January 2011

  • 2010 Books of the Year

    In addition to the books I reviewed last year: Best Historical Mystery (foreign setting) “Parisian Prodigal” – Alan Gordon Best Finance/Economics Book “Age of Turbulence” – Alan Greenspan Best Entertainment Book “Prisoner of Trebekistan” – Bob Harris I do want to mention two others that made my 2010 “Books of the Year” list. Best Historical… Continue reading

  • The Grimm Legacy

    The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman.  Fans of Sci-Fi’s current series Warehouse 13 or the older Friday the 13th: the series might enjoy this teen fiction novel about a lonely girl who goes to work as a page in a NYC repository that loans out objects instead of books.  A thief is raiding the Grimm… Continue reading