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For those Kindle readers who, like me, read for entertainment, scanning the book reviews in People magazine is good way to check out new people-related books - celebrity bios, popular novels, absorbing nonfiction - just hitting bookstore shelves. Featured in the October 3rd issue of People:

Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961, by Paul Hendrikson. Knopf, 2011. Print Length: 544 p. BIOGRAPHY. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (1 review). People's slant: "Stripping away the myths, Hendrickson uncovers a sympathetic figure..." Kindle edition $14.99; Hardcover $18.18. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"...a brilliantly conceived and illuminating reconsideration of a key period in the life of Ernest Hemingway that will forever change the way he is perceived and understood. Focusing on the years 1934 to 1961 - from Hemingway’s pinnacle as the reigning monarch of American letters until his suicide - Paul Hendrickson traces the writer’s exultations and despair around the one constant in his life during this time: his beloved boat, Pilar. We follow him from Key West to Paris, to New York, Africa, Cuba, and finally Idaho, as he wrestles with his best angels and worst demons. Whenever he could, he returned to his beloved fishing cruiser, to exult in the sea, to fight the biggest fish he could find, to drink, to entertain celebrities and friends and seduce women, to be with his children..." - Publisher.

There But For The, by Ali Smith. Pantheon, 2011. Print Length: 256 p. NOVEL. Amazon customer rating: 3 1/2 stars (3 reviews). People's slant: "...fascinating narratives about interconnected souls longing for deeper contact...There isn't a light read, but it's a deeply rewarding one." Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $13.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"At a dinner party in the posh London suburb of Greenwich, Miles Garth suddenly leaves the table midway through the meal, locks himself in an upstairs room, and refuses to leave. An eclectic group of neighbors and friends slowly gathers around the house, and Miles’s story is told from the points of view of four of them: Anna, a woman in her forties; Mark, a man in his sixties; May, a woman in her eighties; and a ten-year-old named Brooke. The thing is, none of these people knows Miles more than slightly. How much is it possible for us to know about a stranger? And what are the consequences of even the most casual, fleeting moments we share every day with one another?" - Publisher.

The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, by Joe McGinniss. Crown, 2011. Print Length: 336 p. BIOGRAPHY. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (82 reviews). People's slant: "Love her or hate her, there's fuel here for both sides of the Sarah divide." Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $13.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"On Election Day 2008, McGinniss began his on-the-ground reporting that culminated, famously, in his moving next door to Sarah Palin in spring 2010... In all of his books, McGinniss has scrutinized the mysterious space between image and reality - how that space is created, negotiated, and/or manipulated. Now, with The Rogue, McGinniss combines his deep appreciation of the place Sarah Palin comes from with his uncanny ability to penetrate the façades of people in public life. The result is an extraordinary double narrative that alternately traces Palin’s curious rise to political prominence and worldwide celebrity status and recounts the author’s day-to-day experiences as he uncovers the messy reality beneath the glossy Palin myth." - Publisher.

Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs, by Levi Johnston. Touchstone, 2011. Print Length: 304 p. MEMOIR. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (9 reviews). Kindle edition $11.99; $14.79. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"Promising hockey player and Governor Palin’s almost son-in-law, Levi Johnston was eighteen when Palin became the vice presidential nominee. His unique place as Bristol’s live-in boyfriend provided him a true insider’s view of what was going on behind closed doors. And how Sarah’s public views were often at odds with her home values. It makes it all the more curious that Sarah eventually turned her anger directly on Levi, after losing her ticket to the White House. After being bullied, lied about, and outspent in the courts when he attempted to bond with his new son, Tripp, Levi Johnston now is ready to set the record straight." - Pubisher.
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