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Return of Sunday Reviews

Written on: October 5th, 2009 by: in Blog Posts

Another selection of great reads as reviewed in this weeks’ New York Times Book Review. The books listed below as well as a number of other titles from the review are now available from libraries throughout the Delaware Library Catalog- click on the links to read more about the books or place a hold:

• Po Bronson’s Nurturshock is an intriguing debunking of contemporary childrearing orthodoxy. According to the review, its “high gloss pop psychology” and a deft repackaging of up-to-the-minute child psychology and development research- more convenient than reading the journals that originally published the findings (although with the online database access provided by your Delaware Library Catalog account, you could do this if you wished).
• Shooting Stars is the new autobiography by basketball icon LeBron James, written in partnership with respected sportswriter Buzz Bissinger. It’s a “big hearted but uneven” memoir according to the reviewer- and focuses more on James’ high school teammates at the expense of both the star himself and his NBA career. James is nostalgic about his hardscrabble upbringing in Akron and along with the upcoming documentary “More Than a Game” (trailer here) it looks like James’ public profile is about to get even greater than his basketball skills!
• Bibliophiles are sure to enjoy Allison Bartlett’s The Man Who Loved Books Too Much about real-life book thief John Gilkey

• Finally, I always enjoy a book review by Chris Hitchens, who writes about the new Kazuo Ishiguro collection Nocturnes. Hitchens is erudite and always opinionated– I may or may not read the book, but enjoyed the review tremendously!