Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Erik Barnum

Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief, has written a wonderful book about an unlikely subject. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend. Orlean's deft prose illuminates not just the life of the subject but the world he inhabited for eleven generations. It is chock full of fascinating anecdotes and great writing. To call it a great "dog book" is to give it very short shrift. It is a great book. I was bushwacked ... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Erik Barnum

The singer/actor/activist takes a dispassionate look at his passionate and complicated life with an honesty and clarity that demands attention. While most memoirists are either apologists for their lives or are just not very self aware, Belafonte confronts his life head-on and with the kind of no-nonsense attitude that he brought to his career and his politics. A terrific memoir of a national icon, but also a ... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Erik Barnum

I was dragged kicking and screaming to this book, as it has everything I hate in a novel. Nevertheless I adored this marvelous (literally) tale of rival magicians who raise competing apprentices. This is a true tour de force, the author charmed me right off the bat and kept me enthralled to the very last page. I'm afraid that Erin Morganstern has exposed me as a literary snob, but I'm awfully glad she did. Hig... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Erik Barnum

I would not have read this wonderful novel had I not known of Mary Doria Russell's superb storytelling skills. This is the story of Doc Holliday's life told from the perspective of a cultural anthropologist - with Dodge City as the Petri dish under Russell's literary microscope. The author's seemingly simple prose soon dragoons you into experiencing the dusty daily life of her consumptive protagonist, as he co... read more>>>