Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Liz Barnum

Engleby by Sebastian Faulks is a compelling, disturbing novel with a gripping psychological bend. Mike Engleby, a student in a prestigious University in England, tells us the story of his boyhood, college life and adult life, his one-sided, obsessive love affair with a girl from school and her mysterious disappearance. He is a man devoid of emotion, very intelligent and quite witty in a rather dark way. The n... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Heather Bellanca

The story of a boy whose dream of becoming a sumo wrestler is interrupted by WWII. Besides being a delicate and personal story about engaging characters, it is rich with the fascinating details of Japanese traditional culture around Sumo wrestling, Noh theater and day to day life-and to see WWII from the various points of view of the Japanese. Frankly, I would never have wagered that I'd find myself so ut... read more>>>

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Reviewed By... Nancy Scheemaker

Every one of Karen Russell's ten short stories in St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves will surprise and captivate the most reluctant reader of fantastical fiction. Russell's portraits remind me of Flannery O'Connor's classically flawed characters - haunted by their own spiritual and physical aberrations. She writes of werewolves being recycled to function in normal society, of a senior citizen comm... read more>>>