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"A Cup of Tea" by Amy Ephron
Jen's book choice this week is, "A Cup of Tea" by Amy Ephron and Jen sensibly suggests it's a book well worth reading with one, but does venture to warn, "... enjoy drinking it cold, since you will be too engaged to remember it's there." So we're definitely off to the library for this one, a story of a chance meeting with extraordinary consequences. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 01/23/09 |
"Never Let me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
"Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro is one of those books that never lets you forget, to paraphrase the opinion of our wonderful book reviewer Jen Mann. We've just read her words and now we're on our way to the library to request a copy - see if you feel the same way about this extraordinary book. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 04/05/09 |
"Self-Made Man" by Norah Vincent
Jen Mann never ceases to delight. And where does she find these books? Who knew that a female writer had taken up the persona of a man for 18 months and then written about it? Now if you've all read, "Self-Made Man" by Norah Vincent, we apologize, but if not (like us), Jen says you are missing,"a book you will be the less for not having read." Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 01/31/08 |
"The Shack" by William P. Young
Jen takes us to "The Shack" this week and deep into a world of theological and idealogical questioning intertwined with a quest for a peace. Her review of William P. Young's recent novel is insightful, inspiring and intriguing, or to put it another way, we can't wait to snuggle up with this book (and its seasonally-appropriate cover) in front of a roaring fire. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 01/21/08 |
"World Made By Hand" by James Howard Kunstler
After the briefest of breaks, our beloved Jen is back and, never one to ease us in gently, she throws us headlong into the new year with a book that makes you sit straight up in your chair and say, "Wow." James Howard Kunstler's, "A World Made by People" is a sort of "back to the future" book in reverse ... if that makes any sense, and we, like Jen, are hooked. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 01/11/08 |
Sound Literature
Feb. 14th is Valentine's Day - a day of love that's very often intertwined with food. So could our book reviewer Jen Mann have chosen a more appropriate book than "The Food of Love" by Anthony Capella? This "modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac set in Rome" entices us all to "Pretend we're going out to lunch" so we can, "... forget New England in February." Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 02/13/09 |
Sound Literature
Jen Mann is taking a well-deserved vacation this week. Actually, being the dedicated individual that she is, she tried to email in her review but was beaten by a computer malfunction. So, we're delighted to welcome our friend David Holahan as her stand-in and he offers a wonderful commentary on, "Dating Jesus. A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism, and the American Girl," written by Hartford Courant columnist Susan Campbell. Read More ...
David Holahan Published 01/20/08 |
Sound Literature
Jen's book chice this week is not for the faint-hearted. For those not familiar with Nobel Prize-winning French author Jean-Paul Sartre, his theme is existentialism, which preaches, in Jen's words, "life is a done deal before you started, so what's the point?" Sartre is a hard sell, but Jen makes us want to try him one more time. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 04/27/09 |
Sound Literature
Jen treats us to a review this week of Alex and Me by Irene Pepperburg. An extraordinarily clever woman, Greenburg sets out to discover just how smart the African Gray Parrot - in this case, Alex - is. Greenburg establishes Alex as "a beacon in a world that underestimated him," and, as is always the case in Jen's reviews, makes us think about the bigger animal picture. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 03/07/09 |
"Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell
Never fear, Jen is here, and if you are in need of last-minute inspiration for the perfect gift for anyone from your closest friend to the mother- (or even father-) in-law, read on. As always, Jen delights us both with her book choice and this week it's, "Julie & Julia," which tells the story of Julie Powell's decision to cook all 524 french recipes in Julia Child's seminal culinary work. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 12/13/08 |
"Last Kiss" by Luanne Rice
It's Spring and to quote Tennyson, "a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." Our Jen, however, is busy thinking about summer days and beach books, but love is never far away from such novels and her pick for this week, "Last Kiss" by local author Luanne Rice is no exception. In case you missed it last year, click to read our interview with Luanne Rice. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 03/21/09 |
Sound Literature
This is a landmark column for our indomitable book reviewer Jen Mann. It is the 50th column that she has written and we continue to be indebted to Jen for her literary labors. We're delighted to announce that she will be starting on a new venture for us soon, but don't worry, she'll still continue with her book reviews. More on this to follow, but in the meantime, enjoy this week's review of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 03/14/09 |
"The Host" by Stephenie Meyer
After a brief Thanksgiving break, our much-missed Jen is back - and with a vengeance. As always she challenges us to think outside the box, and this time to consider, "What makes us human and how it can not be taken for granted." Her book choice this week is another Stephenenie Meyer selection, but this time one written for adults, namely, "The Host." Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 12/06/08 |
"The Lady and the the Unicorn" by Tracy Chevalier
A day late (our apologies) but never a dollar short (in her words, at least!) - that's our incorrigible book reviewer Jennifer Petty Mann. This week she turns her attention to the famous tapestries known as, "The Lady and the the Unicorn." Jen reviews the work of historical fiction of the same name by Tracy Chevalier ... and isn't entirely impressed. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 10/25/08 |
"The Professor and the Madman" by Simon Winchester
If you thought the venerable Oxford English Dictionary (OED) was created by an English academic with a penchant for words, you'd be wrong - he was Scottish! But that's not the fascinating part of the "The Professor and the Madman," which details an extraordinary relationship behind the first edition of the OED, and is Jen Mann's review choice this week. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 10/17/08 |
"Wicked" and "Son of a Witch" by Gregory Maguire
Our indomitable reviewer, Jen Mann, not only has the fact that it's Halloween uppermost in her always active mind (her book choices this week are, most appropriately, "Wicked," and, "Son of a Witch," both by Gregory Maguire) but also remembers to encourage all LymeLine readers to vote on Tuesday - but, being Jen, she does it in her own inimitable way! Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 10/31/08 |
"Little House i the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Jen Mann has a wonderful way of not only acknowledging the holidays but also cleverly giving a related life lesson (or two) along the way. This week for reasons she explains beautifully herself, she dives under the covers and into the classic, "Little House in the Big Woods," by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Read More ...
Jennifer Petty Mann Published 11/27/08 |
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