Hell-looo out there,

I’m a little late, but here are the titles in this week’s freely accessible, web-only Xpress reviews. Check out the tender side of Courney Love and stare back at the iconic Patti Smith (who lives in my neighborhood, by the way, but that’s neither here nor there).

 Xpress Reviews: Week of Oct. 31, 2006

FICTION
Gylanders, S.C. The Better Angels of Our Nature. Random.

NONFICTION
Alfieri, Gus. Lapchick: The Life of a Legendary Player and Coach in the Glory Days of Basketball. Lyons: Globe Pequot.

Love, Courtney. Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love. Faber & Faber.

Stefanko, Frank. Patti Smith: American Artist. Insight Editions: Palace Press International.

Tedlow, Richard S. Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American. Portfolio.