Suzi Feay, The Independent on Sunday's literary editor, was less convinced than hard-core fans about the latest book. "It's wordy, flabby and not very well edited - perhaps a bit less inventive ...

THE POLITICOS—Matthew Josephson— Harcourt, Brace ($4.50). When they drew up the Constitution, the Founding Fathers carefully designated the various government offices. But they neglected to ...

MY MONSTER MOOFY Written by Annie Watson Illustrated by Eric Zelz THE WORDY BOOK Written and illustrated by Julie Paschkis Words have rescued us. During these strange seasons, amid the silences of ...

The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide is exactly what it claims to be: A collection of tattoos inspired by books. There are tons of photos of quotes, images, covers ...

SPIRIT LAKE (957 pp.)—MacKin/ay Kantor—World ($6.95). Not altogether inaccurately, MacKinlay Kantor’s 34th book is billed as a “gigantic novel of the American frontier.” Wordier even ...

And yet, "The Wordy Shipmates" is less fun than it should be. Vowell has been ill advised by either her publisher or herself to forgo chaptering, leaving "Shipmates" longwinded. Worse, the book's ...

Sarah Vowell talked about her book The Wordy Shipmates (Riverhead; October 7, 2008). In this book Sarah Vowell, the author of several books … read more Sarah Vowell talked about her book The ...

In The Wordy Shipmates, Vowell revisits the first decade of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where a crew of nonseparatist Puritans who have left Mother England (without letting go of her apron ...