Voracious Readers Club

I read reviews in today's W. Post Book World of several books that look really good and will see if our library has them. If not, I'll ask them to order them. The reviews can be found by clicking on here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/print/bookworld/?nav=left

To read about Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, click on "Little Girl Lost"
"A memoirist remembers the murder of a fifth-grade classmate in a decade of polite silence."
Reviewed by Reeve Lindbergh

To read about A Strong West Wind: A Memoir by Gail Caldwell, click on "Out of Texas"
"How Amarillo, a conservative family and the '60s helped shape a prize-winning book critic."
Reviewed by Sandra Scofield

To read about What Good are the Arts? by John Carey, click on "Michaed Dirda" "A populist critic takes a long, hard look at the culture of creativity." By Michael Dirda

Of course, also feel free to click on whatever other reviews strike your fancy, including "Mysteries" and "Poet's Choice." :)