It Wa A (Very) Good Year

Click on the orange link below to read one person's perspective on the year in books.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/it-was-a-very-good-year/

Tragedy

Click on the orange link below to read a review of Every Last One: A Novel by Anna Quindlen.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/tragedy/

More Than This

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The Postmistress: A Novel by Sarah Blake, released in trade paperback form on February 1, 2011.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/more-than-this/

On the Way Home

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of Pictures of You: A Novel by Catherine Leavitt. (This novel will be published by Algonquin on January 25, 2011.)

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/on-the-way-home/

Late for the Sky

Click on the orange link below to see what book we selected as the very best of 2010.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/the-book-of-the-year/

Judgments or Impressions? Nice or Tough?

Click on the orange link below to read an article about book reviewers and their judgments/impressions.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/judgement-of-the-moon-and-stars/

Brooklyn Roads

Click on the orange link below to read a preview-review of Sunset Park: A Novel by Paul Auster.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/brooklyn-roads/

Win Joyce Maynard's Latest Novel!

Click on the orange link below to see how you can win a copy of the novel The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard (author of Labor Day).

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/win-the-good-daughters/

For You Blue

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the novel Up From the Blue by Susan Henderson.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/for-you-blue/

In the White Room

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the debut novel The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/white-room/

The Language of Trees

Click on the orange link below to read a review of The Language of Trees: A Novel by Ilie Ruby.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/after-the-goldrush/

Second Hand News

Click on the orange link below to read one in a continuing series of articles about book reviewing, "Plausibility is the Thing."

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/09/25/second-hand-news/

A Book That Changed a Life

Click on the orange link below to read how The Language of Trees: A Novel changed the life of writer-reader April Sweazy.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/someone-saved-my-life-tonight/

A Matter of Perspective

Click on the orange link below to read another article about the process of writing book reviews.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/the-matter-of-perspective/

When average is not good enough...

Ever wonder how a book reviewer handles the just average book? If so, click on the orange link below.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/average-is-not-good-enough/

Fakin' It

Click on the orange link below to read a review of the legal novel False Convictions by Tim Green.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/faking-it/

Seeing Stars

Click on the orange link below to see an excerpt from the novel Seeing Stars by Diane Coplin Hammond (Hannah's Dream).

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/seeing-stars/

Finding the balance

Click on the orange link below to read an article about the process of book reviewing.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/finding-the-balance/

Simply the Best...

So, what was the best book published in 2009? Click on the orange link below to find out what we our selection was. Hint: It was not even close.

http://josephsreviews.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/the-best-book-of-2009/