CHICAGO - I had spent all of six minutes with Julia Sweeney when I brought up adult braces.
"Her Perfect Cowboy" by Trish Milburn; Harlequin (2013), 220 pages, $5.50 (paperback)
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution" by Marcia Coyle; Simon & Schuster (416 pages, $28)
"Inferno" by Dan Brown; Doubleday (480 pages, $29.95)
"The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office" by Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan; Twelve (320 pages, $26.99)
"All I Need" by Susane Colasanti; Viking (240 pages, $17.99)
The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is the subject of a small literary boom on the anniversary of his death.
"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Knopf (496 pages, $26.95)
-"Follow Her Home" by Steph Cha; Minotaur (288 pages, $24.99)
"Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children" by Sarah Carr; Bloomsbury (336 pages, $27)
Some years ago, I was on a book reviewing panel when someone in the audience asked what we, the panelists, thought of "The Bridges of Madison County," which was then a fixture on bestseller lists. We hemmed and hawed, tried to talk around the question, until our moderator acknowledged that, most likely, none of us had read the book.
LOS ANGELES - Jaron Lanier has a research job with Microsoft. He won't go into specifics, but it has something to do with imagining the future and asking questions.
Time to stock your shelves with a new cookbook or two. The James Beard Foundation announced its winners May 3 for its annual competition. The International Association of Culinary Professionals also announced their winners recently. Note that there are several overlapping winners from both groups, a sure sign of a must-have for your library.
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