Read more book reviews stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11403/book-reviews.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:40:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74522/new-books-do-carver-justice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo new books on Raymond Carver—a biography and a collection of stories—bring a "welcome and necessary corrective" to what we know of the short story master, writes Stephen King. Carol Sklenicka's A Writer's Life cuts Carver too much slack for his personal life—he was a "sometimes dangerous"...http://www.newser.com/story/74522/new-books-do-carver-justice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74225/going-rogue-what-reviewers-are-saying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost reviewers agree Sarah Palin's Going Rogue is intriguing—mostly for the swipes at the McCain campaign and what Palin writes about her life off the political stage. Some takes: The book is "a crackling read of grudges recalled, and settled, in her favor, a rewriting of the 2008 campaign...http://www.newser.com/story/74225/going-rogue-what-reviewers-are-saying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 11:22:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74096/sarahs-not-retreating-shes-reloading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sarah Palin who emerges on the pages of Going Rogue is a far cry from the "prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination," Melanie Kirkpatrick writes in the Wall Street Journal . Kirkpatrick finds a "nuanced" politician "capable of mastering complicated issues," and a "new style of feminist" who...http://www.newser.com/story/74096/sarahs-not-retreating-shes-reloading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 5:37:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73593/andre-agassis-autobiography-lively-but-narrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAndre Agassi’s autobiography has gotten a lot of hype, thanks to his admission of using both crystal meth and a toupee—but most of Open deals with “tennis, more tennis, the misery of tennis,” writes Janet Maslin in the New York Times . Still, even minutely detailed descriptions of matches prove...http://www.newser.com/story/73593/andre-agassis-autobiography-lively-but-narrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 8:30:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69326/dan-brown-goes-to-washington.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNobody can pull off Dan Brown's well-worn Da Vinci Code formula for treasure-hunt thrills anymore—except Dan Brown, Janet Maslin writes in the New York Times . Brown's new book The Lost Symbol , hitting bookstores tomorrow, "clicks even if at first it looks dangerously like a clone," packing in the "neat...http://www.newser.com/story/69326/dan-brown-goes-to-washington.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 6:10:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68650/true-compass-kennedys-life-in-modest-terms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn True Compass, Ted Kennedy’s memoir, he writes with “searching candor” about the personal losses he endured, the mistakes he made, and the struggle to live up to his family reputation, writes Michiko Kakutani for the New York Times . The result is a powerful tribute to perseverance and the satisfaction...http://www.newser.com/story/68650/true-compass-kennedys-life-in-modest-terms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 14:25:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67549/hotties-hate-marriage-in-prospect-park-west.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKudos to Carrie Bradshaw for seeking sex in the city, because marriage in the city apparently stinks, Annie Karni writes in the New York Post . Author Amy Sohn’s dark new tome about marriage and motherhood, Prospect Park West , is garnering praise as the next Sex and the City , following the...http://www.newser.com/story/67549/hotties-hate-marriage-in-prospect-park-west.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 16:04:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65752/this-is-your-best-shot-to-finish-a-pynchon-novel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThomas Pynchon's back with what appears to be his most accessible novel yet, in the unlikely category of detective fiction. Critics reviewing Inherent Vice say he pulled it off: Laura Miller, Salon: It's "a sun-struck, pot-addled shaggy dog story that fuses the sulky skepticism of Raymond Chandler with the good-natured...http://www.newser.com/story/65752/this-is-your-best-shot-to-finish-a-pynchon-novel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 13:10:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63265/anderson-vs-gladwell-the-battle-over-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Anderson's new book, Free , examining the repercussions the Internet trend of bringing costs to zero, triggered a mini-war with Malcolm Gladwell, who lambasted him for arguing that "the New York Times should be staffed by volunteers, like Meals on Wheels." In the London Times , Antonia Senior does play-by-play commentary,...http://www.newser.com/story/63265/anderson-vs-gladwell-the-battle-over-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 19:45:00 CDT