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June 01
Selected by Sarah from Lacrosse, Wisconsin
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey
"James Frey has written the War and Peace of addiction. It lends new meaning to the word 'harrowing' and one sometimes shudders to read it. But deep down, beneath all the layers and the masks, there lives something unconquerable in Frey's hurt spirit...And the writing, the writing, the writing." Pat Conroy (read more)
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June 02
Selected by Jim from Portland, Oregon
Jim won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $80.
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
by Chris Ware
"In Ware's 380-page graphic novella, studded with small, precise panels that regularly expand to reveal stunning draftmanship, Jimmy's inability to interact with the world makes for a humorous tragedy worthy of comparison to Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomo, (about a man who cannot find a reason to get out of bed)...'Jimmy Corrigan' is thrilling, moving, profoundly sympathetic ? and it is the most beautiful-looking book of the year. A+" Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly (read more)
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June 03
Selected by Leonor from Lexington, Kentucky
Normal
by Amy Bloom
Leonor's comments:
"The book is separated into three sections that could each stand alone as longish essays: female-to-male transsexuals (FTM), straight crossdressers, and intersexed individuals. I found most interesting the section on straight crossdressers and their family dynamics." (read more)
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June 04
Selected by Cathy from Tucson, Arizona
Cathy won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
by Louise Erdrich
"It's high time to acknowledge that Erdrich's ongoing sequence of novels about Native American life on an Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota over the last century stands at the pinnacle of recent American fiction....This is Erdrich writing at the peak of her powers." Booklist (read more)
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June 05
Selected by Fiona from Beaverton, Oregon
Fiona won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
June 06
Selected by Martha from Albany, New York
Polar
by T. R. Pearson
"Read T. R. Pearson's novel Polar for the Voice....It's that voice ? the digressive, authoritative, knee-slappingly funny voice ? that dominates the book and drives you forward from page to page....Pearson loves each and everyone one of his people....Reading Polar, you'll allow as how it is evermore rewarding." David Abrams, January Magazine (read more)
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June 07
Selected by Sean from New York, New York
June 08
Selected by Lisa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Maneater
by Gigi Levangie Grazer
"For her second outing, Grazer introduces Clarissa Alpert, one of the most unapologetically horrendous little monsters to graze any novel's pages....Grazer's satire never loses sight of the hilariously self-centered, devilish core of her creation's fierce personality. Mean-spirited, jaw-droppingly shallow, and hellaciously determined: Clarissa is one for the ages." Kirkus Reviews (read more)
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June 09
Selected by Randy from Mobile, Alabama
Sellevision
by Augusten Burroughs
Randy's comments:
"I love this guy. Burroughs's first novel may not be quite as good as Running with Scissors. But hell, it's still hilarious." (read more)
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June 10
Selected by Joe from Portland, Oregon
No One Thinks of Greenland
by John Griesemer
"A terrific and compelling novel, haunting and beautifully imagined, that hovers between the real and the apocalyptic. Griesemer pulls off the enviable trick of creating a place that gradually becomes a place we recognize from our dreams." George Saunders, author of Pastoralia (read more)
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June 11
Selected by Lori from Winnipeg, Canada
Lori won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $120.
The Nearly Departed: Or, My Family and Other Foreigners
by Brenda Cullerton
"Cullerton...asks poignant questions of herself that reveal her love for the strange people she calls her own and the heartbreak they have caused her. This is a cut above the average memoir, as it leads the reader to introspection, especially regarding the meaning of family." Deborah Bigelow, Library Journal (read more)
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June 12
Selected by Cecelia from Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Thief Lord
by Cornelia Funke
Cecelia's comments:
"I began reading this to my two nieces, but I was the one who got hooked and stayed up till 3:00 finishing it. Highly recommended." (read more)
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June 13
Selected by Jason from Atlantic City, New Jersey
Snobbery: The American Version
by Joseph Epstein
"Epstein presents beautifully opinionated epigrams and judgments, sometimes off-base, mostly spot-on and consistently thoughtful and entertaining....By a snob, of snobs, and for snobs: a nice example of the art of the essay." Kirkus Reviews (read more)
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June 14
Selected by Holly from Chicago, Illinois
Lost
by Gregory Maguire
"Gregory Maguire is a delightful storyteller with an absolutely unique imagination. Lost seems to me to be his best novel yet, which is saying something. A reader who hasn't discovered his work is in for a treat and a revelation. I wish I thought like Gregory Maguire." Peter S. Beagle, author of Tamsin and A Dance for Emilia (read more)
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June 15
Selected by Susan from Roanoke, Virginia
Susan won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $80.
Couldn't Keep It To Myself
by Wally (edt) Lamb
"One truth this book affirms is the capacity for people to change....It is in this change that hope resides; lying next to and rising out of despair, hope permeates the book. Why, in the end, does Lamb want us to care about 10 women in prison? Perhaps because in noticing the humanity of others, we become more human ourselves." Kathy Boudin, The Los Angeles Times (read more)
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June 16
Selected by Carolyn from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Carolyn won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
"The author's prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision. His descriptions leave one as if standing in the Botswanan landscape. This is art that conceals art. I haven't read anything with such unalloyed pleasure for a long time." Anthony Daniels, Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) (read more)
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June 17
Selected by Karen from Hancock, Michigan
Karen won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
June 18
Selected by Kelly from Arlington, Virginia
Kelly won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The Grasshopper King
by Jordan Ellenberg
"Jordan Ellenberg's one of the funniest, flashiest, zaniest, cleverest and also one of the most intelligent and knowledgeable new young writers around....strong, sharp satire and a good story. If it brings half the laughs and enjoyment to the reader as it did to me, it'll be pure pleasure." Stephen Dixon (read more)
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June 19
Selected by Christine from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Pagan Babies: And Other Catholic Memories
by Gina Cascone
Christine's comments:
"If you were raised Catholic or just wondered what it was like, this book is a hilarious glimpse into a strange world: Catholic schools, the bizarre creatures called nuns, and other miscellaneous habits (ahem) of the Confirmation crew. It's good to laugh." (read more)
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June 20
Selected by Sarah from Milton, New Hampshire
Sarah won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
Le Divorce (William Abrahams Book)
by Diane Johnson
"What makes Diane Johnson such a rewarding novelist (and travel writer) is her vivid, can-the-bullshit tone. Her new novel, Le Divorce, is thick with frank observation — about sex, manners, food, money — of the kind that illuminates all of her work, and it lifts the novel high above those of most other mid-career American writers. A critic at heart, Johnson scorns flowery prose and aching 'sensitivity,' preferring to get her hands dirty poking around in the human condition. She's a treat to read." Dwight Garner, Salon (read more)
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June 21
Selected by Mona from New Hartford, New York
June 22
Selected by Gretchen from New York, New York
Gretchen won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
Gretchen's comments:
"I just love stories about families, especially ones who have problems to which you and I can surely relate." (read more)
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June 23
Selected by Frank from Spokane, Washington
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
by Elaine H. Pagels
"This luminous and accessible history of early Christian thought offers profound and crucial insights on the nature of God, revelation, and what we mean by religious truth. Those who are moved by religion but who find that they can no longer accept the official doctrines of their church will find this marvelous book a source of inspiration and hope." Karen Armstrong
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June 24
Selected by Karin from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
"As with all of Ms. Atwood's recent fiction, The Blind Assassin, despite what sounds like a romantic plot, has been scoured free of any trace of sentimentality. There is a steely quality to Ms. Atwood's writing that's a bit scary but also exhilarating; no one gets away with anything, especially not her female narrators - and they know better than to try." Laura Miller, The Wall Street Journal (read more)
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June 25
Selected by Jennifer from Ottawa, Canada
Jennifer won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
June 26
Selected by Jen from Portland, OR
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
"Blessed with moments of wry and gentle beauty as friends and antagonists rediscover each other under different guises in exotically dangerous locales." Kirkus Reviews
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June 27
Selected by Raymond from Los Angeles, California
Raymond won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
June 28
Selected by Jean from Gainesville, Florida
June 29
Selected by Sarah from Milton, New Hampshire
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
"[T]he novel Frankenstein is quite a read....It's highly Romantic, in the literary sense...[there is] a good deal of attractive torment and self-doubt, from both Victor Frankenstein and his creation....If ever a book needed to be placed in context, it's Frankenstein." James Hynes, The New York Times Book Review (read more)
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June 30
Selected by Sylvie from Whitby, Ontario
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