tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88623773088682889352024-03-19T05:08:56.881-07:00Burke's Books of Park Ridge2 South Prairie Avenue 847-692-2300Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-84976740627512039782010-11-17T19:36:00.000-08:002010-11-17T19:42:19.856-08:00To Whom It May ConcernDear Customers and Friends of Burke's Books,<br /><br />It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that Burke's Books will be closed permanently. We thank all those who have supported us through the years and chose to make us their local, independent bookstore.<br /><br />Happy reading,<br /><br />The Staff of Burke's BooksBurke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-64675975536453579802010-11-08T13:17:00.000-08:002010-11-08T13:21:33.833-08:00Review of : Acme Novelty Library #20 by Chris Ware<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTm8kIvyfMHKQ2ug4j4ilR0cxL1jIriaPsLLRljbz2gslXLY19V5QY1jA_MOhsCbONfBoE-vpDLTvOAse8WCo6f7ADxmGDmOFsZpM7CknJ9o8qG-QDR6Fc3g1oMt6e0kPv9auTA2sSEpY/s1600/lint.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537291323015649698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTm8kIvyfMHKQ2ug4j4ilR0cxL1jIriaPsLLRljbz2gslXLY19V5QY1jA_MOhsCbONfBoE-vpDLTvOAse8WCo6f7ADxmGDmOFsZpM7CknJ9o8qG-QDR6Fc3g1oMt6e0kPv9auTA2sSEpY/s200/lint.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">72 pages</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">published by Drawn and Quarterly</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">$23.95</span></strong><br /><br /><div>Another addition to the world of Rusty Brown! This time we learn about Jordan Lint. Lint was introduced in the first Rusty Brown volume as a school bully. </div><div><br />This new story line follows Lint from birth to death, with each page representing a specific time in his life. The narrative and art work also represent each developmental, with the first few pages visually representing the world as a baby would see it and then as a toddler, a small child, a pre-teen, a teenager, etc. As the story progresses, the artwork and narrative become more and more complex, a la <em>Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man</em> by Joyce.<br /><br />Ware pushed himself to experiment a little with this work and it worked out beautifully.</div><div> </div><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;">reviewed by Schuyler</span></em></div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-15708244331196913222010-11-08T13:05:00.000-08:002010-11-08T13:14:37.220-08:00Review of : Angels by Denis Johnson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijm4yb37HRCcd7WsPqLYibcC1KsmKbjiC7JH9p7BcrE5Xg0YP6wItEueZxluv9TMJkXTP5FOW3VbynJqrEdtRwwhBhyjf5esP44jxLjMXj9dM7T95OT3xchwt1if9TvAILaxFh859p1Ic/s1600/9780060988821.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537289101272262258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijm4yb37HRCcd7WsPqLYibcC1KsmKbjiC7JH9p7BcrE5Xg0YP6wItEueZxluv9TMJkXTP5FOW3VbynJqrEdtRwwhBhyjf5esP44jxLjMXj9dM7T95OT3xchwt1if9TvAILaxFh859p1Ic/s200/9780060988821.jpg" /></span></a><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">224 pages</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">published by Harper</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">$12.99</span></strong><br /><br /><div>I'm going to devote almost this entire review to Johnson's really just beautiful prose. This is Johnson's first novel and while it took a while to get going, the last half of the narrative (where one character is an mental institution, the other on death row awaiting the gas chamber) is probably the best stuff I've read in a long time.</div><div><br />"She snuck over to Sarah's to borrow the gun and there he was, sneaking home, out of Sarah's trailer with the door creaking so loud in the quiet she took it for herself, screeching, Bill, and he saw, and she saw, and Sarah in the doorway with her panties saw, so everyone knew that everyone else knew what was what with who." pg.15</div><div><br />"Freed of negative energies, he moved easily toward solutions." pg.89<br /></div><div>"He felt like a grownup in a room full of children playing with toy cars. To get them to see who he was involved tearing them out of a tiny exclusive world of their own creation." pg.162</div><br /><div>"He knew a rush in his veins--he felt their need baked into these walls--and he wanted to make himself a sacrifice and his death payment for something more than his stupid mistakes. If Brian could promise him he'd make the crucial difference for somebody, he would walk through the door and be slaughtered here and now." pg.174</div><div><br />"He couldn't believe he'd actually been asleep. All night he had lain with the Unmade, with God, the incredible darkness, the huge blue mouth of love. I'm going to be turned into space. This is the hour of my death." pg.204</div><div> </div><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;">reviewed by Schuyler</span></em></div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-36748298136054250622010-10-29T08:30:00.000-07:002010-10-29T08:34:06.540-07:00Review of: Vida by Patricia Engel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhUrE57fgVa0qIPVVh232da7GDNwTRu03vp48ekHO1h7lnItLl7Pe_h-pqJEAHoXE2jUOYOXMMZLS6qqp3h7mkqqiABRywk-b7fGG20mqttL9MD9lA5Eq1pSTMYXH7RIR7Ch7azfqnig/s1600/engel+vida.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhUrE57fgVa0qIPVVh232da7GDNwTRu03vp48ekHO1h7lnItLl7Pe_h-pqJEAHoXE2jUOYOXMMZLS6qqp3h7mkqqiABRywk-b7fGG20mqttL9MD9lA5Eq1pSTMYXH7RIR7Ch7azfqnig/s200/engel+vida.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533491445934662194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">182 pages</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">published by Black Cat</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">$14</span></span><br /><br />Vida is a hard nut to crack. Engel is clearly influenced by Junot Diaz, whom she gives a shout out to in her acknowledgments and Diaz also blurbs the front cover. That's pretty much why I read it, because this is the debut Diaz had been waiting for, apparently. But this influence comes off as more imitation than her own solid voice but then again, it is a debut and Engel is still finding that voice.<br /><br />Moderately recommended though nothing new in terms of moving Latin American immigrant fiction forward, not to pigeon hole her stuff but I mean, that's what it is...at least right now.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />reviewed by Schuyler</span>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-6497710657801393102010-10-20T12:27:00.000-07:002010-10-20T12:29:50.160-07:00BIG SALE THIS SATURDAY, OCT. 23rd!Come to Burke's Books this Saturday, October 23rd and save with our biggest sale yet! All hardcovers* will be $7.00 and all paperbacks* will be $5.00!<br /><br /><br />*<span style="font-size:78%;">excludes Bestsellers and "Staff Recommends"</span>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-38980908473333664842010-10-13T11:40:00.000-07:002010-10-13T11:54:17.340-07:00Review: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5giDjbRI0eObg7EpTwb6EHz-zXyuQ13RYHOB9TnDYffl-2_NwCZlXBdm3sgw4EJWfJs9hzNYpUBRWR6CnoNuAqgIG7uMTf0ppIkTj13F3BstMtwgKyfmF1qzCvQDBM4ZUKe3zWJEBiY/s1600/resized_freedom_franzen-201x300.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527605789622569234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5giDjbRI0eObg7EpTwb6EHz-zXyuQ13RYHOB9TnDYffl-2_NwCZlXBdm3sgw4EJWfJs9hzNYpUBRWR6CnoNuAqgIG7uMTf0ppIkTj13F3BstMtwgKyfmF1qzCvQDBM4ZUKe3zWJEBiY/s200/resized_freedom_franzen-201x300.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>576 pages</strong><br /><strong>published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux</strong><br /></span><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">$28<br /></span></strong><br />I almost feel bad for Jonathan Franzen. It's not his fault Freedom was hailed as an American masterpiece before anyone even had a chance to read it. He writes a book, then he goes over it with his editor, and then the publishing, marketing machine takes care of the rest, launching his status into the ever hyperbolic atmosphere. Again, not his fault. Is he enjoying the praise and attention? Probably. But also, probably not. How can he possibly live up to this standard that critics, fans, and Oprah have set for him?<br /><br />Well, the short answer is he can't. I tried my best to steer clear of most reviews, positive and negative, before reading Freedom. I had read The Corrections about five years ago and had enjoyed it. Having just finished my undergrad, it was one of the first novels I had read that wasn't assigned to me by a professor. I read it over the course of several nights. Pretty much devoured it. Best book ever? No, not really. But I enjoyed it, and it re-awakened a love for books I hadn't felt since elementary school.<br /><br />Now, five years, I've probably read 250 books (give or take) since The Corrections. I feel a bit more confident in my criticism and reader abilities. I know what I like (for the most part), I know what I don't like (for the most part), and I can defend my opinions (for the most part).<br /><br />Again, I was oddly transfixed by Freedom. I read it in about five days. This is not to say I really liked it. The speed in which I read a book doesn't always correlate to my pleasure. I guess it says that Franzen's prose is very readable. Some people say lyrical...or that he's a great stylist, but that stuff doesn't mean anything really. Those are just nonsense words to me. But I'm confused by Freedom. It's not as good as everyone seems to think it is, but it's also not as bad either. I guess the conclusion I came to, after having read The Corrections and Freedom, is that Franzen is a slightly-better-than mediocre writer. And trust me, I'm not trying to be mean. I've given this a lot of thought, probably more than it warrants, and he's a good writer, but his work doesn't do anything for me in my gut.<br /><br />Franzen doesn't deserve the disgusting amount of praise but he also doesn't deserve the malicious attacks (I'm looking at your B.R. Meyers of The Atlantic). The attacks are just so clearly a reaction to the over-the-top reviews. As a reader, we can't take them seriously because they mostly reek of jealousy. Because what if Franzen's work didn't garnish so much attention? What if he worked in moderate obscurity? Would those reviews be so venomous?<br /><br />In summation, I have this to say about Freedom: Meh. But as LeVar Burton was fond of saying, You don't have to take my word for it.<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:78%;">reviewed by Schuyler</span></em>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-17031724335559202562010-10-06T11:21:00.000-07:002010-10-06T11:30:56.825-07:00Store Wide Sale This Saturday, Oct. 9th!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzubf4nTVnbkAK6f_74uVG-pFJIpxqSIMsCC6L-xThPCum5zkM-xSFf_dexr4pOsUrjfHRVuoI-ZCKAWuctkMPlRn8U7M2YWBG1ZIjbu5yWoD5htAIRk02NF-7LUi5JeeQ04jnuJj86yY/s1600/Stack%2520of%2520Books.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525001755158643474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzubf4nTVnbkAK6f_74uVG-pFJIpxqSIMsCC6L-xThPCum5zkM-xSFf_dexr4pOsUrjfHRVuoI-ZCKAWuctkMPlRn8U7M2YWBG1ZIjbu5yWoD5htAIRk02NF-7LUi5JeeQ04jnuJj86yY/s200/Stack%2520of%2520Books.jpg" /></a>Come to <strong>Burke's Books</strong> this Saturday, <strong>October 9th</strong>, and get <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">30%</span></strong> off everything in the store! Hardcovers, paperbacks, toys, games, everything! Get that Christmas shopping done early or just treat yourself! <div></div><br /><div>We'll be open from 9am-4pm. Stop by and save some money!</div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-38741360596538526072010-10-04T09:56:00.000-07:002010-10-04T09:58:54.192-07:00Explore Your Inner Author<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpWJwPYgrQTjbMvOmYRamEBpFOYl5J2t1C139o0zTOB9FH4ZslXu1CB7xk2x6fd2xW4Pc475RMjeaxtI7P7XZXsnrcs76qlYw96vJ4re1YjE2fpWOwiSeeo1wz7hUwKRWivdhNXPzGZ4/s1600/Once_Upon_A_Time-thumb2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 132px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524236311175884498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpWJwPYgrQTjbMvOmYRamEBpFOYl5J2t1C139o0zTOB9FH4ZslXu1CB7xk2x6fd2xW4Pc475RMjeaxtI7P7XZXsnrcs76qlYw96vJ4re1YjE2fpWOwiSeeo1wz7hUwKRWivdhNXPzGZ4/s200/Once_Upon_A_Time-thumb2.jpg" /></a>Come join our in-store writing group! Bring your fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism, or whatever you're working on. It is a relaxed, positive, and encouraging atmosphere. We meet this Thursday, October 7th, from 7:00pm-8:30pm. All are welcome!Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-55263019788878952922010-10-04T08:26:00.000-07:002010-10-04T08:34:29.356-07:00Review: The Wave by Susan Casey<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl_nonCHcGLAkdaPK_QyskPqIvtg4SbergRf6A1M79n6Bx8zjgfA8BonMfdua-IpjW6OBoE2tbuniaeFkkQmGDTYrLt5Z13i_FAij91iRfqi1oMHvWgEosTBJgVqgM75KLuSazAyNQbU/s1600/the-wave.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl_nonCHcGLAkdaPK_QyskPqIvtg4SbergRf6A1M79n6Bx8zjgfA8BonMfdua-IpjW6OBoE2tbuniaeFkkQmGDTYrLt5Z13i_FAij91iRfqi1oMHvWgEosTBJgVqgM75KLuSazAyNQbU/s200/the-wave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524213285740667298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >352 pages<br />published by Doubleday<br />$27.95</span><br /><br />Author Susan Casey's non-fiction book, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">The Wave: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean</span></span> is a page-turner without doubt! An exciting blend of surf, science, and salvaging, the main characters are tow-surfers (uber-surfers....guys with a death wish), principally Laird Hamilton, who live to ride the monster waves (50 ft-plus). But aside from the surf scene, Ms. Casey talks to scientists from around the world, a representative of Lloyds of London, and the owner of a ship salvage operation in South Africa to give the reader an astonishing profile of these waves, which about 20 years ago were thought to be "mariner myths." Highly recommended.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">reviewed by Susan</span></span>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-71755336013213583832010-09-24T14:40:00.000-07:002010-09-24T14:48:43.851-07:00Review: A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8b77VSLa9GqGxU1W3_sNKdBv2gDm1havzURBr-JMilhkRVohBChXG1vh_A8nsUwppUqqLA-Z506ueCivucz7Lu_bbl4jleqaHRP3IkGRYc7tX60QmlxoAjE4YMi9SZO9iOW_njAe7VZs/s1600/A-Visit-from-the-Goon-Squad.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520599365774410866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8b77VSLa9GqGxU1W3_sNKdBv2gDm1havzURBr-JMilhkRVohBChXG1vh_A8nsUwppUqqLA-Z506ueCivucz7Lu_bbl4jleqaHRP3IkGRYc7tX60QmlxoAjE4YMi9SZO9iOW_njAe7VZs/s200/A-Visit-from-the-Goon-Squad.jpg" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:85%;">288 pages</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">$25.95</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">published by Knopf</span></strong><br /><br /><div>When I began reading this, I almost put it down several times. I had heard so many good things about it, from people and blogs and critics I respected. I was skeptical though. I didn't like the cover. I didn't really like the title. And the plot didn't seem that interesting to me. I just imagined it was going to be some kind of bildungsroman thing sprinkled with lectures on punk rock.</div><div><br />Well, let me just say that I'm glad I stuck with it. It took me a little while to get into but after I shed all my preconceived notions, it turned out to a damn fine book. It's doesn't have a traditional narrative arch (thank God) with each chapter devoted to one character, with each story directly, or sometimes indirectly, related to previous chapters and their characters. So it's a little more short-story-ish in format than it is novel. Like a really tight, super connected short story collection. Egan also blends enough satire and literary trickery to keep things fresh and engaging, including an entire section told through a teenagers Power Point journal, which was, oddly enough, way more genuine than I thought possible.</div><div><br />So it kinda ends up being about music, but not in that slightly annoying way (think <strong>Perks of Being a Wallflower</strong>, think <strong>Love is a Mixtape</strong>). And time ends up being the <em>goon</em>. And the only reason I didn't like the cover is because I thought it was going to be an annoying diatribe about the death of music and the only real music is punk rock, etc. </div><div><br />The cover was misleading. But I'm not gonna stop judging books by them. What would happen if we went back to the age when books didn't have dust jackets? Like it was just the title and author on the spine and that's it? How would those sell in the now heavily image-based consumer culture, where the image is king? Cause now probably like half the reason a customer will decide on one book over the other is because it has a better cover, right? I know I've done it. This all being said, book covers has evolved into this strange art form. I don't know about you, but I think book covers are freakin' beautiful nowadays. But I digress.</div><div><br />So read this book please. I liked it a lot.</div><div></div><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;">reviewed by Schuyler</span></em></div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-18182072241846666982010-09-24T14:28:00.000-07:002010-09-24T14:38:42.767-07:00Book Group Selection for October<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0xf32Hf0ibjd1Thyphenhyphenv92mCk1ffiVKpRTAGtCN-javp1NGZnCJ9jW706LscZrHqBiBaw0dwnJdsB_n1NgH03NWeqk0X6otm9h5u886LJV5VM3xpIq714G6qZvUlH4M8uxToyOVmIVbka0/s1600/51UAq-lyC3L.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520597601911057730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0xf32Hf0ibjd1Thyphenhyphenv92mCk1ffiVKpRTAGtCN-javp1NGZnCJ9jW706LscZrHqBiBaw0dwnJdsB_n1NgH03NWeqk0X6otm9h5u886LJV5VM3xpIq714G6qZvUlH4M8uxToyOVmIVbka0/s200/51UAq-lyC3L.jpg" /></a><strong>Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin</strong><br /><div><strong>308 pages</strong><br /></div><div><strong>$15</strong></div><br /><div>Our new book group selection for October Will be <strong>Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin</strong>. In Parkin's debut novel, we are transported to Rwanda and the kitchen of Angel Tungarza. Her modest kitchen becomes a safe haven and "oasis" in Rwanda, "where visitors stop to order cakes but end up sharing their stories, transforming their lives, leaving with new hope."</div><br /><div>The book group will meet October 28th at 7:00pm for discussion. All are welcome! </div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-55324421549442252232010-09-22T12:01:00.000-07:002010-10-04T08:33:49.172-07:00New Releases!Come by the store and check out these new releases, fresh off the presses (well, for the most part):<br /><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><strong>Freedom by Jonathan Franzen</strong>- His first novel since <em>The Corrections</em>, Franzen tackles the subtle complexities of the mid-western family again, while dealing with the overarching theme of freedom in our modern lives.<br /><br /></div><div><strong>C by Tom McCarthy</strong>- Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize this year, McCarthy's newest novel chronicles the life of Serge in the early 1900s. Radio gadgets,WWI, Egyptian espionage, love affairs in ancient tombs. And fiction pushes on.</div><br /><div><strong>Juliet by Anne Fortier</strong>- A reinvention a Shakespeare classic, we follow Julie, who discovers upon her Aunt's death, that she is really related to the real life family upon which Romeo & Juliet was based. And the feud is alive and well.</div></div></div></div></div></div><strong><br />The Wave by Susan Casey</strong>- Everything you've ever wanted to know about the giant, rogue waves of the ocean...and the people who dare to ride them.<p><strong>Ape House by Sara Gruen</strong>- From the author of <em>Water for Elephants</em> comes this intriguing tale of apes, language, and what exactly it means to be human.</p><p><strong>The Thousand by Kevin Guifoile</strong>- A conspiracy laced historical thriller that puts <em>The Da Vinci Code</em> to shame. To shame I say!<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCI5-CaHs0EUW63g0u5432ntE7OIVYnuSWwCtjFg4HKkh5F_af2IUBiH72wPl9MhKcVagggMkOI0yYS7KPH3067xu-KCADSBJfyDRqPynadP9kGSM9B2sgn9IcVI2fBIYpjICxMeSjJ4/s1600/c-tom-mccarthy.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 136px; float: left; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519819231943996322" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCI5-CaHs0EUW63g0u5432ntE7OIVYnuSWwCtjFg4HKkh5F_af2IUBiH72wPl9MhKcVagggMkOI0yYS7KPH3067xu-KCADSBJfyDRqPynadP9kGSM9B2sgn9IcVI2fBIYpjICxMeSjJ4/s200/c-tom-mccarthy.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbJrpbLy682sZ8wlfgDvbTMKnbigRfZ_mbLQVMK3Vy3T18Rql78MWDxFpkfWwHPzus0iyJfS1TwUDYHJlfBemyD76A3uWAkI0jNycrTvhqJChc2HRx-m85_G-17g7BOoh5dwzarBxTqQ/s1600/the-wave.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 132px; float: left; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519820011075332194" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbJrpbLy682sZ8wlfgDvbTMKnbigRfZ_mbLQVMK3Vy3T18Rql78MWDxFpkfWwHPzus0iyJfS1TwUDYHJlfBemyD76A3uWAkI0jNycrTvhqJChc2HRx-m85_G-17g7BOoh5dwzarBxTqQ/s200/the-wave.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO5ADyhjsza7p-EnAoeiPxxQq4TtFOOXW85zBXs4cCYcq_-s-zv6v_EOYEZQ-n3C1ivcI7LVB3Y6so2aEc25iMg1FVNOecBiBKk4E9H3jYS94HKEwnYVmmhSVVbOWw9HMWMyJ1Xf3Xa0/s1600/Guilfoile-Thousand.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 134px; float: left; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519819829042631986" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO5ADyhjsza7p-EnAoeiPxxQq4TtFOOXW85zBXs4cCYcq_-s-zv6v_EOYEZQ-n3C1ivcI7LVB3Y6so2aEc25iMg1FVNOecBiBKk4E9H3jYS94HKEwnYVmmhSVVbOWw9HMWMyJ1Xf3Xa0/s200/Guilfoile-Thousand.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNTSjcf4GUaOYfHHUFDuLwBP2Cric8f-mx_RC5vwzf9DuJO03RdWVl1CBeeJ30NwtSipkX7UsCcTsvEycIpkml5cHMtRninSH2nzzOfL4o6O4cw34yDk3oc6RmM8Pfx9bMJD6A3gvBFY/s1600/freedom-franzen.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 134px; float: left; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519819022590055410" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNTSjcf4GUaOYfHHUFDuLwBP2Cric8f-mx_RC5vwzf9DuJO03RdWVl1CBeeJ30NwtSipkX7UsCcTsvEycIpkml5cHMtRninSH2nzzOfL4o6O4cw34yDk3oc6RmM8Pfx9bMJD6A3gvBFY/s200/freedom-franzen.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThWuJRcZe7BEGBLqCxHVWWSdTAhevr8uhfsNwtx3aKbTSA1Ae0qJkjyrQIaadlS2BEeAI7NpbQTMIUGLbCS10B7Zv_yozLzDAmCbWho-_pXyyzHFVLDiaXBxIVuZZLrojBBIgRsC9VCc/s1600/n270326.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 131px; float: left; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519819624101010706" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThWuJRcZe7BEGBLqCxHVWWSdTAhevr8uhfsNwtx3aKbTSA1Ae0qJkjyrQIaadlS2BEeAI7NpbQTMIUGLbCS10B7Zv_yozLzDAmCbWho-_pXyyzHFVLDiaXBxIVuZZLrojBBIgRsC9VCc/s200/n270326.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3Wcg7TQ1njI94lUTqUApyIQW45Ymt73uE0NwuJq1SF5buP5B3DsRDYHYQ9mlB5j5LBOzl4f7WIMJuvvEnl_y19U15mu7NDqfLEJfOi3cpbKRkeXG1JYC8dVn3w74imlhgrXEComXYRs/s1600/JULIET-202x300.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 135px; float: left; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519819382368794930" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3Wcg7TQ1njI94lUTqUApyIQW45Ymt73uE0NwuJq1SF5buP5B3DsRDYHYQ9mlB5j5LBOzl4f7WIMJuvvEnl_y19U15mu7NDqfLEJfOi3cpbKRkeXG1JYC8dVn3w74imlhgrXEComXYRs/s200/JULIET-202x300.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-82320644307740709582010-09-22T11:21:00.000-07:002010-09-22T11:36:54.225-07:00Book Group Meets Thursday!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PpY9yA0wdiGMy5HmyGUKpHZFG6AS6OLYLPe4cju8bQWu76fVh7LXGSRR13N6cpXVWnl9laA8mlbkRtKp3zqZkUuWR18xykTEKQwLRZZxMMl2S614hLjsefqt2rSkyZzqE3a5jNI-zoY/s1600/Book+Eating+Boy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 184px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519808544452529314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PpY9yA0wdiGMy5HmyGUKpHZFG6AS6OLYLPe4cju8bQWu76fVh7LXGSRR13N6cpXVWnl9laA8mlbkRtKp3zqZkUuWR18xykTEKQwLRZZxMMl2S614hLjsefqt2rSkyZzqE3a5jNI-zoY/s200/Book+Eating+Boy.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Book Group will meet in-store, Thursday, September 23rd at 7:00pm to discuss <strong>My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor</strong>. Come for the lively discussion, stay for the new book selection. As always, book group members recieve a <strong>20% discount</strong> on our new selection!</div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-83212772588199134362010-09-22T11:00:00.000-07:002010-09-22T11:14:26.134-07:00New Fall/Winter Writing Group ScheduleOur in-store writing group will now begin meeting Thursday nights, instead of Monday nights.<br />Here are a few of the future dates:<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Thursday, October 7th, 7:00pm-8:30pm</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Thursday, October 21st, 7:00pm-8:30pm</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Thursday, November 4th, 7:00pm-8:30pm</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Thursday, November 18th, 7:00pm-8:30pm</span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-Z81Lj1uuSojNWPd8RX6-N0GRPLq4CcJ6DpS9v0NXqEi33nrsDcDb7-QWy6lypL7VZv29mbWsiidI2JY1B2BnnJ7l7GaC335cYqhDhsa8cc9UXHr5pg_XaAhl1WFICx1SMbFYfWwmzw/s1600/writing.jpg"></a><br />All are welcome. Bring your fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or whatever you'd like to share. The atmosphere is positive and encouraging, so don't be scared! Embrace your inner writer.Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-36895038135732279792010-09-16T13:35:00.000-07:002010-09-16T13:44:42.445-07:00Explore Your Inner Author at Our Writing Group<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6fScStKMMdras7vwRWgskv_uHUnMC5dWXWL4kh1oZj4llGmcO3AoM268-ygnaWaD8A6sl5xZIAq6v7zrxpVIGxJ1y04BOBXxInFZL7_ov_xZIJFg3wU9PRNd3e88WaHyYBuVL6GAe2g/s1600/typewriter.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 148px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517614924186776850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6fScStKMMdras7vwRWgskv_uHUnMC5dWXWL4kh1oZj4llGmcO3AoM268-ygnaWaD8A6sl5xZIAq6v7zrxpVIGxJ1y04BOBXxInFZL7_ov_xZIJFg3wU9PRNd3e88WaHyYBuVL6GAe2g/s200/typewriter.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxswB-TNJQ5MDV51cWoIKy6V47Yfa3kHRaoeOoctRvIZik42vJcCM_7RaALZ_Rdq3HBDmj3yMR2clTl6FqB7vht0Nmb_QOBbeXeuuZwUGRidzjhKXG5yqzk_7IR2hFoHCM8PsLpT9_tw/s1600/typewriter.jpg"></a>Come join our in-store writing group! Bring your fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism, or whatever you're working on. It is a relaxed, positive, and encouraging atmosphere. We meet this Monday, September 20th, from 7:00pm-8:30pm. All are welcome!<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-29518129601560777692010-09-16T13:25:00.000-07:002010-09-24T14:48:16.625-07:00Review: Stoner by John Williams<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqwF3f4WlE-uoUGr7KKOi1RshNqw9tCRqlD-dbf11VJsKqRgyZ9E9rV-rP0QY9_RL99vV8AWsFKepwQOQ7SwHt5ZPradcn3s0GKzktcnjkT1HNaZ8hrBJCmceM2OBwSdBH5InFrQ2sbs/s1600/Stoner-John-Williams.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517611436568780914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqwF3f4WlE-uoUGr7KKOi1RshNqw9tCRqlD-dbf11VJsKqRgyZ9E9rV-rP0QY9_RL99vV8AWsFKepwQOQ7SwHt5ZPradcn3s0GKzktcnjkT1HNaZ8hrBJCmceM2OBwSdBH5InFrQ2sbs/s200/Stoner-John-Williams.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">288 pages</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">published by New York Book Review Classics</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">$14.95</span></strong><br /><br /><div>Huh. Ya know, I didn't know if I was going to like this novel. I tend to have a hard time getting into "period" novels, which this kinda is, taking place from about 1891 to 1950s. But it's a testament to John Williams and his storytelling abilities that he was able to take a simple story about a passionate, though ultimately ordinary, English professor named William Stoner and turn it into an compelling tale of a life fully lived...or at least attempted. </div><br /><div>Pretty much everyone on The Millions (.com) is in love with this novel and it's been called "the perfect novel" by more than a few respectable literary types. Perfect? Well, I don't really even know what that means. Is there some sort of Perfection Checklist for the novel? Entertaining. Check. Clear, fluid, and often gorgeous prose. Check. Funny. Check. Sad. Check. Main Character is dignified and near heroic in his quiet struggles, though also we can't help but feel a little sorry for him. Check. Wait. It is the perfect novel!</div><br /><div>But seriously, it was pretty awesome. I don't think there was a single scene, or a single page, where I checked out mentally and started thinking about what I was going to make for dinner or whether or not I should play Batman Arkham Asylum on the XBox360 before bed. I cared about William Stoner. I cared about his small, human plight. I wanted Stoner to die (as we knew he would by the first page) happy. And I believe he did. Take the time to read the below quotes to get a taste of aforementioned 'gorgeous prose'. There, I made it through the entire review without making a lame pot joke. </div><br /><div><strong>Quotes</strong>: </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>"He was forty-two years old, and he could see nothing before him that he wished to enjoy and little behind him that he cared to remember ." pg. 181 </div><br /><div>"They [Stoner and his daughter] talked long into the night, as if they were old friends. And Stoner came to realize that she was, as she said, almost happy with her despair; she would live her days out quietly, drinking a little more, year by year, numbing herself against the nothingness her life had become. He was glad she had that, at least; he was grateful that she could drink." pg. 248 </div><br /><div>"On an impulse he switched out the light on his desk and sat in the hot darkness of his office; the cold air filled his lungs, and he leaned toward the open window. He heard the silence of the winter night, and it seemed to him that he somehow felt the sounds that were absorbed by the delicate and intricately cellular being of the snow. Nothing moved upon the whiteness; it was a dead scene, which seemed to pull at him, to suck at his consciousness just as it pulled the sound from the air and buried it within a cold white softness. He felt himself pulled outward toward the whiteness, which spread as far as he could see, and which was a part of the darkness from which it glowed, of the clear and cloudless sky without depth. For an instant he felt himself go out of the body that sat motionless before the window; and as he felt himself slip away, everything-- the flat whiteness, the trees, the tall columns, the night, the far stars-- seemed incredibly tiny and far away, as if they were dwindling to a nothingness. Then, behind him, a radiator clanked. He moved, and the scene became itself...He walked slowly home, aware of each footstep crunching with muffled loudness in the dry snow." pg. 180</div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-33011684653073139922010-09-09T13:41:00.000-07:002010-09-09T14:00:53.718-07:00Man Booker Prize Short ListThe most prestigious literary prize in the merry land of England is about to be awarded and here is the narrow field of nominees:<br /><p><strong>Parrot and Olivier in America</strong> by Peter Carey</p><p><strong>Room</strong> by Emma Donoghue</p><p><strong>In a Strange Room</strong> by Damon Galgut</p><p><strong>The Finkler Question</strong> by Howard Jacobson</p><p><strong>The Long Song</strong> by Andrea Levy</p><p><strong>C</strong> by Tom McCarthy</p><p>My money is on McCarthy, but I've been wrong before. Oh Lordy, have I been wrong before. Also, last year's Man Booker winner, <strong>Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel</strong>, is out in paperback! So, good news, all around.</p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-Ivnh5OyRNgR2JK05QyXlMaGGj3Y4A22cLHTRFlnPrwqfjZw9Hq5GwlKy4m91HWSoJmmGQ00ERRRUkQ_uS9A9IArep230UM2g7kqBsILIC1W18PZsopBw4V5JJjcLIPelgYGPSx6cyw/s1600/parrot-olivier.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515019528774975026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-Ivnh5OyRNgR2JK05QyXlMaGGj3Y4A22cLHTRFlnPrwqfjZw9Hq5GwlKy4m91HWSoJmmGQ00ERRRUkQ_uS9A9IArep230UM2g7kqBsILIC1W18PZsopBw4V5JJjcLIPelgYGPSx6cyw/s200/parrot-olivier.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCHin8DwmcGH0bK9pVRTqNaTMNQJNCJYUvTV-nLb2BqyZ3zvi99vSKzetcvuHT6Wb70FYMg30CWKQxJTPmfXu4Q0ob78DGm26epySWLnOwirnzaOsmrH5t25A-_QcnwIfmOmLXVDzghM/s1600/finkler.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 138px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515019361706777074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCHin8DwmcGH0bK9pVRTqNaTMNQJNCJYUvTV-nLb2BqyZ3zvi99vSKzetcvuHT6Wb70FYMg30CWKQxJTPmfXu4Q0ob78DGm26epySWLnOwirnzaOsmrH5t25A-_QcnwIfmOmLXVDzghM/s200/finkler.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMGLuEmsbioiwlzrnKi69LFgv0jtrOdoYptYL5iRM-hcrcPch8jRKfnI2s4DznBeTVeBo9GYzZf5OEv5z2YNKMuye5V4FYNu_9Tw-MaHt1EzsgUylvx4luQYH4coKVf5JFEWMkZbzJEE/s1600/c-tom-mccarthy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515019057704575346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMGLuEmsbioiwlzrnKi69LFgv0jtrOdoYptYL5iRM-hcrcPch8jRKfnI2s4DznBeTVeBo9GYzZf5OEv5z2YNKMuye5V4FYNu_9Tw-MaHt1EzsgUylvx4luQYH4coKVf5JFEWMkZbzJEE/s200/c-tom-mccarthy.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-ghPvmSiVjtRys07GVRf3AxvE7yhPkvXRPShTknFJIZk_j8v4fJst272raM4bmN1YSLL1sgBtY9Wn1Vh_QGYdCL6YLuOOoZnbcq0Yq06LxA84DzTvNyCoqIXyqNIq7eXsoSJhyphenhyphenZONVo/s1600/Levy-Long-Song.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515019129864727170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-ghPvmSiVjtRys07GVRf3AxvE7yhPkvXRPShTknFJIZk_j8v4fJst272raM4bmN1YSLL1sgBtY9Wn1Vh_QGYdCL6YLuOOoZnbcq0Yq06LxA84DzTvNyCoqIXyqNIq7eXsoSJhyphenhyphenZONVo/s200/Levy-Long-Song.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFmaABr0pZ3rVnlDeXRErI8TkVdh2KvYKEA3C2Q5sgry0_sktN1qeGU9UgrgvSeMINPjcScT86rTE86MFT-2RuCZIIBsFRwxRANM85tDzawdz0T4yFMdChRey4MW88IpVDj_V6A1NZu4/s1600/Room-by-Emma-Donoghue.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 129px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515019230472661666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFmaABr0pZ3rVnlDeXRErI8TkVdh2KvYKEA3C2Q5sgry0_sktN1qeGU9UgrgvSeMINPjcScT86rTE86MFT-2RuCZIIBsFRwxRANM85tDzawdz0T4yFMdChRey4MW88IpVDj_V6A1NZu4/s200/Room-by-Emma-Donoghue.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyiECYRGQ6SzpAadjoubG1YmUSad7oI_qV_ZcvDO7c0TBgsD2IGzJGr1R_aU-ulk1j4qoUIaSXAFdWNlI0-z1-Gl9Ae07Qlw0wGEXqXyZZJ7PDt9-euUZrM0MwEMqI11FwfYyzcTpP3YA/s1600/9781848873223.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515019289944379650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyiECYRGQ6SzpAadjoubG1YmUSad7oI_qV_ZcvDO7c0TBgsD2IGzJGr1R_aU-ulk1j4qoUIaSXAFdWNlI0-z1-Gl9Ae07Qlw0wGEXqXyZZJ7PDt9-euUZrM0MwEMqI11FwfYyzcTpP3YA/s200/9781848873223.jpg" /></a>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-2722995206134819702010-08-20T13:39:00.000-07:002010-08-20T14:01:41.895-07:00New Hardcovers In Store<strong>Star Island</strong> <em>by Carl Hiaasen</em>- In this satirical, hilarious (of course) take on young celebrity life in Hollywood, Hiaasen takes the reader on a fun ride, full of kidnapping, double identitiies, and booze.<br /><br /><div><div><div><strong>Mockingjay</strong> <em>by Suzanne Collins</em>- It is finally here. The last installment to the Hunger Games Trilogy. Youths of the world, rejoice! Adults, rejoice too, because your kids are reading.</div><br /><div><strong>The Power</strong> <em>by Rhonda Byrne</em>- Hey, remember <strong>The Secret</strong>? Remember how it kinda changed your life? Well, <strong>The Power</strong> will expand that aforementioned life.</div><br /><div><strong>The Red Queen</strong> <em>by Philippa Gregory</em>- Book Two of the Cousins' War, Gregory's new novel tells "the forgotten story of the founder of the Tudors."</div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAXoO35Plyb7Pg_Th-YokBUu_1K6l-gUmFCjLUmqkF5QCF4ifeiGD8ZdkuGfBkeEhbPG6V-oyBV6fCfX281w6wQ8WsYRtx0McVgD1pctJsI8zlLEQQ4sSjTBI9xaOUvA1NEgBfq0-TxU/s1600/Mockingjay-large.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 93px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 141px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507598505261587202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAXoO35Plyb7Pg_Th-YokBUu_1K6l-gUmFCjLUmqkF5QCF4ifeiGD8ZdkuGfBkeEhbPG6V-oyBV6fCfX281w6wQ8WsYRtx0McVgD1pctJsI8zlLEQQ4sSjTBI9xaOUvA1NEgBfq0-TxU/s200/Mockingjay-large.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbWDrh-PbNN55kBQCT78N-sIJhCYZ5L7xLT5HJ_7WKljPRomqck8uPr6lnLvJ9nKMZDAKqSWaX8gf5ktPaRFGkR9giuUEhpteFALK4ISOW07ijXCV07cCHcGpSr3nhHOvQ4kqlV0xwnA/s1600/20100722014659971g1_014640_0.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 101px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 140px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507598386194599682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbWDrh-PbNN55kBQCT78N-sIJhCYZ5L7xLT5HJ_7WKljPRomqck8uPr6lnLvJ9nKMZDAKqSWaX8gf5ktPaRFGkR9giuUEhpteFALK4ISOW07ijXCV07cCHcGpSr3nhHOvQ4kqlV0xwnA/s200/20100722014659971g1_014640_0.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNTM5OZSIZjq9BuIk05LQ_Bvl-0F1AWSug85s-Js3_biTRdf6bGpyn-ESIKeJPBQYvq-VOByW1bLXMKKPZxn3xNBCVx760Ugf0f_PHNIG1nlyr7xZOQySScO0kRtfIG7bMAsQjbrZxAQ/s1600/9781416563723.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 103px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 139px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507598637203697474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNTM5OZSIZjq9BuIk05LQ_Bvl-0F1AWSug85s-Js3_biTRdf6bGpyn-ESIKeJPBQYvq-VOByW1bLXMKKPZxn3xNBCVx760Ugf0f_PHNIG1nlyr7xZOQySScO0kRtfIG7bMAsQjbrZxAQ/s200/9781416563723.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAnoayzyJza__5KlHdsRR9NyjBWNq00tpFBIoTR_Wr3UO9_j_goBFcssToB8EVt7h1Bkhs2m53pc7zw56cTvvlq7cjYXIaD7kkK9lrCTHuvNMKKcBxk8MDS338Hwb_vm8NyIj_cSG9Ho/s1600/the_power_cover.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 109px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507598575891595426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAnoayzyJza__5KlHdsRR9NyjBWNq00tpFBIoTR_Wr3UO9_j_goBFcssToB8EVt7h1Bkhs2m53pc7zw56cTvvlq7cjYXIaD7kkK9lrCTHuvNMKKcBxk8MDS338Hwb_vm8NyIj_cSG9Ho/s200/the_power_cover.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbWDrh-PbNN55kBQCT78N-sIJhCYZ5L7xLT5HJ_7WKljPRomqck8uPr6lnLvJ9nKMZDAKqSWaX8gf5ktPaRFGkR9giuUEhpteFALK4ISOW07ijXCV07cCHcGpSr3nhHOvQ4kqlV0xwnA/s1600/20100722014659971g1_014640_0.jpg"></a></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-2346700754986099182010-08-19T15:50:00.000-07:002010-08-19T16:04:37.166-07:00New Book Group Selection for September: My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOtqp78Yffvc1_9ONLRvZ-jnAMPSc30z_omcu4fm1_djCT3dKgx5HVoVo295rx1WXHeM4K0BB7BiNf-g922h3rK6WahZvv94X2-T2IsspfOeWSmztzEv_l7E1cBh-pyuLt9JdkqVI2dk/s1600/My-Stroke-of-Insight-9780452295544.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507259710543774258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOtqp78Yffvc1_9ONLRvZ-jnAMPSc30z_omcu4fm1_djCT3dKgx5HVoVo295rx1WXHeM4K0BB7BiNf-g922h3rK6WahZvv94X2-T2IsspfOeWSmztzEv_l7E1cBh-pyuLt9JdkqVI2dk/s200/My-Stroke-of-Insight-9780452295544.jpg" /></a> <em>My Stroke of Insight</em><br /><em>187 pages</em><br /><em>$15</em><br /><br />Taylor (a neuroscientist) narrates her eight year journey from stroke to recovery, revealing the intricacies of the brain and how she came to understand the true potential behind the modern brain, which ultimately leads to a path of inner peace. Steeped in fascinating information and woven with inspiration and possibility, <strong>My Stroke of Insight</strong> is not to be missed.<br /><br />Call and have us hold you a copy today! 847.692.2300Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-71878045239877880982010-08-19T14:51:00.000-07:002010-08-19T15:48:27.596-07:00Review of : To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Book Group Selection for August)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yE774hR81RigrtLKwgM_TdODteEvJM69XCnXEsVjkwbTQrIPj6VWYMicMG0IXG0_mIwlQhY7qbPtPQOBQKWF3fDiB3YXAIwyrg5JofBFWpVZNDD92zNqykITRlVfMsM1BsHOOCpyXc0/s1600/9780061120084_tokill1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507254642082311698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yE774hR81RigrtLKwgM_TdODteEvJM69XCnXEsVjkwbTQrIPj6VWYMicMG0IXG0_mIwlQhY7qbPtPQOBQKWF3fDiB3YXAIwyrg5JofBFWpVZNDD92zNqykITRlVfMsM1BsHOOCpyXc0/s200/9780061120084_tokill1.jpg" /></a><em>323 pages<br />published by Harper Perennial (Modern Classics)<br /></em>$15.99<br /><br />Like most, I first read To Kill A Mockingbird in high school (or was it junior high?). Again, like most, I thought it was kinda boring. Just more "important literature" I was supposed to be reading and studying and answering multiple choice questions in regards in its subject matter. Answer the following: Racism is A) Good B) Bad C) Inevitable D) Racism? What Racism?!<br /><br />Revisiting the text as an adult (well, a certain stage in my adulthood), I was obviously more aware of the subtleties of the story I most assuredly missed when I was younger, and also, kinda annoyed with some of the not-so-subtle, bashing-me-over-the-head-type morality lessons.<br /><br />One of the things that interested me the most the second time around, and which I don't remember much discussing in (junior?) high school, is the role of Scout as unreliable/wildly inconsistent narrator. So we have Scout, the narrator, who is clearly looking back on the events of her childhood as an adult, narrating the story as a grown women. But. The narration itself is more or less told from the perspective of Scout the Child, not Scout the Adult Looking Back on Being a Child. Or I should say, sometimes it is told from the perspective (naivete, innocence, and general lovable childlike-ness) of Scout as Child, and other times it's told as Scout as Adult Looking Back on Being a Child (understanding, wisdom, etc). And sometimes the two even mesh, with Scout as Child using astoundingly advanced diction (she's like 7, 8, 9 years old in the course of the book). Now, I recognize that Scout is very smart, mostly because Atticus is very smart and took time to read to them, teach them, etc. But still. Her vocabulary at times is just not very believable.<br /><br />Anyway, it's not really a flaw, because I imagine Miss Lee and her editor certainly saw this "narrative problem", but it makes for interesting discussion, in terms of how much can we trust Scout as Narrator? Because if this is an adult narrating the story, it makes it a very different novel than if it were a child (as it is generally accepted it is, narrated by a child that is). Adults manipulate narrative, especially ones they're personally involved in, skewing certain events, maybe bringing things together in black and white terms where maybe they don't exist. Making themselves (and the ones they love) come off in a better light than maybe they were originally cast.<br /><br />It was interesting reading a little bit of the criticism surrounding the book. It seems that not everyone loves this "modern American classic." Flannery O'Connor thought it was fine as young adult novel but shouldn't be read otherwise. Some critics thought the black characters in the story were underdeveloped (which they were) and Calpurnia was cast as the "contented slave". Attitus comes off as "stiff and self-righteous". Scout is a "highly constructed doll". And other stuff like that. To which I respond: You have a point.<br /><br />Also, a few studies have concluded that white students respond more positively to the text, while black students find it "demoralizing" and view it ambivalently.<br /><br />"...Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret court of men's hearts Atticus had no case." pg. 275<br /><br /><em>reviewed by Schuyler</em>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-88245528046212437682010-08-18T12:10:00.000-07:002010-08-18T12:25:51.654-07:00Pre-Order 'Freedom' by Jonathan Franzen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W3q8pcUbTB8TO1oabPl89JvvV38OlzzIIJ1Ud6iIoopQOA5x30fJL24kVz13Iy35qF3uJAwczL9JGshprXAN_NF_47OoxaQJgw6QkumI5cW7eKtaJVBY4h09RbWgCnfgv3YimtZP4ok/s1600/Franzen_Freedom_cover.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506833029751220194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W3q8pcUbTB8TO1oabPl89JvvV38OlzzIIJ1Ud6iIoopQOA5x30fJL24kVz13Iy35qF3uJAwczL9JGshprXAN_NF_47OoxaQJgw6QkumI5cW7eKtaJVBY4h09RbWgCnfgv3YimtZP4ok/s200/Franzen_Freedom_cover.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Jonathan Franzen (of <strong>The Corrections</strong> fame, for better or worse) has written a new novel called <strong>Freedom</strong>, his first in nearly ten years. Franzen returns to familiar thematic ground, as the novel details the trials of a Mid-Western couple and their ever changing neighborhood. The narrative is carried by Franzen's tremendous scope for empathy, tragedy, and hope.</div><br /><div>Call and pre-order your copy today! (<em>releases</em> <em>August 31, 2010</em>) <em>847-692-2300</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><em></em></div>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-22992420239454264992010-08-16T17:44:00.000-07:002010-08-18T12:31:44.965-07:00Book Group Meets August 19th at 7pm!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqS8GKb5i1riltmLwi7Y1JDL5H0-QG_6vXJVyL82pzXZ8W_KV8Lb6Tpam6IJGP3Rej-z9BU4O0I0qIetH0VP0mf0MLftmP0ao4Prm-mvzdASlN4KcHl66dd7DVpwZumzArxfrbSADxOHU/s1600/51kI4iPrvTL.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506834793759149698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqS8GKb5i1riltmLwi7Y1JDL5H0-QG_6vXJVyL82pzXZ8W_KV8Lb6Tpam6IJGP3Rej-z9BU4O0I0qIetH0VP0mf0MLftmP0ao4Prm-mvzdASlN4KcHl66dd7DVpwZumzArxfrbSADxOHU/s200/51kI4iPrvTL.jpg" /></a> Join us this Thursday, August 19<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> at 7pm, here in the store as we discuss <strong>To Kill A Mockingbird</strong> by <em>Harper Lee</em> (50<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Anniversary</span> Edition). The new selection for September will also be announced and as always, book group members will receive a <strong>20% discount</strong>! Snacks, coffee, and lively discussion <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">guaranteed.</span>Burke's Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489552429765906917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862377308868288935.post-49267298172587351812010-08-12T13:46:00.000-07:002010-08-12T14:05:36.130-07:00New in HardcoverCheck out these tasty <strong>NEW</strong> titles:<br /><div><div><ul><li><strong>Super Sad True Love Story</strong> by Gary Shteyngart (author of <em>Absurdistan</em>)</li><br /><li><strong>The Tower, The Zoo, and the Tortoise</strong> by Julie Stuart (author of <em>The Matchmaker of</em> <em>Perigord)</em></li><br /><li><strong>I Curse the River of Time</strong> by Per Petterson (author of <em>Out Stealing Horses</em>)</li><br /><li><strong>Packing for Mars</strong> by Mary Roach (author of <em>Stiff</em> and <em>Bonk</em>)</li></ul><p><br /></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsl0DEQZTDV5jYbxftofbK7W4Y4TfrVxrsHmB45uT4D13dC0gA16Svj7ewGzbvBXPgrn1YK9LscPwhlPSFGvVhC5wP9Ybaq0QWkbfQvOCaM-LA9KQD-OPG5DI7aHqCk6DYrCGoaxQQgBE/s1600/per.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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