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November 20, 2008

This edition is as meaty as that 20-pound turkey you've got sitting in the freezer and yet will go down like the best Scotch whisky. Angelina Benedetti picks the year's best teen fiction for adults, and Vanessa Morris anoints Sistah Souljah's supersequel, Midnight. Still hungry? Take in the critical prowess of Deborah Bigelow and Fran Mentch in an especially brutal Tag Team Review. If you haven't signed up for BookSmack! yet, you better, or you'll miss our Best Books 2008 teasers in the December 4 issue.—Heather McCormack, Editor, HMcCormack@reedbusiness.com

• 35 Going on 13: The Year's Best Teen Fiction for Adults
  November, when the best-of lists come fast and furious, is the most wonderful time of the year. Our own Angelina Benedetti offers up her picks for 2008's best teen fiction titles for adults, including last night's National Book Award winner for Young People's Literature, What I Saw and How I Lied. more » » » 
• Top Ten Holds from Evanston Public Library, IL
  Behind every best seller you're likely to find a library hold. At Evanston Public Library (IL), patrons are lining up to read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, P.D. James's The Private Patient, and the UK edition of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, among other titles. more » » » 

• The Word on Street Lit No. 8
  You read Rollie Welch's review of Sistah Souljah's Midnight last month; now get Vanessa Morris's take on this highly anticipated sequel to The Coldest Winter Ever. Also in this column: Kiki Swinson reissues and a YA Pick from Dream Jordan. more » » » 
• Prepub Exploded
  April 2009 brings a tidal wave of front-list fiction, whether you're craving David Baldacci stalwarts, Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon, or Jay McInery's previously unpublished short stories. Read on for added details of these books, plus enticing nonfiction. more » » » 
• Q&A: Donovan Campbell
  In Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership and Brotherhood, Donovan Campbell describes how, as a new Princeton graduate, he chose to join the U.S. Marines, deploying to Iraq, rather than opting for corporate America, because he wanted "to assume responsibility for something greater than" himself, something where, as he put it, daily excellence was demanded. more » » » 

 

• Tag Team Review No. 8: David Burns's Feeling Good Together
  Oprah flogs it, the New York Times tracks it, and for the last eight years, LJ has reviewed it in earnest. I’m talking, of course, about self-help, an American obsession if there ever was one. In this match, librarians Deborah "Jigsaw" Bigelow and Fran "Muckraker" Mentch face off on David Burns's Feeling Good Together. more » » » 
• Graphic Novels: ¿Hablas Cómics?
  Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing U.S. ethnic minority, and they use libraries for information and entertainment. Entertainment, of course, can mean English-language, Latino-themed comics and manga. Click through for Martha Cornog's recommendations, as well as reviews by Steve Raiteri of Empowered and Yumekui Kenbun: Nightmare Inspector.  more » » » 

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