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Booktalk Archive

A list of books reviewed by host Charlotte Glover every
Thursday from 6:30-7:00pm on KRBD radio FM 105.9.

Date Title, author
June 19, 2008 gluten-free girl by shauna james ahern
June 12, 2008 The Diary of a Killer Cat; The Return of the Killer Cat by Anne Fine
June 5, 2008 The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard
May 29, 2008 Home: a memoir of my early years by Julie Andrews
May 22, 2008 Peeled by Joan Bauer
May 15, 2008 Craft in America: celebrating two centuries of artists and objects by Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton
May 8, 2008 The Geography of Bliss: one grump's search for the happiest places in the world by Eric Weiner
May 1, 2008 House Lust: America's obsession with our homes by Daniel McGinn
The Alaska 67: guide to Alaska's best history books by The Alaska Historical Society
April 24, 2008 KRBD Pledge Drive Week: Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
April 17, 2008 An Incomplete Revenge: a Maisie Dobbs novel by Jacqueline Winspear
April 10, 2008 This Republic of Suffering: death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
April 3, 2008 World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
March 27, 2008 Miss Spitfire: reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller
March 20, 2006 Free for All: oddballs, geeks, and gangstas in the public library by Don Borchert
March 13, 2008 Mountain Rescue Doctor: wilderness medicine in the extremes of nature by Christopher Van Tilburg
March 6, 2008 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
February 28, 2008 Deluxe: how luxury lost its luster by Dana Thomas
February 21, 2008 What I Was by Meg Rosoff
February 14, 2008 The Bright Side of Disaster by Katherine Center
Beginner's Greek by James Collins
February 7, 2008 Born Standing Up: a comic's life by Steve Martin
January 31, 2008 Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol
January 24, 2008 The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
January 10, 2008 The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller
...And His Lovely Wife: a memoir from the woman beside the man by Connie Schultz
December 27, 2007 Best Books of the Year
December 13, 2007 Bear's First Christmas by Robert Kinerk. Illustrated by Jim LaMarche
Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
November 29, 2007 Katie: the real story by Edward Klein
A Skating Life by Dorothy Hamill
November 15, 2007 Deceptively Delicious: simple secrets to get your kids eating good food by Jessica Seinfeld
Good Calories, Bad Calories: challenging the convential wisdom on diet, weight control and disease by Gary Taubes
November 1, 2007 Bright From the Start by Jill Stamm
October 25, 2007 How Starbucks Saved My Life: a son of privilege learn to live like everyone else by Michael Gates Gill
October 18, 2007 the not so big life by Sarah Susanka
October 11, 2007 Stealing Your Life: the ultimate identity theft prevention plan by Frank W. Abagnale
October 4, 2007 MUSEUM: behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Danny Danziger
September 27, 2007 Away by Amy Bloom
September 20, 2007 The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness by Chip Porter
September 13, 2007 Lottery by Patricia Wood
September 6, 2007 Mad Dash by Patricia Gaffney
August 30, 2007 Grace (Eventually) Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Here If You Need Me: a true story by Kate Braestrup
August 23, 2007 The Birth House: a novel by Ami McKay
August 9-16, 2007 BOOKTALK WILL BE TAKING A 2 WEEK HIATUS
August 2, 2007 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a year of food life by Barbara Kingsolver
July 26, 2007 A Perfect Mess: the hidden benefits of disorder by Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman
It's All Too Much: a easy plan for living a richer life with less stuff
by Peter Walsh
July 19, 2007 This is Not the Life I Ordered: 50 ways to keep your head above water when life keeps dragging you down by Deborah Collins Stephens, Jackie Speier, Michealene Cristini Risley, Jan Yanehiro
July 12, 2007 The Invisible Wall: a love story that broke barriers by Harry Bernstein
July 5, 2007 LEAP! what will we do with the rest of our lives by Sara Davidson
June 28, 2007 Miss American Pie: a diary of love, secrets, and growing up in the 1970s by Margaret Sartor
June 21, 2007 Because She Can by Bridie Clark
June 14, 2007 The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything by Melissa Kirsch
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