http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/ en-us Copyright 2008 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:10:47 -0500 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:12:50 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Reviewed by Maggie Ball Swimming with Crocodiles is an interesting hybrid: a coming of age story, mingled with travelogue and Nat Geo-styled adventure tale. Eighteen year old Will Chaffey was rejected by a number of universities after completing his High... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/swimming_with_c.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/swimming_with_c.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:10:47 -0500 http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/philip_k_dick_f.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/philip_k_dick_f.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:08:50 -0500 Reviewed by Ted Gioia Can you build a whole novel on a rant? Jonathan Miles apparently thinks so. His new book Dear American Airlines is in the form of a long complaint letter to the carrier that left him stranded... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/dear_american_a.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/dear_american_a.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:11:51 -0500 http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/blood_river_a_j.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/blood_river_a_j.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:00:42 -0500 Reviewed by Bill Sherman Horror tales devoted to darkly ironic revenge have long been a comics staple, but few have been as theologically what-th? as Miyuki Eto's Hell Girl (Del Rey). The shoujo manga series, a spin-off from a popular... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/hell_girl_volum.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/hell_girl_volum.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:51:41 -0500 Reviewed by Jon Sobel This highly regarded mystery, now released as a trade paperback, marks a strong beginning for first-time novelist Tana French. Set in the suburbs of Dublin, In the Woods is a multilayered story that combines the gritty... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/in_the_woods.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/07/in_the_woods.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:48:35 -0500 Reviewed by Tim Gebhart Although normally cast in the future, science fiction still tends to be built upon current or relatively recent events and the state of the world. That's certainly the case with The Mirrored Heavens, the debut novel... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_mirrored_he.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_mirrored_he.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:55:59 -0500 Reviewed by Ethan Stanislawski Certainly, a book titled The Death of the Critic is meant to turn heads, as is the book's already controversial thesis: that in order for the critic to complete his responsibilities to society, he must evaluate... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_death_of_th.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_death_of_th.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:51:07 -0500 Reviewed by Richard Marcus Sometimes the most disturbing, and most intriguing, stories in the speculative genres are those that take place in seemingly natural circumstances, The streets the characters walk down are nearly identical to the streets you and I... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/seven_touches_o.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/seven_touches_o.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:33:47 -0500 Reviewed by Kevin Eagan In life as in art, the mythology surrounding a person or thing often becomes the thing itself. It's too easy, especially in the modern information age, to create a narrative that works and stick with it,... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/lady_lazarus.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/lady_lazarus.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:30:04 -0500 Reviewed by Mel Odom The Battle of the Labyrinth is the fourth book of Rick Riordan’s projected five-book opus, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The series began with The Lightning Thief and has constantly picked up steam as it’s progressed.... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_battle_of_t.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_battle_of_t.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:05:03 -0500 Reviewed by Nik Dirga One of my favorite places in the world has always been California's most remote regions, far away from the crowds and traffic, the foggy Northwesternmost coast of Eureka and Arcata and Crescent City. Redwood country. It's... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_wild_trees.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_wild_trees.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:59:55 -0500 Reviewed by Ted Gioia With summer on its way, let’s curl up with a novel that deals with that great American sport . . . cricket. Cricket! you exclaim. What’s American about that? But listen to Chuck Ramkissoon, the flamboyant... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/netherland.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/netherland.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:12:37 -0500 http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_mayors_tong.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/the_mayors_tong.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:07:48 -0500 Reviewed by Ernesto Burden I did not enjoy my run yesterday. It was my long run of the week, and it was intensely humid, even early in the morning. I felt tired before I got off the front porch. Every... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/explorers_of_th.html http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blogcritics/2008/06/explorers_of_th.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:04:48 -0500