AltWeeklies Wire
A Feast of Diet Books, From Atkins to Okinawanew
Although any smart health professional will tell you dieting is a waste of time, regimens for losing weight will never lose their appeal. The latest onslaught of diet books features everything from a vegan lifestyle to the ever-present low-carbohydrate approach.
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
01-04-2005 |
Nonfiction
Our True Storiesnew
Ten of the best non-fiction works covered by the Phoenix in 2004, including books by Bob Dylan, Art Spiegelman, Alain de Botton, and Rachel Cohen.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix reviewers |
12-29-2004 |
Nonfiction
Personal and Political Conundrumsnew
A selection of fiction that Phoenix reviewers liked this year, including novels by Orhan Pamuk, Philip Roth, Edward St. Aubyn, and Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix reviewers |
12-29-2004 |
Fiction
The Best Photography Books for the Holidaysnew
The photographic book whose combination of elegance, intelligence and broad appeal makes it the ideal gift this year is Irving Penn's A Notebook at Random.
The Village Voice |
Vince Aletti |
12-15-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Village Voice's 27 Favorite Books of the Yearnew
The unsentimental graphic novel by Iranian-born Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2 and Linh Dinh's collection of seven stories, Blood and Soap, are among the recommended books.
The Village Voice |
Staff Writers |
12-09-2004 |
Nonfiction
Coffee-Table Books with a Jagged Edgenew
Buying a coffee-table book once conferred a sense of your own good taste. It was only a matter of time before publishers began catering to the downwardly aspirational, offering cheap (well, not that cheap) voyages into other people's fringe or freaky existences.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
12-01-2004 |
Nonfiction
Ready to Ware: Comics from McSweeney'snew
For issue #13 of Dave Eggers's McSweeney's Quarterly, Chris Ware dons the guest editor's hat, turning the volume into an anthology of his favorite contemporary comics artists. Also reviewed is Canadian cartoonist Seth's Clyde Fans Book 1.
Boston Phoenix |
Douglas Wolk |
12-01-2004 |
Fiction
It Was This Bignew
If everyone's as busy as they claim to be, we have to wonder at the current renaissance in mountainous novels.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-29-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Various Authors, Holiday Reading
With Liberalism and Justice for Allnew
George W. Bush has liberals so hopping mad that all the heaviest hitters among them seem to be publishing books this year, among them Hendrik Hertzberg, E.J. Dionne Jr., Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd and Eric Alterman. Which ones to read?
Boston Phoenix |
Dave Denison |
09-24-2004 |
Nonfiction
Rally 'Round the Books, Boysnew
George W. Bush's administration has been disastrous for forests, as evidenced by a glance at bookstore shelves. Dead trees take the form of scathing and scathingly funny critiques: It's enough to concern the most passive "arbolist."
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
08-12-2004 |
Nonfiction
Oh for a Book and a Shady Nooknew
Summer reading is not about literature. It has to be easy. There will be plenty of time to take up "Ulysses" in the fall.
Hartford Advocate |
Janet Reynolds |
06-16-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Various Authors, Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen, Boy Still Missing by John Searles, How to Be Good by Nick Hornby, Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand, Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk, summer reading, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, The Mitford Series by Jan Karon, The Sister Fidelma Series by Peter Tremayne, Fiction Reviews
