Library Journal articles from October 2006

Library Journal archives from October 2006

The unconference: Library Camp East proves the value of in-the-flesh meetings.(editorial)(Editorial)
October 15, 2006... I WENT TO MY FIRST "UNCONFERENCE" A FEW weeks ago. Spearheaded by Ann Arbor District Library, MI, systems administrator John Blyberg and Darien PL, CT, technology chief Alan Gray, the unconference has no formal presentations or panels nor any...

The Google divide: those who inherit it should design the future.(blatant berry)(Column)
October 15, 2006... FRUSTRATION WITH ONE ANOTHER IS OFTEN THE primary tie connecting those library staffers whose careers began in the "pre-Google" era to the "post-Google" newcomers. I realized that during dinner conversation with an excited group of young...

Heard.(leadership)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... "The problem with library 'leadership' is that there is too much echo. That's the problem with climbing the ladder; you adopt the credentials of those before you and essentially become a clone. The 'this is what libraries should be!'...

Filter opposition fodder for attack ad.(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... U.S. Senate candidate Jon Tester (D-Montana) voted in 2001 against a state law requiring libraries to install Internet filters-and now he's facing a Montana Republican Party ad that claims he's "so extreme he can't be trusted to vote to...

She respects the profession.(librarians)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... "Call your librarians tomorrow... and ask them for African American poetry.... they will scour the state for you to find what you need." --Maya Angelou, University of North Texas, September 14, 2006

Stat watch.(libraries)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Library Blogs, a Rough Count Academic Libraries 243 Public Libraries 228 School Libraries 37 Special Libraries 38 Internal Library Communication 26 Library...

Minneapolis PL faces major cuts: budget wins in WA, FL, LA, but small MA library goes backward.(Minneapolis Public Library)
October 15, 2006... The Minneapolis Public Library (MPL) has a new Central Library, funded via a referendum passed before severe cuts in local government aid decimated the library budget. Now the library board has begun public meetings asking for input on three...

Court: PL can bar church services: appellate ruling distinguishes between activities and services.(Public Library)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Can a library bar a church from holding religious services in its meeting rooms? A federal appeals court last week said yes, by a 2-1 margin. In overturning a lower court ruling that said the Contra Costa Public Library, CA, could not ban the...

John Adams Unbound, a new exhibition at the Boston Public Library (BPL), represents the first public showing of the complete personal library of John Adams, the second U.S. President, a Founding Father, and a lifelong book collector.(lj news)
October 15, 2006... John Adams Unbound, a new exhibition at the Boston Public Library (BPL), represents the first public showing of the complete personal library of John Adams, the second U.S. President, a Founding Father, and a lifelong book collector. Above...

Cornell's new e-reserves rules.(Cornell University Libraries)
October 15, 2006... Policy may be a compromise aimed to avoid legal action. The Cornell University Libraries has issued revised guidelines for faculty members who make readings available through electronic course reserves, a move that was immediately hailed...

Former Indy board member guilty: former director says conflict case points to larger problem.(David Bowell)(Turner Construction Co.)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Problems with the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library's Central Library expansion project have been blamed in part on some board members (see News, LJ 9/1/06, p. 15ff.), and now a former member who had ties to a construction management...

Canada keeps certain bibliographic records.(LJ NEWS)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... While the Library of Congress (LC) earlier this year decided to discontinue the creation of series authority records (see News, LJ 9/1/06, p. 16), thus frustrating some in the library community, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has chosen...

UK archives go pay per view.(LJ NEWS)(United Kingdom National Archives)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... The National Archives in the UK has turned to the private sector to get some of its materials digitized and, in the process, has helped fuel a thriving interest in online genealogy. While access to the archives in print is free, few people...

$75k of books stolen at Texas Tech.(LJ NEWS)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Texas Tech officials say 22-year-old student assistant Jonathan Nunley ran a profitable side business stealing roughly 1000 library books, valued at around $75,000, and arranging to sell them through an Oregon-based online bookseller....

ALA seeks oversight of EPA closures.(LJ NEWS)(American Library Association)(United States Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun closing its libraries in response to the Bush administration's planned $2 million cuts to the FY07 budget (see News, LJ 9/15/06, p. 14ff.), library advocates have some hope. Ranking...

DCPL set to deploy four bookmobiles.(LJ NEWS)(District of Columbia Public Library)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Thanks to three new bookmobiles, the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) will begin dedicated bookmobile service in three communities--Anacostia, Tenley, and Shaw--where branch libraries have been closed for reconstruction since...

LJ award nominations sought.(LJ NEWS)(Library Journal)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Library Journal's annual award for the BEST SMALL LIBRARY IN AMERICA, cosponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, now in its third year, honors the public library that most profoundly demonstrates outstanding service to populations of...

Bomb evacuates Salt Lake City PL.(LJ NEWS)(public library)(Utah)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Days after an apparently homemade bomb was detonated at the main facility of the Salt Lake City Public Library, LJ's 2006 Library of the Year, officials were still looking for evidence, but at least no one was injured--and there were people...

New IMLS collaborative grants.(LJ NEWS)(Institue of Museum and Library Services)(Partnership for a Nation of Learners)
October 15, 2006... Some $3 million in grants for collaborative projects among libraries, museums, and broadcasters has been announced from the Partnership for a Nation of Learners, a collaboration of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Institute of...

Calendar.(LJ NEWS)(Calendar)
October 15, 2006... NOVEMBER 1-4--New York Library Assn., Saratoga Springs www.nyla.org 9-10--Virginia Library Assn., Williamsburg www.vla.org 9-12--Colorado Library Assn., Denver www.cal-webs.org 10-11--Hawaii Library Assn., Oahu www.hlaweb.org...

Romeo District Library.(people)(Marjorie Harrison appointed Director)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Marjorie Harrison is the new Director of the Romeo District Library, Washington, MI. She was the library's Assistant Director since April 2006 and previously was Head of Adult Services at Highland Township Public Library, MI.

Baltimore County Public Library.(people)(Mary Hastler appointed Assistant Director)(Towson, Maryland)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Mary Hastler is now Assistant Director for Support Services, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD. She most recently was Public Services Administrator at Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, MD.

Milwaukee Public Library.(people)(Paula Kiely appointed City Librarian, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Paula Kiely, Acting City Librarian at the Milwaukee Public Library since July, has been appointed City Librarian. She replaces Kate Huston, who retired. Kiely has managed the central library since 2000 and was chosen from among 25 applicants.

Western New York Library Resources Council.(people)(Sheryl Knab appointed executive director)(Buffalo, New York)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Sheryl Knab is now Executive Director of the Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC), Buffalo. She was Interim Director since June. Knab has worked for WNYLRC for seven years in a variety of roles. She previously was Library...

University of Southern Mississippi.(people)(Edward McCormack appointed Interim University Librarian, University Libraries, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Edward McCormack has been named Interim University Librarian, University Libraries, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. He was Director of the University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast Library, Long Beach.

County of Los Angeles Public Library.(people)(Penny Markey appointed Library Administrator/Youth Services, Cultural Programming, and Productivity)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Penny Markey has been appointed Library Administrator/Youth Services, Cultural Programming, and Productivity at the County of Los Angeles Public Library. She has served as Youth Services Coordinator since 1980.

University of Tennessee Libraries.(people)(Associate Dean Aubrey Mitchell retires)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Aubrey Mitchell, Associate Dean, University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, has retired after nearly 50 years of service. Mitchell was a student library assistant in the mid-1950s and returned in 1964 as Head of the Agricultural Campus...

Baltimore County Public Library.(people)(Shelly Shires appointed Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, Maryland)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Shelly Shires is appointed Assistant Director for Project Management at Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL), Towson, MD. She served as BCPL's Coordinator for Technology Support and Coordinator for Planning and Evaluation.

University of Florida.(people)(Isabel Dale Silver appointed Assistant Director)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Isabel Dale Silver will become the Assistant Director of Academic Support Services for Faculty Development, Provost's Office, University of Florida, Gainesville, effective November 6. She currently is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs,...

NISO's playing catch-up: new manager Todd Carpenter wants to expand the group's scope and pick up the pace.(infotech)(National Information Standards Organization)
October 15, 2006... The digital era has brought countless changes to librarianship at light speed. Every few months a new twist appears, sending librarians scrambling. The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has watched quietly from the sidelines...

Readex improves news interface.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Readex has given an electronic facelift to its America's Historical Newspapers database. Sporting the Early American Newspapers, Series I, II, and III, 1690-1922, the redesigned interface includes a "clickable map of the United States to help...

Serials solutions gets scientific.(INFOTECH)(Elsevier databases joint venture)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Serials Solutions has cut a deal with Elsevier to let the former's Central Search users access Elsevier's Science-Direct and Scopus databases via its XML gateway. That means users will be able to go directly to articles that a library owns in...

Fresno upgrades to millennium.(INSTALLATIONS)(Henry Madden Library, California State University)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... Innovative Interfaces has snagged another academic facility: the vendor announced September 21 that California State University (CSU), Fresno, is switching from its aging solution to Millennium in the Henry Madden Library. The contract also...

CMA signs with Ex Libris.(INFOTECH)(Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio)(Brief article)
October 15, 2006... The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) has contracted with Ex Libris to install an ALEPH 500 system in its Ingalls Library The deal also includes the vendor's MetaLib portal, SFX linker server, Verde electronic rights management software, and...

Essential ephemera.(E-VIEWS AND REVIEWS)(library reference news)
October 15, 2006... WHOOOOO ARE YOU ON THE WEB? Are you using or referring patrons to any web-based people and company-finding tools such as ClaimID (claimid.com), iKarma (www.ikarma.com), or Zoominfo (www.zoominfo.com) in your library? I've been hearing a lot...

Mass digitization.(DIGITAL LIBRARIES)
October 15, 2006... IN MY VERY FIRST LJ COLUMN, I wrote, "Only a very small fraction of the millions of print items currently held by the world's libraries will ever be in digital form" (LJ 11/15/97). In 1997, the company that would prove me wrong was starting...

Starting pay breaks $40k.(PLACEMENTS & SALARIES 2005)
October 15, 2006... Bring on the party hats and noisemakers; library and information science (LIS) graduates have a milestone to celebrate. While it took almost ten years since the last significant salary breakthrough in 1997, starting salaries for American...

Where are they now? LJ revisits a decade's worth of graduates.
October 15, 2006... When these LJ cover subjects were profiled as part of our annual Placements & Salaries issue, they had come from all walks of life. Susan Winch had been a social worker, for instance, and Chery Marzano was director of a day-care center. Armed...

And the Oscar goes to ...(BACKTALK)(advising library patrons on movies)
October 15, 2006... THE RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE (RBC) Library in Petersburg, VA, has an extensive and impressive collection of feature films on DVD. This wide array of approximately 2000 discs has been made available in large part by a mysterious benefactor,...

What will you do today?(NEXTGEN)(planning for the next generation of librarians)
October 15, 2006... JOKES FROM MY FATHER-IN-LAW regularly grace my inbox, and the other day he forwarded one in which a young college student lectured a senior citizen on why she couldn't possibly understand his generation. "You grew up in a different world,...

Prepub alert.(book information)
October 15, 2006... Aciman, Andre. Call Me by Your Name. Farrar. Feb. 2007. 256p. ISBN 0-374-29921-8 [ISBN 978-0-374-29921-7]. $23. Author of the celebrated memoir Out of Egypt, Aciman offers a debut novel about a brief but transformative summer affair...

Romance.(Book review)
October 15, 2006... OUR GIFTS TO YOU Warmly comforting or sometimes disconcerting, family focused or couples only, sweetly sensual or downright sizzling, this year's crop of winter holiday romances continues the tradition of providing something for everyone....

Frost.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Bernhard, Thomas. Frost. Knopf. Oct. 2006. c.352p. tr. from German by Michael Hofmann. ISBN 1-4000.4066-3 [ISBN 978-1-40004066-7]. $25.95. F What with blogs, cable news, and talk radio, the rant as a mode of rhetoric might seem to be in...

Self Storage.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Brandeis, Gayle. Self Storage. Ballantine. Jan. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 0-345-49260-9 [ISBN 978-0-345-49260-9]. $23.95. F Brandeis (The Book of Dead Birds, winner of Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize) has written a paean to Walt Whitman's...

The Wrong Abraham.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Brody, David S. The Wrong Abraham. M & L Pr. Nov. 2006. c.380p. ISBN 0-9773898-0-4 [ISBN 978-0-9773898-0-3]. $22.95. F Are we worth saving if we become terrorists in order to stop terrorism? This question is at the heart of Brody's...

Davies, Katharine. Hush, Little Baby.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Davies, Katharine. Hush, Little Baby. Random. Dec. 2006. c.240p. ISBN 0-81297329-1 [ISBN 978-0-8129-7329-7]. pap. $12.95. F In this British romance--Davies's second after The Madness of Love--Eira's present life as a single museum worker...

Du Brul, Jack. Havoc.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Du Brul, Jack. Havoc. Dutton. Oct. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-525-94882-1. $24.95. F In Du Brul's twist on history, the German zeppelin Hindenburg explodes in 1937, the result of sabotage aimed at silencing an academic on board. In the present...

Erickson, Carolly. The Last Wife of Henry VIII.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Erickson, Carolly. The Last Wife of Henry VIII. St. Martin's. Oct. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-312-35218-2 [ISBN 978-0-312-35218-9]. $24.95. F Catherine Parr can be called the lucky one. She was the sixth wife of Henry VIII and managed to...

Ford, Richard. The Lay of the Land.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Ford, Richard. The Lay of the Land. Knopf. Nov. 2006. c.496p. ISBN 0-679-45468-3 [ISBN 978-0-679-45468-7]. $26.95. F In 1985, Ford published The Sportswriter and with protagonist Frank Bascombe began an epic story of the everyman. Ten...

Fosse, Jon. Melancholy.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Fosse, Jon. Melancholy. Dalkey Archive. (Scandinavian Literature). Nov. 2006. c.284p. tr. from Norwegian by Grethe Kvernes & Damion Searls. ISBN 1-56478-451-7 [ISBN 978-1-56478-451-3]. pap. $13.95. F Known primarily as a playwright (and...

Gregory, Jill & Karen Tintori. The Book of Names.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Gregory, Jill & Karen Tintori. The Book of Names. St. Martin's. Jan. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-36632-9 [ISBN 978-0-312-36632-2]. pap. $19.95. F Soon after young David Shepherd's near-death experience, random names start appearing in his...

Kelman, Judith. Backward in High Heels.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Kelman, Judith. Backward in High Heels. Severn House. Nov. 2006. c.256p. ISBN 07278-6443-2 [ISBN 978-0-7278-6443-7]. $28.95. F Kelman (Summer of Storms) departs from her customary suspense novels with this sassy comedic tale about a...

Lawson, Mary. The Other Side of the Bridge.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Lawson, Mary. The Other Side of the Bridge. Dial: Random. Oct. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0385-34037-0 [ISBN 978-0-385-34037-3]. $25. F At the center of Lawson's follow-up to her lauded debut, Crow Lake, are the antithetical personalities of two...

Don't open before Xmas: stuff your shelves with these ten holiday titles.(books)(Bibliography)
October 15, 2006... It's that time of year when visions of holiday fiction dance in your heads. This year, Santa's sack contains more familiar characters and series titles than ever. Not to be a Scrooge, but many of them do not make good standalone titles, so...

Levy, Andrea. Fruit of the Lemon.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Levy, Andrea. Fruit of the Lemon. Picador. Feb. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 0-312-42664-X. pap. $15. F Levy, winner of the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for Small Island, here delivers a solid meditation on the power of...

Littell, Robert. Vicious Circle.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Littell, Robert. Vicious Circle. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). 2006. c.304p. ISBN 1-58567-855-4. $24.95. F This boiling cauldron of intrigue takes place in the volatile Holy Land of the near future. When the Arab leader of a...

Lokko, Leslie. Saffron Skies.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Lokko, Leslie. Saffron Skies. St. Martin's. Nov. 2006. c.624p. ISBN 0-312,35228-X [ISBN 978-0-312-35228-8]. pap. $14.95. F This addictive page-turner takes us into the lives of three young girls and whisks us through years of their...

McGregor, Jon. So Many Ways To Begin.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... McGregor, Jon. So Many Ways To Begin. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Mar. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 1-59591-222-7 [ISBN 978-159691-222-9]. $23.95. F The questionable reality and emotional truth behind artifacts propel this story of a...

May, Antoinette. Pilate's Wife: A Novel of the Roman Empire.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... * May, Antoinette. Pilate's Wife: A Novel of the Roman Empire. Morrow. Nov. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-06-112865-3 [ISBN 978-006-112865-1]. $24.95. F The only surviving historical record of the wife of Pontius Pilate is a very brief reference...

Day, Thomas A. A Grey Moon over China.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Day, Thomas A. A Grey Moon Over China. Black Heron, dist. by Midpoint Trade Books. Oct. 2006. c.465p. ISBN 0-930773-78-0 [ISBN 978-0-930773-78-6]. $25.95. SF In the not-too-distant future, as the energy wars between the United States and...

Dietz, William C. Logos Run.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Dietz, William C. Logos Run. Ace: Berkley, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2006. 368p. ISBN 0-441-01428-3 [ISBN 978-0441-01428-6]. $24.95. SF Accompanied by the beautiful Lonni Norr, a Sensitive with the uncanny ability to perceive...

Elliott, Kate. Spirit Gate.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... * Elliott, Kate. Spirit Gate. Tor. (Crossroads, Bk. 1). Oct. 2006. c.448p. ISBN 0-76531055-4 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1055-2]. $25.95. FANTASY In the land of the Hundred, eagle-mounted Reeves act as guardians of the peace for their people until...

Giller, Marc D. Prodigal.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Giller, Marc D. Prodigal. Spectra: Bantam. Oct. 2006, c.416p, ISBN 0-553-38332-9 [ISBN 978-0-553-38332-4]. pap. $12. SF Robbed of the person she loved, former "hammerjack" Lea Prism has a new career as a corporate spook determined to rid...

Hendrix, Howard V. Spears of God.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Hendrix, Howard V. Spears of God. Del Rey: Ballantine, Nov. 2006, c.432p. ISBN 0-34545598-3 [ISBN 978-0-345-45598-7]. pap. $14.95. SF A global search for meteorites said to cause those exposed to them to develop extraordinary powers...

Hunter, Faith. Bloodring.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Hunter, Faith. Bloodring. ROC: NAL. Nov. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-451-46108-8 [ISBN 978-0-451-46108-7]. pap. $14. FANTASY The apocalypse has come and gone, and now seraphs and demons rule the world, waging war on an Earth plunged into an ice...

McDevitt, Jack. Odyssey.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... McDevitt, Jack. Odyssey. Ace: Berkley, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Nov. 2006. c.416p. ISBN 0-441-01433-X [ISBN 978-0-44101433-0]. $24.95. SF Journalist Gregory MacAllister launches a campaign to end the prestigious Space Academy's deep...

Priest, Cherie. Wings to the Kingdom.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Priest, Cherie. Wings to the Kingdom. Tor. Oct. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-7653-1309-X [ISBN 978-0-7653-1309-6]. pap. $14.95. FANTASY The Georgia battlefield of Chickamauga, where 35,000 soldiers died during the Civil War, is haunted by...

Rawn, Melanie. Spellbinder.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... * Rawn, Melanie. Spellbinder. Tor. Oct. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-7653-1532-7 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1532-8]. $24.95. FANTASY Born into a family of witches, Holly McClure prefers her career as a successful author to the rigors and demands of magic....

Rosenblum, Mary. Horizons.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Rosenblum, Mary. Horizons. Tor. Oct, 2006, c.320p. ISBN 0-7653-1604-8 [ISBN 978-07653-1604-2], $24.95. SF Searching for her brother's killer, class-nine empath Ahni Huang ventures to the orbiting Platforms, some of which now want...

Salon Fantastique.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Salon Fantastique. Thunder's Mouth: Avalon, dist. by Publishers Group West. Dec. 2006. c.352p. ed. by Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling. ISBN 1-56025-833-0 [ISBN 978-1-56025833-9]. pap. $16.95. FANTASY TWO young prostitutes in 19th-century...

Snyder, Maria V. Magic Study.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Snyder, Maria V. Magic Study. Luna: Harlequin. Oct. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-373 80249-8 [ISBN 978-0-373-80249-4]. $21.95. FANTASY NO longer an indentured poison taster to her late, hated master, Yelena is now ready to start her training in...

Watts, Peter. Blindsight.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Watts, Peter. Blindsight. Tor. Oct. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-7653-1218-2 [ISBN 978-07653-1218-0]. $25.95. SF A swarm of Fireflies--lighted alien objects in the sky--now orbits Earth, speaking among themselves and ignoring human attempts at...

Year's Best Fantasy 6.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Year's Best Fantasy 6. Tachyon, dist. by Independent Pubs. Group. Oct. 2006. c.354p. ed. by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer. ISBN 1-892391-37-6 [ISBN 978-1-89239137-7]. pap. $14.95. FANTASY From Yoon Ha Lee's fairy tale-like parable...

Indiscretion.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... * Morgan, Jude. Indiscretion. St. Martin's. Nov. 2006. c.384p ISBN 0-312-36206-5 [ISBN 978-0-312-36206-5]. $24.95. F When circumstances force Captain Fortune, inveterate optimist and opportunist, to admit to his patient and long-suffering...

Keeper of the Keys.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... O'Shaughnessy, Perri. Keeper of the Keys. Delacorte. Nov. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-38533796-5 [ISBN 978-0-385-33796-0]. $25. F In their 1995 debut, Motion To Suppress, and in the ten novels that followed, Mary and Pare O'Shaughnessy, writing...

Exile.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Patterson, Richard North. Exile. Holt. Jan. 2007. c.592p. ISBN 0-8050-7947-5 [ISBN 978-0-8050-7947-0]. $26. F Patterson (Conviction) pens a big legal thriller that is light on suspense but compelling nonetheless. David Wolfe, a successful...

Chasing the Dead.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Schreiber, Joe. Chasing the Dead. Ballantine. Oct. 2006. c.208p. ISBN 0-345-48747-8 [ISBN 978-0-345-48747-6]. $16.95. F From 6:18 p.m. on December 21 to 8:29 a.m. on December 22, single mother Sue Young is forced by an unknown caller to...

The Alchemy of Desire.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Tejpal, Tarun J. The Alchemy of Desire. Ecco: HarperCollins. Dec. 2006. c.528p. ISBN O06-088856-3. $25.95. F It is to the credit of Tejpal, a news writer and editor in New Delhi, that his first novel holds the reader's attention...

Man Gone Down.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Thomas, Michael. Man Gone Down. Black Cat: Grove. Jan. 2007. c.432p. ISBN 0-80217029-3. pap. $14. F An impoverished writer wanders Brooklyn in search of the money that will reunite him with his family. Having survived horrific abuse as a...

The End of Mr. Y.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... * Thomas, Scarlett. The End of Mr. Y. Harcourt. Oct. 2006. c.416p. ISBN 0-15603161-2 [ISBN 978-0-15-603161-5]. pap. $14. F Graduate student Ariel Manto acquires a copy of a cursed book, The End of Mr. Y. According to the curse, whoever...

Strange Candy.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Hamilton, Laurell K. Strange Candy. Berkley: Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2006. 272p. ISBN 0-425-21201-7. $23.95. F Hamilton's (Incubus Dreams) anthology contains 14 short stories, including six never before published. Two feature Anita...

Corrections to My Memoirs: Collected Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... Kun, Michael. Corrections to My Memoirs: Collected Stories. MacAdam/Cage. Jan. 2007. c.250p. ISBN 1-59692-195-1 [ISBN 978-1-59692-195-5]. $22. F In this collection, Kun (The Locklear Letters) once again explores the line between truth...

Echo Park.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... * Connelly, Michael. Echo Park. Little, Brown. Oct. 2006. c.416p. ISBN 0-31673495-0 [ISBN 978-0-316-73495-0]. $26.99. M Harry Bosch, still working for the Open Unsolved (cold cases) Unit, is brought into a new scenario. The killer in...

The Blade Itself.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2006... * Sakey, Marcus. The Blade Itself. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jan. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-36031-2 [ISBN 978-0-31236031-3]. $22.95. M South Chicago natives Danny Carter and Evan McGann were young partners in crime until one fateful...