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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
madhatter22's review: "I received this book from Early Reviewers, and until it arrived I didn't realize it was going to be the audiobook version. I can't help wondering if this affected my initial...
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Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story by...
madhatter22's review: "Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All is part memoir, part travel narrative, part history, part anthropology. Some of these parts work better than others. I really...
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The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
madhatter22's review: "How exciting to discover that one of my favorite children's book authors wrote more than the Moominland stories that I've loved for years! And even better to discover that her...
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To Hellholes and Back: Bribes, Lies, and the Art of Extreme Tourism by Chuck...
madhatter22's review: "Chuck Thompson visits the four places in the world he's the most afraid to visit: the Congo, India, Mexico City and Disney World. Snarky inclusion of Disney World on this list...
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No Moon by Irene N. Watts
madhatter22's review: "Fourteen-year-old Louisa Gardener is happy in her job as a nursemaid for a wealthy London family, despite being under the supervision of the children's overbearing and critical...
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Not Quite Paradise: An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka by Adele Barker
madhatter22's review: "In Not Quite Paradise, Adele Barker recounts two extended visits to Sri Lanka - one made in 2001 to teach Russian literature, and one in 2005 months after a devastating tsunami...
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Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories by Brad Watson
madhatter22's review: "The quirky, darkly humorous plots of Brad Watson's short stories offer a lot of promise, but are mostly disappointing. His writing is full of vivid descriptions and lyrical...
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Land of the Lost Souls: My Life on the Streets by Cadillac Man
madhatter22's review: "Cadillac Man's account of living on the streets of New York and how he got there is completely engrossing. He doesn't spare any details, and though his story is filled with...
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The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery by Philip Pullman
madhatter22's review: "Although [[Philip Pullman]] wrote the Sally Lockhart books first, I wasn't aware of them until after I'd read the [His Dark Materials] trilogy, and those are a nearly impossible...
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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield
madhatter22's review: "If you've ever made a mix tape for someone or spent hours working on one to get it just right or remember taping your favorite songs off the radio, this book will make you...
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Dead End Gene Pool: A Memoir by Wendy Burden
madhatter22's review: "Wendy Burden is a great-great-great-great granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt and as would be expected, her family is rich. The kind of rich where you have butlers, maids,...
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer
madhatter22's review: "For anyone on the fence about reading this book I offer the following spoiler-free synopsis: Bella: Edward, you're so uncommonly beautiful! So unbelievably perfect! Your long...
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How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley
madhatter22's review: "I was surprised when this Early Reviewer copy of How Did You Get This Number came in the mail because I don't remember requesting it! With her first first book, "I Was Told...
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Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball...
madhatter22's review: "Youth basketball programs in this country are seriously dysfunctional. The big shoe companies - Nike, Adidas, Reebok - give coaches the potential to make huge amounts of money,...
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You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know by Heather Sellers
madhatter22's review: "Heather Sellers has face blindness, a condition that makes it impossible for her to recognize faces. Amazingly, she didn't realize she had it until she was well into her 30s....
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The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger
madhatter22's review: "<i>"What is it we desire from the hours, weeks, lifetimes we devote to books?"</i> This is a graphic novel (the first part of a larger work to come called "The...
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Rat girl by Kristin Hersh
madhatter22's review: "This is a memoir about one tumultuous year in Kristin Hersh's life. In 1985 her band, Throwing Muses, was just taking off when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder....
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
madhatter22's review: "In her memoir, Amy Chua argues for what she calls the "Chinese way" of raising children. (She's apparently speaking for all Chinese people, despite the fact that her own parents...
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Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life by Stephanie...
madhatter22's review: "This book reminded me a lot of Reading Lolita in Tehran. With both books I loved the concept and the books that were being discussed, but I found the authors' voices grating and...
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Mrs Craddock (Penguin Classics) by W. Somerset Maugham
madhatter22's review: "Mrs Craddock is an emotional, witty and thought-provoking story about a young woman who marries beneath her in a fit of passion and ends up with a husband and a life that are...
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