GOOD READS
Beyond Best-Sellers: What B&ECPL Staff Recommend
The following were recently published titles which were read and recommended by members of our staff in the month indicated. The initials or pen name of the contributing staff member are noted after each review. Click here for more current recommendations.
April 2004
Critical Mass: Bicycling’s Defiant Celebration edited by Chris Carlsson
Non-Fiction
What were all those cyclists doing last May when an altercation with Buffalo Police landed a few behind bars? Read Carlsson’s anthology and you’ll want to experience the sudden outbreaks of joy that accompany Critical Mass rides.
Reviewed by bettybarcode
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Fiction
Fiona and Joe grow up together in East London in 1888. Both are ambitious and determined. What happens to them because of the choices they make? Will they ever find each other again?
Reviewed by MJ
Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans
Fiction
Faye Longchamp lives a secret life on Florida’s Joyeuse Island in a dilapidated plantation house inherited through her great-great-grandmother, a freed slave. A former archaeology student, Faye ekes out a living as a “pothunter” digging and selling the remnants of her family’s long history. When her recent find, the body of a woman missing since the 1960s, threatens her birthright, Faye digs deeper into the mystery.
Reviewed by CC
Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds, and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family by Louise DeSalvo
Non-Fiction
A woman’s story of growing up in a home in which she was fed Southern Italian tradition by her grandmother and American values by her mother, and how those two values collides throughout her life. A little dash of dysfunction combined with a healtfelt searching for heritage.
Reviewed by AP
Wild Stories: The Best of Men’s Journal by the editors of Men’s Journal
Non-Fiction
Thirty-two riveting travel and adventure stories relive danger, sport and Romanian grizzlies in the unpredictable wilderness. Touching every continent, these thrilling accounts garnered from the pages of Men’s Journal should appeal to anyone who craves excitement.
Reviewed by LT
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