From BookList, March 15, 2004 After vilifying his hometown and its residents in his thinly veiled first novel, Joe Goffman got rich. The book was a hit, as was the movie that followed, but his new Mercedes and swank New York digs can't save him from having...

I was a bit disappointed with the SVU episode this week. Olivia finds her brother, and he is a bad guy. Even though the episode was good (despite the psychological interviews), I felt it was too easy. And how come we don't get to see Munch and Tutuola...

I don't know if I can write a summary of this book. I don't understand what LJB was trying to do, but I was very disappointed. Qwill's barn burns, and he does not seem to care. Polly decides to stay in France (the way she finds a job in Paris is really...