JOHN GRISHAM
Grisham is guilty of creating, un-likable characters, implausible plot twists and dull writing. A thriller minus the thrills.
Jane Austen's Charlotte
JULIA BARRETT
There's no sense or sensibility in what Barrett has done to Austen's unfinished novel Sanditon.
Shadows of a Princess
PATRICK JEPHSON
Loyalty to royalty isn't on this former aide's to-do list. A whiny sucker-punch of a tell-all.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
HELEN FIELDING
Oct. 10, 11:56 p.m. What a dud. Not the dude, the book. Wished hadn't written silly sequel to smashing debut.
Keep It Simple, Stupid
JUDGE JUDY SHEINDLIN
Misdemeanor: putting down the gavel and picking up the pen to produce a losing case.
In Search of an Impotent Man
GABY HAUPTMANN
A 35-year-old woman is tired of oversexed men and places an ad for the opposite. Among the many Messrs. Flaccid, she finds love. Not tonight honey, readers have a headache.
American Rhapsody
JOE ESZTERHAS
The egocentric Eszter-has feeds his baser instincts with his take on the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. A monologue delivered by the Presidential Private Part? Puh-leez!
How to Overthrow the Government
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Her throw-the-bums-out-of-office manifesto reads like it was written by a naive sophomore pulling an all-nighter.
Dream Catcher
MARGARET A. SALINGER
Brilliant but weird recluse J.D. Salinger is a lousy dad. Well, duh! Skip the Daddy Dearest memoir and read one of his books.
Merrick
ANNE RICE
Unlike vampires who feed on the same diet ad nauseum, readers should push this tedious plate away.
Saved by the Bell Reunion
The hookups, the meltdowns, the memoires
The case reveals what was really going on what they think of each other now!
