Islands and fog islands inspire late summer reading
Jacqueline Briggs Martin reviews Island: A Story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin and Fog Island by Tomi Ungerer, plus Kabobs for Kids by Janna DeVore. The Galapagos book blends time scales with evolution and ends with Darwin's Beagle. Fog Island weaves mystery and humor around a fog figure. Kabobs for Kids offers fun kebab ideas for lunchboxes.
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Galapagos
Roaring Brook
Jason Chin
Galapagos Islands
Chin
Charles Darwin
Phaidon
Tomi Unger
Tomi Ungerer
Janna DeVore
Gibbs Smith
DeVore
Night Gwen Stacy Died inspires debut novel
Sarah Bruni's first novel uses The Amazing Spider Man arc as its title and premise. Two characters mimic Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in a Coralville to Chicago chase with dreams and prophecies guiding a comics driven mystery. Identity and choice shape the plot in a world with subtle powers.
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Gwen Stacy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Sarah Bruni
Bruni
University of Iowa
Spider-Man
Iowa City
Peter Parker
Parker
Coralville
Chicago
Peter
Otes
Gwen
The Infatuations review on Javier Marias new tale
Laura Farmer analyzes The Infatuations by Javier Marias, portraying Maria E Dolz as she observes a Perfect Couple then investigates a brutal murder. The piece notes philosophical themes, literary references, and the book's dense, contemplative style suitable for rereading.
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Maria E Dolz
Javier Marias
Miguel
Maria
Local Best-Sellers Listing Mixed Fiction and Nonfiction
A Prairie Lights Books catalog lists top titles across fiction and nonfiction. Notable entries include Hymn for the Black Terrific Poems by Petrosine, Zealot by Asar, The Cuckoo's Calling by Galbraith, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Gaiman, and Class A Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere by Mann.
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Petrosine
Jesus of Nazareth
Asar
Galbraith
Rowling
van Booy
Gaiman
Sedaris
Ragbrai
America
Borzo
Leibovich
Trebizond
Macaulay
Mann
National best sellers fiction list and authors
A readable compilation of top selling titles and authors. Notable entries include The Cuckoo's Calling Inferno First Sight The English Girl And the Mountains Echoed Second Honeymoon Hidden Order Light of the World Bombshell The White Princess Happy Happy Happy Lean In Zealot This Town The Duck Commander Family Life Code Lets Explore Diabetes with Owls Grumpy Cat Grumpy Cat American Gun Dad Is Fat and others.
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Galbraitr
Inferno
Brown
Steel
Silva
Hossein
Patterson/Roughan
Burke
Bombshell
Coulter
the White Princess
Gregory
Roberts
Sandberg
Leibovich
Duck Commander
Robertson
McGraw
Sedaris
Chronicle Books
Kyle
Morrow
Fat” Gaffigan
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