A Charmed Life
A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth’s Castle, by Liza Campbell. Thomas Dunne Books (2006), 324...
The House at Sugar ...
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood, by Helene Cooper. Simon & Schuster...
The Invisible Wall
The Invisible Wall, by Harry Bernstein. Ballantine Books (2007), 320 pages. Bernstein was 93 years old when...
Twenty Chickens for...
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood, by Robyn Scott. Penguin (2008), 452...
About Us
The Book Shark began as an independent book review website created by Cindy Blackett and Donna Long in 2002.
From the beginning our goal was not only to write great reviews, but also to recognize the most well-written books we read each year with an award...
Gustine Awards
The Gustine Awards were named in honor of the main character in one of our favorite books—The Dress Lodger, by Sheri Holman. Awards have been given out yearly since 2002 in three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and memoir...
Cover Art
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Reader Reviews
We want to know your choice for best fiction of 2011! Send us your review and if we choose it, it will be posted here through the month of March.
Fiction»
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Citrus County
20 Apr 2012
Citrus County, by John Brandon. McSweeney’s (2011), 216 pages.
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Nonfiction»
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The Wave
15 Feb 2011
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, by Susan Casey. Doubleday ....
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Memoir»
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Mukiwa: A Whit...
11 May 2012
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa, by Peter Godwin. Grove Press (1996), 418 pages.
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“I think I first ....
Angry Rants»
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Three Cups of ...
12 Oct 2011
Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way, by Jon Krakauer. Anchor (2011) ....
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Graphic Novels»
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Stitches
28 Dec 2009
Stitches: A Memoir, by David Small. W.W. Norton & Company (2009), 329 pages.
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This memoir is the biggest ....
Bad Books»
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The Story of E...
17 Jan 2010
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. Ecco (2008), 576 pages.
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I heard about The Story of ....