Muslim American girl who, bullied at school, longs for the homeland she's never really known and the alter ego who represents a more confident self.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews

Heather McGhee Knows Readers Judge Books by Their Covers

Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 5:00am

By Elisabeth Egan

The author of “The Sum of Us” did not want her new best seller to look like a book that was only intended for one kind of reader.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

‘Her Prose Is Sometimes Poetry’: Why Margaret Jull Costa Loves Virginia Woolf

Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 5:00am

“She’s such a compassionate describer of her characters with all their flaws.”

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

The Panic of the 30-Somethings, and More

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 10:31am

By Jordan Kisner

Three new essay collections survey the range of anxieties that befall us today.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

'Klara And The Sun' Is A Masterpiece About Life, Love And Mortality

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 9:41am

By Maureen Corrigan

Narrated by a robotic "artificial friend," Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel offers readers a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.

(Image credit: Knopf)

Source: NPR Book Reviews

There Are So Many Flavors Of Potato Chips; 'Hooked' Looks At Why

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 4:30am

By Barbara J. King

Investigative reporter Michael Moss explores how some food companies tweak their products to take advantage of evolved biology, creating room for novelty that triggers the brain to make us want more.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews