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Friday, March 30th, 2007All Star Friday — Arthur & George
Info below taken from Overbooked.org
Title: Arthur & George
Author: Barnes, Julian
Starred reviews from: Kirkus, LJ, PW, Booklist
A masterful novel about low crime and high spirituality, guilt and innocence, identity, nationality and race, this tale is a profound and witty meditation on the fateful differences between what is believed, what is known, and what can be proven. Two men’s lives become interwoven and each becomes the other’s salvation.
I will be reading this for the NYT Notable Book Challenge (and the Chunkster Challenge if read before June 30).
All Star Fridays presents a book which has received starred reviews from at least three publications.
Popularity: 6% [?]
Friday, March 23rd, 2007All Star Friday 3/23
Publication Date: May 2007
ISBN: 1594489505
Starred reviews from: PW, Kirkus, Booklist
Click on the cover to go to Amazon for the plot summary.
Popularity: 6% [?]
Friday, March 16th, 2007All Star Friday–The Dead Father’s Club by Matt Haig
Info taken from Overbooked.org
The Dead Fathers Club
Author: Haig, Matt
Publisher: Viking $ 23.95
ISBN: 9780670038336
Date: 2007
Starred Reviews from: PW Kirkus Booklist
Eleven-year-old Philip Noble has a big problem. It all begins when his dad appears as a ghost at his own funeral and introduces Philip to the Dead Fathers Club. Philip learns the truth about ghosts: the only people who end up ghosts are MURDERED. So begins Philip’s quest to avenge his dad. Hilariously funny, it is full of poignant insights into the strange workings of the world seen through the eyes of a child.
Popularity: 4% [?]
Friday, March 9th, 2007All Star Friday–Finn by Jon Clinch
All Star Fridays will present a book that has received starred reviews from at least 3 publications.
I have bought Finn, and it’s on its way to my personal library. It looks really, really good.
Info below taken from http://www.overbooked.org/stars/allstars/fiction/07.html
Finn
Author: Clinch, Jon
Publisher: Random $ 23.95 ISBN: 9781400065912 Date: 2007
Starred Reviews from: Kirkus PW LJ
In this masterful debut novel, Clinch takes readers on a journey into the history and heart of one of American literature’s most brutal and mysterious figures: Huckleberry Finn’s father. The result is a deeply original tour de force that springs from Twain’s classic novel but takes on a fully realized life of its own.
Popularity: 4% [?]