December 28th, 2011
PEOPLE Book Review Index, 2011
People does not offer an online index to their reviews. Below is EarlyWord’s index to reviews from 2011.
Links to the archives of indices from other years are here.
Links from the dates, below, are to the book section for each issue; title links are to information from each publisher’s catalog.
Top Ten
- The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes, (RH/Knopf)
- Bossypants, Tina Fey, (Hachette/Little, Brown; Hachette Audio)
- Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe, (Macmillan/Holt; Macmillan Audio)
- The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson (HarperCollins/Ecco)
- Then Again, Diane Keaton, (RH/Random House; RH Audio)
- The Stranger’s Child, Alan Hollinghurst, (RH/Knopf; RH Audio)
- Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, (S&S; S&S Audio; Large print, Thorndike; Spanish Edition, RH/Vintage Books)
- State of Wonder, Ann Patchett (Harper; Recorded Books; HarperLuxe; HarperAudio)
- In Zanesville, Jo Ann Beard, (Hachette/Little, Brown; Audio, Dreamscape)
- The Paris Wife, Paula McLain (RH/Ballantine; Audio; Random House and Books On Tape)
Picks for Kids
Just a Second, Steve Jenkins, HMH
Secrets at Sea, Richard Peck, RH/Dial
Why We Broke Up, Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman, Hachette/LBYR
The Phantom Tollbooth, The Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, Norton Juster, HMH
I Want My Hat Back, Jon Klassen, Candlewick
Stars, Mary Lyn Ray, Beach Lane
The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic
Red Sled, Lita Judge, S&S Atheneum
Stuck, Oliver Jeffers, Philomel
Heart and Soul, Kadir Nelson, Harper/Balzer & Bray
The Drop by Michael Connelly, Hachette/Little, Brown,3.5 of 4 stars
Prince Philip by Philip Eade, Macmillan/Holt, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo, S&S/Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars
Out of Oz, Gregory Maguire, Morrow/Harper, 4 of 4 stars
The Prague Cemetery, Umberto Eco, HMH, 3 of 4 stars
A Train in Winter, Caroline Moorehead, Harper, 3.5 of 4 stars
V is for Vengeance, Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Book/Putnam/Penguin, 4 of 4 stars
Catherine the Great, Robert K. Massie, Random House, 3 of 4 stars
The Sisters, Nancy Jensen, St. Martin’s /Macmillan, 3 of 4 stars
Fall’s Best New Cookbooks:
The Family Meal, Ferran Adrià, Phaidon
The Food 52 Cookbook, Amanda Hesser & Merrill Stubbs, Morrow/HarperCollins
Lidia’s Italy in America, Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Knopf/RH
Martha’s Entertaining, Martha Stewart, Clarkson Potter/RH
Momofuku Milk Bar, Christina Tosi with intro by David Chang, Clarkson Potter/RH
Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn’t Cook from Scratch — Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods, Jennifer Reese, Free Press/S&S
Cover: Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope, Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, Scribner/S&S
Shockaholic, Carrie Fisher, S&S, 3.5 of 4 stars
Blue Nights, Joan Didion, Knopf/RH, 3.5 of 4 stars
11/22/63, Stephen King, 3.5 of 4 stars
Interview; Mindy Kalin, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Crown/RH
Story; My Life, Deleted, Scott Bolzan, HarperOne
Truth and Consequences, Laurie Standell, Little, Brown, 3.5 of 4 stars
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, S&S, 4 of 4 stars
The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, 3 of 4 stars
Sybil Exposed, Debbie Nathan, Free Press, 4 of 4 stars
1Q84, Haruki Murakami, Knopf, 3.5 of 4 stars
Holy Ghost Girl, Donna M. Johnson, Gotham/Penguin, 3.5 of 4 stars
Interview, Amy Poehler, Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America, Hyperion
The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes, Knopf, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Night Strangers, Chris Bohjalian, Crown, 3 of 4 stars
The Dovekeepers, Alice Hoffman, Scribner, 4 of 4 stars
It’s Hard Not to Hate You, Valerie Frankel, St. Martin’s, 3.5 of 4 stars
Interview, Anita Hill, Reimagining Equality, Beacon Press
Cover Feature — Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy, Hyperion
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks, Kathleen Flinn, Viking, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Picks for Kids and Teens
Bumble Ardy, Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, 9/6, (Ages 4 -8)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: Cabin Fever, Jeff Kinney, Scholastic, 11/15, (9 -12)
Bone Dog, Eric Rohmann, Roaring Brook Press, 7/19, (4 -8)
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones, HarperTeen, 9/6, (Young Adult)
Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I, Colin Meloy, illus. by Carson Ellis, Belzer + Bray/HarperCollins, 8/30, (9 and up)
Grandpa Green, Lane Smith, Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan, 8/30, (5-9)
Glow, Amy Kathleen Ryan, St. Martin’s Griffin, 9/13, (9 and up)
Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961, Paul Hendrickson, Knopf, 9/20, 4 of 4 stars
There but for the, Ali Smith, Pantheon, 9/13, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, Crown, 9/20, Joe McGinniss
Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs, Levi Johnston,Touchstone/S&S
Neither are rated, but the joint review of the two titles says “the lack of documentation undercuts both”Great Reads in Fiction
The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson, Ecco, 8/1
This Burns My Heart, Samuel Park, S&S, July
The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, 8/23
Great Fall Reads:
Nonfiction
Upper Cut, Carrie White, Atria, 9/20
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend, Susan Orlean, S&S, 9/27
Seriously…I’m Kidding, Ellen De Generes, Grand Central, 10/4
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, Candice Millard, Doubleday, 9/20
Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, Judy Collins, Crown, 10/18
Blue Nights, Joan Didion, Knopf, 11/1
Fiction
We the Animals, Just Torres, HMH, 8/30
Falling Together, Marisa de lost Santos, Morrow, 10/4
The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, 10/11
The Taste of Salt, Martha Southgate, Algonquin, 9/13
The Art of Fielding, Chad Harback, Little, Brown, 9/7
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, Ballantine, 9/13, 3.5 of 4 stars
Goddess of Vengeance, Jackie Collins, Broadway/Macmillan, 9/13, 3 of 4 stars
Following Ezra:What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordinary Son, Tim Fields-Meyer, NAL/Penguin, 9/6. 3.5 of 4 stars
Birds of Paradise, Diana Abu-Jaber, Norton, 9/6, 4 of 4 stars
A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny, Minotaur/Macmillan, 4 of 4 stars
The Dog Who Knew Too Much, Spencer Quinn, Atria, S&S, 3 of 4 stars
Buzz Book: Just My Type: A Book About Fonts, Simon Garfield, Gotham/S&S
Blueprints for Building Better Girls, Elissa Schappell, S&S, 4 of 4 stars
Duty Free, Moni Mohsin, Broadway, 3 of 4 stars
What It Is Like to Go to War, Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly Press, 4 of 4 stars
Jane Fonda:The Private Life of a Public Woman, Patricia Bosworth, HMH, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Leftovers, Rom Perrotta, St. Martin’s, 3.5 of 4 stars
It’s All About the Dress: What I Learned in Forty Years About Men, Women, Sex, and Fashion, St. Martin’s, Vicky Tiel, 3 of 4 stars
The Most Dangerous Thing, Laura Lippman, 3 of 4 stars
9/11: Ten Years Later — People picks the “most powerful” of a new crop of books that mark the anniversary:
A Place of Remembrance: Official Book of the National September 11 Memorial, National Geographic Society, 8/9/11
After the Fall: New Yorkers Remember September 2001 and the Years that Followed, Ed. by Mary Marshall Clark, Peter Bearman, Catherine Ellis, Stephen Drury Smith, The New Press, 9/2/11
Unmeasured Strength, Lauren Manning, Holt, 8/30/11
Where You Left Me, Jennifer Gardner Trulson, Gallery/S&S, 8/30/11
Reluctant Hero: A 9/11 Survivor Speaks Out about That Unthinkable Day, What He’s Learned, How He’s Struggled, and What No One Should Ever Forget, Michael Benfante, Skyhorse Publishing, 8/11/11
9/11: The World Speaks, Lyons Press, 8/16/11
Wendy and the Lost Boys, Julie Salaman, Penguin Press, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Submission, FSG, Amy Waldman, 3 of 4 stars
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, 3 of 4 stars
Girls in White Dresses, Jennifer Close, Knopf, 3 of 4 stars
The Lantern, Deborah Lawrenson, Harper, 3.5 of 4 stars
Angelina’s Bachelors, Brian O’Reilly, Gallery/S&S, 3 of 4 stars
The Call, Yannick Murphy, HarperPerennial, 4 of 4 stars
This Beautiful Life, Helen Schulman, Harper, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Rules of the Tunnel, Ned Zeman, Gotham/Penguin, 4 of 4 stars
The Nightmare Thief, Meg Gardiner, Dutton/Penguin, 3.5 of 4 stars
Close Your Eyes, Amanda Eyre Ward, Random House (Audio, Books on Tape), 4 of 4 stars
Bed, David Whitehouse, Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars
Rules of Civility, Amor Towles, Viking (Audio, Penguin Audio; Books on Tape; ebook and audio, OverDrive); 4 of 4 stars
One Flight Up, Susan Fales-Hill, Atria/S&S (Audio, Tantor); 3 of 4 stars
It Looked Different on the Model, Laurie Notaro, Villard, Original Trade Pbk (Audio; Tantor ); 4 of 4 stars
Conquistadora, Esmeralda Santiago, Knopf, 7/12; 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Summer of the Bear, Bella Pollen, Atlantic Monthly Press, 6/7; 3.5 of 4 stars
Then Came You, Jennifer Weiner, Atria, 7/12; 3.5 of 4 stars
Great Reads: Vacation Thrillers:
Never Knowing, Chevy Stevens, St. Martin’s, 7/5
The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen, Ballantine, 7/5
Eyes Wide Open, Andrew Gross, Morrow, 7/12
The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting, Rachel Shteir, Penguin Press, 6/30, 3.5 of 4 stars
Turn of Mind, Alice LaPlante, Atlantic Monthly Press, 7/5, 4 of 4 stars
Before I Go To Sleep, S.J. Watson, Harper, 6/14, 4 of 4 stars
Witches of East End, Melissa de La Cruz, Hyperion, 6/21, 3.5 of 4 stars
Plus an excerpt of Jaycee Dugard’s memoir, A Stolen Life, S&S, 7/12
7/11 Books
French Lessons, Ellen Sussman, Ballantine, 7/5, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Kid, Sapphire, Penguin Press, 7/5, 3.5 of 4 stars
You’re Next, Greg Hurwitz, St. Martin’s, 7/5, 3.5 of 4 stars
Untold Story, Monica Ali, Scribner, 6/28/, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Alice Bliss, Laura Harrington, Pamela Dorman Books, 6/2, 4 of 4 stars
Silver Girl, Elin Hilderbrand, Reagan Arthur Books/Little, Brown, 3 of 4 stars
White Shotgun, April Smith, Knopf, 3 of 4 stars
The Storm at the Door, Stefan Merrill Black, Random House, 4 of 4 stars
6/20 Books –GREAT SUMMER READS
Sister, Rosamund Lupton, Crown, June 7 — a debut that is on several other summer reading lists
Marriage Confidential, Pamela Hagg, Harper, May 12 — Nonfiction; Subtitle: The Post-Romantic Age of Workhorse Wives, Royal Children, Undersexed Spouses and Rebel Couples Who Are Rewriting the Rules
Sisterhood Everlasting, Ann Brasheres, Random House, June 14 — The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, ten years later
The Ghost of Greenwich Village, Lorna Graham, Ballantine, 6/28 – debut about a young woman who moves to NYC and finds her apartment has ghosts
Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson, Doubleday, 6/7 — there’s a lot of excitement about this debut which looks at what would happen if our technology banded together and took control (a world of Hal’s). Spielberg has the rights, but what is most important is that Nancy Pearl calls this a “really good book.”
The First Husband, Laura Dave, Viking, May 12 — People calls it a “fresh, funny take on the search for a soul-mate.”
Long Gone, Alafair Burke, Harper, 6/21 — People says this mystery/thriller is “fast-paced fun.”
Maine, J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, 6/14 — following up on her best-selling debut, Commencement, this book uses the seasonal cliche of a family coming together in a summer beach house.
The Astral, Kate Chirtensen, Doubleday, 6/14 — People calls it “delicious social satire by the author of The Great Man.”
The Hypnotist, Lars Kepler, FSG, 6/21 — One of the many books expected to be “the next Stieg Larsson.” It may have the goods;People calls it “spellbinding.”
Escape, Barbara Delinsky, Doubleday, July 5 — A woman fulfills her dream of escaping from her everyday world.
What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty, Amy Einhorn/Putnam, June 2 –Alice wakes up thinking she’s 29 and in love with her husband, when she is really 39 and definitely not. From Amy Einhorn, an editor with a good track record for spotting the “sweet spot” between literary and commercial.
Summer Rental, Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin’s, June 7 — Set on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, People says it is “worth a visit.”
State of Wonder, Ann Patchett, Harper, 4 of 4 stars & a People Pick
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal, Viking/Penguin, 4 of 4 stars
La Seduction, Elaine Sciolino, Times Books, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Devil She Knows, Bill Loehfelm, FSG, 3.5 of 4 stars
Dreams of Joy, Lisa See, Random House, 3.5 of 4 stars
Vaclav & Lena, Haley Tanner, Dial, 3 of 4 stars
The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness, Brianna Karp, Harlequin Nonfiction, 3 of 4 stars
The Long Journey Home, Margaret Robison, Spiegel & Grau, 3.5 of 4 stars
What I Learned When I Almost Died, Chris Licht, S&S, 3 of 4 stars
The Best Thing About My Ass Is That It’s Behind Me… Lisa Ann Walter, HarperOne, 4 of 4 stars
Long Drive Home, Will Allison, 3.5 of 4 stars and a “People Pick”
Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me, Chelsea’s Family, Friends and Other Victims, 3.5 of 4 stars
In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson, Crown, 9780307408846, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Year We Left Home, Jean Thompson, S&S, 9781439175880, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary, HMH, 9780547327808, Andrew Westoll, 4 of 4 stars
Lead; “Why I Love Sookie Stackhouse” (books by Charlaine Harris)
If You Were Here, Jen Lancaster, NAL, 9780451234384, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Coffins of Little Hope, Unbridled, Timothy Schaffert, 9781609530402, 4 of 4 stars
Faith, Jennifer Haigh, Harper, 9780060755805, 4 of 4 stars
Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe, Holt, 9780805093292; 4 of 4 stars and a People PICK
Planting Dandelions, Kyran Pittman, Riverhead, 9781594488009; 4 of 4 stars
The Long Goodbye, Meghan O’Rourke, Riverhead, 9781594487989; 3.5 of 4 stars
The Watery Part of the World, Michael Parker, 9781565126824; 4 of 4 stars
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet, Melissa Fay Greene, FSG, 9780374223069; 4 of 4 stars and a People PICK
The Pale King, David Foster Wallace, 2.5 of 4 stars
Tina Fey, Bossypants, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, 9780316056861; People Pick — interview
Touch, Alexi Zentner, Norton, 9780393079876; 3.5 of 4 stars
Swim Back to Me, Ann Packer, Knopf, 9781400044047; 3.5 of 4 stars
This Life Is In Your Hands, Melissa Coleman, Harper, 9780061958328; 3.5 of 4 stars and a “People Pick”
The Bond, Wayne Pacelle, Morrow, 9780061969782; 3.5 of 4 stars
Gone With a Handsomer Man, Michael Lee West, Minotaur, 9780312571221; 3 of 4 stars
Feature; All That Is Bitter and Sweet, Ashley Judd, Random House, 9780345523617
The Uncoupling, Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead/Penguin, 9781594487880, 4/5/11, 4 of 4 stars and a People PICK
The Land of Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel, Crown/Random House, 9780517580516, 3/29/11, 2.5 of 4 stars
The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, Little Brown/Hachette, 9780316069359, 4/5/11, 4 of 4
Bent Road, Lori Roy,Dutton/Penguin, 9780525951834, 3/31/11, 4 of 4
Excerpt: Christina Haag, Come to the Edge, Spiegal & Grau/Random House, 9780385523172, 3/29/11
Started Early, Took My Dog, Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, 9780316066730, 3/21/11, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted, Bridget Asher, Bantam, Original Pbk, 9780385343916, 3/29/11, 3 of 4 stars
The Troubled Man, Henning Mankell, 9780307593498, 3/29/11, 4 of 4 stars
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper, 9780061732379, 2/24/11; 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Behind the Palace Doors, Michael Farquhar, Random House original trade pbk, 9780812979046, 3/1/11; 3 of 4 stars
Night Road, Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, 9780312364427, 3/22/11; 3 of 4 stars
Excerpt: The Source of All Things: A Memoir, Tracy Ross, Free Press, 9781439172971, 3/8/11
Moby-Duck, Donovan Hohn, Viking, 9780670022199, 3/3/11, 4 of 4 stars
The Trinity Six, Charles Cumming, St. Martin’s, 9780312675295, 3/15/11, 4 of 4 stars
Manning Up, Kay S. Hymowitz, Basic Books, 9780465018420, 3 of 4 stars
Bringing Adam Home, Les Standiford with Joe Matthews, Ecco Press, 9780061983900, 3/1/11, 3 of 4 stars
Witches on the Road Tonight, Atlantic Monthly Press, 9780802119438, 3/1/11, Sheri Holman, 4 of 4 stars
Sing You Home, Jodi Picoult, Atria, 9781439102725, 3/1/11, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Information, James Gleick, Pantheon, 9780375423727, 3/1/11, 3.5 of 4 stars
Emily and Einstein, Linda Francis Lee, St. Martin’s, 9780312382186, 3 of 4 stars
Skipping A Beat, Sarah Pekkanen, Washington Square Press, 9781451609820, 2/22/11, 3 of 4 stard
The Paris Wife, Paula McLain, Ballantine, 9780345521309, 2/22/11, 3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Old Romantic, Riverhead, 9781594487798, 2/17/11, Louise Dean, 3.5 of 4 stars
Townie, Andre Dubus, Norton, 9780393064667, 2/28/11, 3.5 of 4 stars
History of a Suicide, Atria, 9781439101933, 2/15/11, 4 of 4 stars
Georgia Bottoms, Mark Childress, Little, Brown, 9780316033046, 2/23/11, 3 of 4 stars
And I Shall Have Some Peace There, Grand Central, 9780446556095, 2/23/11, Margaret Roach, 3.5 of 4 stars
A Widow’s Story, Joyce Carol Oates, Ecco, 9780062015532, 3/1/11, 3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, Doubleday, 9780385510646, 2/8/11, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, 3 of 4 stars
Unless It Moves the Human Heart, Ecco, 9780061965616, 1/1/11, Roger Rosenblatt, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Death Instinct, Riverhead, 9781594487828, 9781594487828, 1/20/11, Jed Rubenfeld, 3 of 4 stars
A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness, Viking, 9780670022410, 2/8/11; 3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, Morrow, 9780061997167, 2/1/11; 2.5 of 4 stars
A Tiger in the Kitchen, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Hyperion, 9781401341282, 2/1/11; 3 of 4 stars
I Think I Love You, Allison Person, Knopf, 9781400042357, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Swamplandia!, Karen Russell, Knopf, 9780307263995, 2/1/11, 4 of 4 stars
What to Read…after the Millennium trilogy
Black Seconds, Karin Fossum, HMH,9780151015276, 6/1/08
Three Seconds, Roslund & Hellstrom, Silver Oak, Sterling, 9781402785924, 1/4/11
Faceless Killers, Henning Mankell, Vintage/Knopf, 9781400031573, 1/14/03
The Red Garden, Alice Hoffman, Crown, 1/25/11, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
You Know When the Men Are Gone, Siobhan Fallon, Einhorn/Penguin, 1/20/11, 3 of 4 stars
Separate Beds, Elizabeth Buchan, Viking/Penguin, 1/20/11, 3 of 4 stars
Buzz Book: Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent, Thomas Nelson, 11/2/10
Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Peggy Orenstein, Harper, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
J.D. Salinger, Kenneth Slawenski, Random House, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Winter of Our Disconnect, Susan Maushart, Tarcher, “Buzz Book”
Twin, Allen Shawn, Viking, 3.5 of 4 stars
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua, Penguin Press, 3 of 4 stars
The Empty Family, Colm Toibin, Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars
Clara and Mr. Tiffany, Susan Vreeland, Random House, 4 of 4 stars
Dirty Secret, Jessie Sholl, Gallery Books/S&S, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Lake of Dreams, Kim Edwards, Viking, 3 of 4 stars
Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses, Claire Dederer, (FSG, 12/21), People Pick and 4 of 4 stars
Being Polite to Hitler, Robb Forman Dew, (Little, Brown, 1/6), 3.5 of 4 stars
Sea Change, Jeremy Page, (Viking, 12/2), 3 of 4 stars
Not Quite Adults: Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It’s Good for Everyone, Richard Settersten, (Bantam, 12/28), “Buzz Book”