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According to the Telegraph and the Guardian, British author and Literary Review book critic Jessica Mann has announced her intention to stop reviewing...
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Find out more about Michelle: Michelle Kerns writes for a disturbingly eccentric collection of print and online publications. She watches the movie Hot Fuzz every Thursday night, passionately adores the literary character Melrose Plant, and believes strongly in the four food groups: red wine, white wine, Guinness, gin. She knows where her towel is. Contact her with rants, raves, recommendations, or review copies here. |
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After successfully avoiding Jonathan Franzen's book, The Corrections, for, lo, these 8 long years, I've finally broken down and decided to just read...
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You love and adore Charlotte Bronte; he won't touch your copy of Jane Eyre regardless of your pleas. You think Blood Meridian was the best thing...
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Clichés about what men like to read versus what women like to read are outdated, tiresome, and so passé -- that is, until you take a...
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Be warned, parents: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a danger to your teen. No, it isn't going to get them practicing witchcraft and bowing...
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Every book fiend has one, although they will strenuously deny it, except quietly, in utter confidence, with the doors locked, the blinds drawn, and...
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Last time, we explored the scourge that is sweeping the classic British mystery genre -- the Sensitive Inspector Syndrome. (Take a look at the...
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Since Edgar Allen Poe's 1841 nail-biter The Murders in the Rue Morgue fathered the modern mystery genre, the classic mystery -- especially the classic...
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The aftermath of '20 most annoying book reviewer cliches' and 'What's the purpose of a book review?'
As regular Book Examiner visitors know, I had a book review epiphany/epipha-tree last month. The scales fell from my astonished eyes and I realized...
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Every doctor's nightmare is to be hit with a malpractice lawsuit. Every politician's worst fear is to be caught red-handed with a dead girl or a live...
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- Twilight movie review: what worked, what failed miserably, and how the movie measured up to the book
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- Harry Potter meets Pride and Prejudice
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