Anger, sadness over fabricated Holocaust tale
By Hillel Italie Associated Press
NEW YORK — It's the latest story that touched, and betrayed, the world.
Memoir enlightens Fisher as much as anyone
By Colette Bancroft St. Petersburg Times
Wishful DrinkingBy Carrie Fisher. Simon & Schuster. 163 pp. $21.
Teenagers: the grim readers
By Cecilia Goodnow Seattle Post-Intelligencer
There's nothing like the threat of worldwide doom to give some perspective to teen angst over pimples and proms.
Denis Leary shows a softer sidein discussing his first book
By Patrick T. Reardon Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — Denis Leary plays a surly firefighter on the FX cable series Rescue Me, and his first book has a similar rough, gruff (and humorous) edge to it: Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid (Viking, $26.95).
A natural gift idea: books
By Susan Smith-Durisek Contributing columnist
How's your Christmas shopping going?
Booksellers saw few hits in 2008
By Hillel Italie Associated Press
Unless the subject was vampires or the author was our next president, it was a hard, discouraging year for the book business.
A symbol in his sights
By Jim Higgins Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost IconBy Steven Rinella.Spiegel & Grau. 288 pages. $24.95.
Readers weigh in to help cure Cheryl's book blahs
Cheryl Truman Herald-Leader books editor
Last Sunday, I asked you for help climbing out of my reading slump.
Juliana Hatfield’s book and music triumph over fame, anorexia
By Walter Tunis Contributing Music Writer
One of the more desperately humorous turns in Juliana Hatfield's recently published memoir, When I Grow Up, deals with fame — or, more exactly, the quickest available exit from it.
Great changes: a reading list
By Morris Grubbs
Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed AmericaBy Jay Parini. Doubleday.400 pp. $24.95
Malcolm Gladwell's next big theory: the secret of success
By Henry Jackson Associated Press
Outliers: The Story of Success.By Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown and Co. 320 pp. $27.99.
Readers: I need help to chase the book blahs
Cheryl Truman Herald-Leader books editor
I'm in a reading drought. Can you help?
Web contest authorized young writer of thrillers
By Josh Kegley jkegley@herald-leader.com
The Internet is rife with potential to make savvy users rich or well-known, but with so many trying at once to push their services, skills and scams, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd. Finding success often takes as much luck as skill. Just ask Lexington stay-at-home mom and newly published author Amanda Crum.
Obama's mention of book about FDR sparks a flurry of interest
By Motoko Rich New York Times News Service
When President-elect Barack Obama appeared on 60 Minutes on CBS last Sunday in his first interview since winning the election, he mentioned having read "a new book out about FDR's first 100 days," without specifying a title or author.