58. Kip Fulbeck, Paper Bullets: a fictional autobiography.

I loved this a lot. Kip Fulbeck's background as a spoken-word artist is very prominent in Paper Bullets: this is a man who knows how to tell a story, how to pace it, how to deliver it, how to catch up his audience and seduce them. And these are good stories, too. I enjoy a lot of what I ( Read more... )

(Maybe if I do a bunch of mini-reviews, I'll have a chance of catching up?)

51. Keith Black, MD, Brain Surgeon: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles.This one works best, I think, if you think of it as an extended dinner table conversation. The writing style is somewhat clunky, but the man does have good stories to tell, and ( Read more... )

44. Jacqueline Woodson, After Tupac and D Foster.

Gorgeous. grrlpup has been after me for a dog's age to read Woodson, and I very much see why: Woodson has a graceful, delicate touch for her characters, a demonstrated awe about folks' inner lives. As a reader, this is the sort of thing I live for.

45. Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac, Native ( Read more... )

3. Toni Morrison, Remember: The Journey to School Integration

( Mixed Review )