Come enter our new 5-book giveaway!

Click on the orange link below to read the easy rules for this book giveaway.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/a-book-giveaway-for-anglophiles/

Looking back at a classic American novel...

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Richard Ford, Independence Day.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/american-tune/

An accident or murder?

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Joshilyn Jackson's intriguing novel The Girl Who Stopped Swimming .

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/arc-of-a-diver/

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A review of the novel The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson.

Can the world and music be explained in just 6 songs?

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The World in Six Songs by Daniel J. Levitin (This is Your Brain on Music).

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/the-world-in-six-songs/

A friend of the family...

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of the novel A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein, which will be released on November 10, 2009.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/friend-of-the-family/

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A review of A Friend of the Family: A Novel by Lauren Grodstein.

All We Ever Wanted?

Is the book All We Ever Wanted Was Everything worth wanting? Click on the orange link below to read a review.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/what-we-wanted/

A stop on Reservation Road...

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the novel Reservation Road by John Burnham Schwartz.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/no-expectations/

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A review of Reservation Road, a novel by John Burnham Schwartz (The Commoner).

A bittersweet autographed copy...

Click on the orange link below to see how you can win a free and autographed copy of the fine novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/were-giving-away-an-autographed-copy/

Did Dave Eggers produce a heartbreaking work of staggering genius?

Click on the orange link below to read a review of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. New journalism or retro?

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/dave-eggers-goes-retro/

Two girls for every boy...

Click on the orange link below to read a review of When We Get to Surf City, Bob Greene's account of summers spent with Jan and Dean & the Beach Boys.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/when-we-get-to-surf-city/

A bitter and sweet love story...

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. This story is set in Seattle, Washington.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/a-bittersweet-story/

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A review of the novel, set in Seattle, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.

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http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/a-new-book-giveaway/

V.I. Warshawski takes on a cold case...

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Hardball, the latest in the V.I. Warshawski detective mystery series.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/playing-hardball-with-detective-warshawski/

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A review of Hardball, the latest V.I. Warshawski detective novel by Sarah Paretsky.

Real life, just beginning...

Click on the orange link below to read the conclusion of the review of Bird in Hand: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/real-life-just-beginning/

Bird in Hand (a book review)...

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Bird in Hand: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/a-bird-in-hand/

What is a bird in the hand worth?

Coming up next, a review of the novel Bird in Hand by Christina Baker Kline.

Battery charging

Battery charging
by Joseph

I wish my life could be
recharged like a battery
Because every now and then
I get so run down
I want to attend the
New Life Church...

Give me a second chance,
a third chance, a fourth
Don't let me fade away
like a battery that's old
and grey and corroded...

Let me charge a spark,
Let me power something up,
Let me make something
happen,
Let me be good to go...

And start up again.

Photo: flickr (makelessnoise)