Dog Ear (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’m very late to the party on this one, but a coworker’s enthusiasm pushed the book to the front of my To Be Read pile. If you want a hint of the plot, watch the trailer. or read the New York Times review by Michiko Kakutani. I happen to agree with much of what it says. Ruth never [...]
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order”? Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times thinks it's kinda crap. [ New York Times ] China is now spending $9 billion a month on renewable energy, more than both the United States and Europe. [ Cleantechnica ]
Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... or cup of cocoa and you’re set for a delightful time. Here are some book lists to shop from: Michiko Kakutani's Top 10 Books of 2009 NPR's These Aren't Your Geek's Graphic Novels The Guardian's Top 10s PW's Best Children's Books of 2009
SlushPile.net (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Late last week, the New York Times presented a batch of year-end roundups. Critics Janet Maslin, Dwight Garner, and Michiko Kakutani all pick their top books of 2009. And while I certainly have my disagreements with the critics, I do find lists like this helpful for reminding me of books I might have forgotten over [...]
Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... Audacity of Hope” have certainly helped drive sales . Writing in The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani called Mr. Obama, 45, “that rare politician who can actually write.” In The Washington Post, Michael Kazin praised Mr. Obama’s “knack for mixing stirring rhetoric about good and evil with practical policy ideas.” So let's see...Barack Obama Superstar...
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
| November 30, 2009TT: Here we go will be officially "published" on Wednesday. That's a formality, of course: it's been available from online booksellers for a month and started showing up in bookstores three weeks ago. Over the long holiday weekend, Pops turned up on Michiko Kakutani's in the New York Times and was prominently featured in the the Cleveland , the , the , and my own paper,...
