The Book of Lost Things

The Book of Lost Things

(This review first appeared in April 2008) Rating:  The Book of Lost Things, by John Connelly.  Washington Square Press (2007), 480 pages. This book is actually alive. It is a book in which books talk (and shout, and throw themselves about), and the stories...
The People’s Act of Love

The People’s Act of Love

(This review first appeared in February of 2007) Rating:  The People’s Act of Love, by James Meek.  Canongate (2005), 391 pages. This is a very strange story with a particularly tangled and complicated plot. It takes place in a small village in Siberia...