BookMark / Weekly Book Reviews
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BookMark features weekly book reviews submitted by anyone who likes to read and lives within the WPSU-FM listening area. Tune in at 4:30pm on Wednesdays and at 9:30am on Sundays.
New releases and books by Pennsylvania authors are preferred, but classics will be considered if the reviewer is able to shed new light on the book.
05-10-2012
Can you imagine being one of the last people to speak your language? High schooler Sophia Fricke reviews The Last Speakers by K. David Harrison.
04-26-2012
Susan Vreeland’s latest novel, Clara and Mr. Tiffany, is this year’s selection for One Book Bradford, a community reading event. As part of the event, Vreeland will visit the Pitt Bradford campus on Tuesday, May 1st at 7:30 pm.
04-12-2012
Our reviewer, Linda Short, is an avid mystery reader. Her latest endorsement in the genre goes to writer Harry Dolan. She reviews his first novel, Bad Things Happen. The sequel, Very Bad Men, is out now.
03-15-2012
The author of The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, will speak at the Mt. Nittany Middle School auditorium via Skype video call Tuesday, March 20th, at 7 pm. WPSU’s Patty Satalia will moderate. You can find more information about Centre County Reads and other upcoming events at www.centrecountyreads.org.
03-01-2012
Our reviewer, Nancy Eaton, helps kick off Women’s History Month by sharing a book about a Penn State alumna who worked in the Nixon administration. The book, A Matter of Simple Justice, premiers on March 8th at a Women’s History Month event at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
02-16-2012
To celebrate Black History Month, Harriet Gaston reviews a fictional story about the Underground Railroad in central Pennsylvania
02-02-2012
Semhar Mengisteab, a high school student from State College, recommends a novel that will help you commemorate Black History Month, which begins this week.
01-19-2012
Irish writer Sebastian Barry brings us this fictional history of an Irish-American family told by its matriarch.
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