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Just finished The Nanny Diaries, by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin, a first-person novel based on their experiences as nannies …

Three good books in the past three days: The Hours by Michael Cunningham Beautiful and depressing and sad, and yet …

Highly recommended: John Colapinto's As Nature Made Him. The book tells the story of a Canadian man named David Reimer, …

I've just finished The Gourmet Detective by Peter King, Cordon Bleu chef-turned-mystery writer. I saw it at the library and …

Everyone should get their hands on a copy of Art Spiegelman's critically acclaimed graphic novel, Maus. It's even better than …

I read Olive Ann Burns's Cold Sassy Tree this weekend (one of my fifty-cent finds at the Friends of the …

Have added Ben Fong-Torres's The Rice Room to my book recommendations page. One of the best and most unique Chinese …