by Site Owner | May 21, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion
By Janet Reitman Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 448 pages Inside Scientology is an exhaustively researched book which is no small feat considering how vigorously and litigiously Scientology hides behind its IRS tax-exempt status. A status that was gained only...
by Site Owner | May 18, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks
By Ferran Adria Phaidon Press, $29.95, 383 pages When the iconic El Bulli restaurant closed, the culinary dreams of many food lovers were dashed. Although they can’t fully be rekindled through a cookbook, The Family Meal, by Ferran Adrià (chef at El Bulli), provides...
by Site Owner | May 17, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Jennifer Gooch Hummer Fiction Studio Books, $15.95, 328 pages Girl Unmoored, by Jennifer Gooch Hummer, is a poignant coming-of-age story about 13-year-old Apron (an unfortunate typo on her birth certificate) who is experiencing all of the angst and emotion induced...
by michaeld | May 15, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Portland Authors, Portland Publishers
By Leni Zumas Tin House, $15.95, 352 pages Fractured and clattering, Leni Zumas’s heroine Quinn crashes onto the page in The Listeners. In her life, reality is an ephemeral, to-be-avoided-thing, a fact Zumas accentuates with tiny short burst chapters that flash...
by Site Owner | May 12, 2012 | Historical Fiction
By Dora Levy Mossanen Sourcebooks, $14.99, 340 pages The tragic history of the Romanovs holds fascination for many a reader. Unfortunately, the dramatic promise of the subject is not carried out in this book. There is plenty of drama in The Last Romanov but it is...
