Laurie Hertzel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Laurie Hertzel

@HamiltonCain @nightnewspam 'Dr. No,' by Percival Everett (@patricktcondon ); 'Trespasses,' by Louise Kennedy aka @KennedyLoulou , reviewed by @KAP1815 ; 'Which Side Are You On,' by Ryan Lee Wong (@JennyShank ) and 'Desert Star,' by Michael Connelly (@HewittSTrib )That's worth the price of the Sunday paper!

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'The Last White Man,' by Mohsin Hamid, is a thoughtful look at the evolution of racism in the United States as white people begin to lose their whiteness. Reviewed for us by @cydaedalus https://t.co/owhqbcJaCX https://t.co/tzXTz7P1sh

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While Up North, I read four novels (including the wonderful BLEAK HOUSE). The last one I finished this morning, the delightful MARRYING THE KETCHUPS by @jenniferclose Here's our review from April, by @cydaedalus https://t.co/Q9Z9czILpm https://t.co/XsEwn5avKW

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'Night of the Living Rez' by Morgan Talty is a triumphant debut collection about a Penobscot family forced to endure a string of terrible crises. Reviewed for us by @michaelschaub https://t.co/5OC7M6pRlO @Tin_House https://t.co/R3MEBluu2q

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Anthony Doerr's follow-up to his Pulitzer winner "All the Light You Cannot See," is bigger and more ambitious, says our critic @HewittSTrib Doerr will be at PenPals in October. http://strib.mn/3CRKZHx @hclfriends https://t.co/X4jsQy2svo

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@DavidGrann @HamiltonCain @cydaedalus BREAKUP: A MARRIAGE IN WARTIME by Anjan Sundaram, reviewed by Jina Moore Ngarambe; THE TRACKERS by Charles Frazier, reviewed by @EllenAkins ; new books by Jack Zipe, who will be at @magersandquinn ; and my bookmark column is about reading by author. Whew! So much stuff! 2/x https://t.co/j5dkTQhZ0e

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'A Map for the Missing,' by Belinda Huijuan Tang, is an elegant, soaring debut novel about a young Chinese man who returns home to look for his missing father. Reviewed for us by @mayleechai https://t.co/WrwjCc8I1m https://t.co/axTE97KPB2

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really lovely story by @ericalpearson about the bench that is at the center of @kaokaliayang 's wonderful book A MAP INTO THE WORLD. http://strib.mn/2XNNxao adorable photos too by the strib's @ADLavinsky https://t.co/F1Ha2LdCVK

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In THE POET'S HOUSE, Jean Thompson "gets it all right — the real poets, the wannabes, the hangers-on; the self-important literary magazine editor, the crude commercial novelist, the hard-nosed money guy," says @marionwinik in her review. https://t.co/IO5sDBQfIF @AlgonquinBooks https://t.co/rijotqEXXc

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Looking for something to read? Here are the reviews we have running this Sunday in @StarTribune ! (Online now if you can't wait.) 1. THE GIRL I AM, WAS, AND NEVER WILL BE, A memoir of transractial adoption by @GibneyShannon reviewed by @marionwinik ; 2. SMALLW ORLD by ..... (1/X)

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