Book
Reviews
All the following Book Reviews made prior to
2007 appeared
originally in the Franklin Journal
in Kenny Brechner's book review column. Beginning
in 2007 he will also be contributing reviews to the Daily Bulldog. Bulldog
reviews will be marked with a DB, Franklin Journal Reviews with an FJ.
Runemarks, by Joanne Harris, 3/19/08
- DB
The Day of Battle, by Rick
Atkinson, 1/30/08 - DB
Tunnels, By Gordan & Williams, 11/30/07 - DB
Dragonhaven, By Robin Mckinley, 10/30/07 - DB
Anxious Music, By April Ossmann, 9/30/07 - DB
Harry Potter: The Prophecy Fulfilled and Considered, 8/30/07 - DB
National Public Radio and the Siege of Gondor, 7/30/07 - DB
Crashing Through and The Wild Trees, 6/30/07 - DB
A Discussion with Franklin County Reading Groups, 5/20/07 - DB
The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss, 4/20/07 - DB
Too Far From Home, by Chris Jones, 3/25/07 - DB
On Not Reading Thomas Pynchon, 11-27-06
The Pirate Adventures, by Gideon Defoe, 9-15-06
A Soldier's Son, by John Hodgkins, 5-27-06
Sweet Days and Beyond, By Burr Morse, 5-7-06
The Best Da Vinci Code Imitation, 3-27-06
The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot, by National Geographic, 3-8-06
The James Frey Affair, 01-30-06
Here Bullet, By Brian Turner, 10-15-05
Temple Stream, By Bill Roorbach, 08-24-05
On The Eve of Harry Potter Six, 7-15-05
One For Sorrow Two For Joy, by Clive Woodall, 04-13-05
The Hidden Messages of Water, by Masaru Emoto, 3-15-05
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, 10-20-04
The Get Rich Quick Club, by Dan
Gutman, 8-20-04
Two Children's Books on Alzheimers, 5-27-04
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean, by Lauren Child, 3-31-04
Unexpected Magic, by Diana Wynne Jones, 2-13-04
Granted, by Mary Szybist, 01-23-04
Eragon, by Christopher Paolini, 01-08-04
The Amulet of Samarkand, by Jonathon Stroud, 12-11-03
Not Much Just Chillin', by Linda Perlstein, 10-24-03
The English Roses, by Madonna, 9-25-03
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde, 9-12-03
The Bounty, by Caroline Alexander, 8-26-03
Kate Remembered, by A. Scott Berg, 7-17-03
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling, 6-26-04
Waiting for Harry Potter..., 6-12-03
Mr. Winkle and Others, 5-27-03
The Heroic Adventures of Hercules Amsterdam, by Melissa Glenn Haber, 05-08-03
The Spiderwick Chronicles, by Holly Black, 5-1-03
Mrs. Biddlebox & Thank You Grandpa, 03-14-03
Flaming Carrot & Reid Fleming, 02-26-03
The Borgias, by Marion Johnson,
02-06-03
The Emperor of Scent, by Chandler Burr, 01-23-03
Bob Kimber and Ted Nugent: A Comparison, 01-15-03
The Best and Worst of the Year, 11-14-03
Tales From The Boom Boom Room, by Susan Antillam 11-01-03
The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke, 10-17-03
Bilbo's Last Song, by J.R.R. Tolkien 10-03-03
Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope, 09-04-02
Mauve, by Simon Garfield, 08-21-02
Class Action, by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler, 07-14-02
Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons, 06-28-02
The Ferret Chronicles, by Richard Bach, 06-14-02
Yo Vikings, by Judith Byron Schachner, 05-30-02
Get Fuzzy, by Darby Conley, 05-16-02
Two Anniversaries Two Very Different Results, 05-01-02
Killing Pablo, by Mark Bowden, 04-05-02
If The World Were A Village, by David Smith, 03-1502
The Bureau and the Mole, by David Vise, 03-01-02
New Jack, by Ted Conover, 02-15-02
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, by
Stephen King, 01-28-02
The Seventh Tower, by Garth Nix, 01-14-02
One Door Away From Heaven, by Dean Koontz, 12-30-01
The Crossing, by Philip Booth, 12-15-01
Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville, 11-30-01
Harry Potter and the Silver Screen, 11-16-01
Our Rodents Ourselves, 11-02-01
The Broken Hearth, by William Bennett, 10-19-01
The Wisdom of Menopause, by Dr. Christiane Northrup, 10-04-01
Three Magnificent Adventures For Children, 09-18-01
A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage by Mark Twain, 09-04-01
The Worst Journey in the World, by Apsley Cherry Garrard, 08-20-01
Two Local Cookbooks Considered, 08-05-01
Arabian Sands, by Wilfred Thesiger, 07-25-01
Essential Brakhage, by Stan Brakhage, 07-11-01
Andrew Jackson & His Indian Wars, by Richard Remini, 07-06-01
Facing the Wind, by Julie Salamon, 06-28-01
X Presidents & Truer Than True Romance, 06-21-01
Baloney, Pigs and Kittens, 06-15-01
Lying About Hitler, by Richard
Evans,
& The Holocaust on Trial, by DD Guttenplan, 06-08-01
Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer, 05-20-01
Brimstone Journals, Ron Koertge, 05-13-01
Wit, by Margaret Edson, 05-08-01
Felix Feels Better, By Rosemary Wells, 04-28-01
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtzee, by Peter Hessler, 04-20-01
Double Fold, by Nicholson Baker, 04-05-01
Praise For The Feckless Narrator, reviewed by Kenny Brechner, 03-28-01
Johnson's Kingdom, by Edward Kallop, 03-13-01
Quidditch Through The Ages &
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
By J.K. Rowling, 02-27-01
The Weird and Tragic Shores, by Chauncey Loomis, 02-13-01
Island of the Aunts, by Eva Ibbotson, 02-06-01
Ex Libris, by Anne Fadiman, 01-30-01
The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook, by Beth Hensberger, 01-23-01
Praise Is Lavished On New Children's Books, 01-18-01
She Took To The Woods, by Alice Arlen, 01-11-01
Fly Rod Crosby: The Woman Who Marketed Maine, by Julia Hunter, 01-04-01
Fire Bringer, by David Clement-Davies, 12-27-00
The Serpent Slayer, by Katrin Tchana, 12-20-00
The Innocents Abroad, by Mark Twain, 12-13-00
Three Years Before The Braves Left Boston, by John Judson, 12-06-00
Separations, by Massimo Bontempelli, 11-22-00
Lone Wolf and Cub, By Koike and Kojima, 11-15-00
The Prize of All Oceans, by Glyn Williams, 11-8-00
The Amber Spyglass, By Philip Pullman, 11-1-00
Halloween Suggestions, 10-25-00
A Day's Work Part II, By W.H. Bunting, 10-18-00
Fall Children's Book Selections, 10-11-00
The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart, By Alice Walker, 10-04-00
Round Trip To Deadsville, By Tim Matson, 09-27-00
Freddy The Pig, By Walter R. Brooks, 09-20-00
The Black Flower and Sarah Canary, 09-13-00
Two Books Totally Worth Reading, 09-04-00
The Little Locksmith, by Katherine Butler Hathaway, 08-27-00
The Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian, by James Tertius De Kay, 08-20-00
Judging A Book By Its Title, 08-13-00
The Rabbi Small Mysteries, by Harry Kemelman, 08-06-00
Suitable Attire for Fantasy's Early Masters, 07-31-00
How to Read and Why, by Harold Bloom 07-24-00
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowlings 07-17-00
Carrie Stevens: Maker of Rangely Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies, 07-10-00
The Delivery of Harry Potter IV, 06-31-00
Agincourt, by Cristopher Hibbert, 06-17-00
The Secret of Platform 13, by Eva Ibbotsen, 06-10-00
Watching A River Freeze, by Elizabeth Elder, 06-03-00
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, by Amin Maalouf, 05-27-00
Rules of the Road & Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer, 05-20-00
The Chinese Garden, by Rosemary Manning, 05-13-00
Three New Maine Guide Books, 05-06-00
The Genesis of Justice, by Alan Dershowitz 04-28-00
His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman 04-21-00
Sagas of the Icelanders 04-14-00
As Nature Made Him, by John Colaptino 04-01-00
In America, by Susan Sontag 03-24-00
A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket 03-17-00
Not Proven, by Woody Hanstein 03-10-00
Jem (And Sam), by Ferdinand Mount 02-18-00
Malpertuis, by Jean Ray 02-09-00
Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome 02-02-00
Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II, by Stephen Coote 01-28-00
Ahab's Wife or, The Star Gazer, by Sena Jeter Naslund 01-24-00
Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny 1-17-00
Love Always, Patsy Cline 1-13-00