Asheville writer and best-seller, Sarah Addison Allen, earns high praise for THE GIRL WHO CHASED THE MOON.

The LA Times keeps current on the latest diet books and profiles, Susan B. Roberts and Betty Kelly Sargent’s THE “I” DIET BOOK: USE YOUR INSTINCTS TO LOSE WEIGHT — AND KEEP IT OFF — WITHOUT FEELING HUNGRY.

‘Tis the season for baseball books and Timothy M. Gay tosses one in - SATCH, DIZZY & RAPID ROBERT: THE WILD SAGA OF INTERRACIAL BASEBALL BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON.

And Robert Perkinson gives us the compelling history of Lone Star incarceration with TEXAS TOUGH: THE RISE OF AMERICA’S PRISON EMPIRE.

Turn the coin, if you have the background knowledge, and The Washington Post will recommend Deborah Amos’ ECLIPSE OF THE SUNNIS: POWER, EXILE, AND UPHEAVAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

Pomona College’s reviewing body wrangles Jodi Picoult’s HOUSE RULES.

Yahoo Sports brings up Peter Morris’ BUT DIDN’T WE HAVE FUN? AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF BASEBALL’S PIONEER ERA, 1843-1870.

Paperback Row from The New York Times lets us in on a look of what’s coming out in softcover.

The New Republic looks at Bertrand Taithe’s, THE KILLER TRAIL: A COLONIAL SCANDAL IN THE HEART OF AFRICA.

LONELY HEARTS: THE SCREWBALL WORLD OF NATHANAEL WEST AND EILEEN MCKENNEY, by Marion Meade, gets the nod at The LA Times.

ANGELOLOGY, by Danielle Trussoni, is hailed ‘exquisite’.

Roger Rosenblatt gives us, MAKING TOAST: A FAMILY STORY, to good result.

The New York Times is reported to have its famous Book Review section in development to splinter off as an eBook subscription.  Being a Nook owner myself, I could very possibly get into that.

GOOGLED: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, by Ken Auletta, traces the history and projects the future trajectory of the internet giant, Google.

Jonathan Maberry’s THE DRAGON FACTORY is a countdown-to-destruction thriller that The California Literary Review recommends just the sheer fun of it.

And Kelly Corrigan pulls all the right heartstrings in her parenting memoir/commentary, LIFT.

The Washington Post mostly endorses Chang-rae Lee’s fourth novel, emotionally wringing as it may be, THE SURRENDERED.

Harry Markopolos claims to have tried to wave the warning over Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme in NO ONE WOULD LISTEN.  The Wall Street Journal seems to find Mr. Markopolos a bit more interesting perhaps(and not for flattering reasons) than his intended target.

Environmental viral video goes inevitably to print: THE STORY OF STUFF: HOW OUR OBSESSION WITH STUFF IS TRASHING THE PLANET, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR HEALTH - AND A VISION FOR CHANGE.

The Trades praises DC Comic’s release of a primer - DC ORIGINS UNIVERSE.

Seth Godin’s LINCHPIN: ARE YOU INDISPENSIBLE? gets a thorough workup by The Christian Science Monitor’s, The Simple Dollar column.

March madness, anyone?  College ball fan and journalist, Kathy Orton, revs it up with OUTSIDE THE LIMELIGHT: BASKETBALL IN THE IVY LEAGUE.

Have a look at some new nonfiction, courtesy of Publishers Weekly.

Author, Ron Rash, impresses Janet Maslin at The New York Times with his latest: a collection of shorts called, BURNING BRIGHT.

This might actually be a really good time for such a book, to take our minds off our current automotive woes.  Jason Vuic gives us THE YUGO: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORST CAR IN HISTORY.

THE RUSSIAN DREAMBOOK OF COLOR AND FLIGHT, by Gina Ochsner, spins magical realism into commentary on life in Russia.

Katharine McMahon scores compliments for her new historical novel, THE CRIMSON ROOMS.

And The Trades signs off on an endorsement of Dia Reeves’ BLEEDING VIOLET.

Jimmy McDonough makes snappy work of the mundane details to keep captive his audience, and hers, in TAMMY WYNETTE: TRAGIC COUNTRY QUEEN.

AS IT WAS WRITTEN, debut novel of Sujatha Hampton, doesn’t fare well at The Washington Post.

Publishers Weekly kicks the March lion in with a full page of web-exclusive reviews.

And here’s a fun coffeetable book of famous photos full of striking, and sometimes amusingly, congruent composition.  Jim Marshall and Timothy White dig up and lay out MATCH PRINTS.

Poet Kay Ryan mostly dazzles with well-landed blows in her latest collection, THE BEST OF TIMES: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.

MY LIFE WITH THE TALIBAN, by Abdul Salam Zaeef, translated from Pashto and edited by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, is ripped pretty well by Pakistan’s The Daily Times.

George Bishop writes what he does not know and, apparently, does it to at least this Huntington News reviewer’s satisfaction - LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER.

The Oxfam charity benefits from word donations from a collection of prominent British and Irish authors compiled in OX-TALES.

Adam Haslett impresses with his prescient debut (much was written before the current bank crisis hit the fan), UNION ATLANTIC.

HOCUS BOGUS by Romain Gary writing as Émile Ajar (translated from the French by David Bellos) fares very well at The Washington Post.

The California Literary Review takes a switch to Monika Fagerholm’s ‘high literary’ style in THE AMERICAN GIRL.

And Library Journal hosts a sweep of Spring spirituals.

In keeping through two features today (and two facets of this morning’s LitLinks) The Quarterly Conversation heaps much praise on Sam Lipsyte’s THE ASK.

Mitt Romney makes a literary break for the front of the political pack, or at least for a stint in an early spotlight, in NO APOLOGIES: THE CASE FOR AMERICAN GREATNESS.

Paul Belnap traces the history of our founding rule of criminal law in HABEUS CORPUS: FROM ENGLAND TO EMPIRE.

THE DEATH AND LIFE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SCHOOL SYSTEM: HOW TESTING AND CHOICE ARE UNDERMINING EDUCATION, by Diane Ravitch, is a thought-provoking reversal from one of the nation’s most respected minds.

Richard Bausch does well, by NYTimes’ standards, with his latest collection of stories, SOMETHING IS OUT THERE.

HORNS by Joe Hill charms and advises while telling the tale of a man growing actual bony barbs out the top of his head.  Just go with it.  The Los Angeles Times says you’ll like it.

If there’s sense to be made of it, Timothy Ferris seems like he’s made a leap towards mapping it out in THE SCIENCE OF LIBERTY: DEMOCRACY, REASON, AND THE LAWS OF NATURE.

And a look into transportation history may guide the way for its future.  Christian Wolmar gives us BLOOD, IRON, AND GOLD: HOW THE RAILROAD TRANSFORMED THE WORLD.

Herman Wouk is back to us, sporting an endorsement from the finicky Kirkus reviewers, with THE LANGUAGE GOD TALKS.

In Boston, author David Bianculli is applauded for his treatment of DANGEROUSLY FUNNY: THE UNCENSORED STORY OF THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR.

Oh look.  More zombies. But these are short stories, so taken in small doses, you might end up inoculated - THE NEW DEAD: A ZOMBIE ANTHOLOGY, edited by Christopher Golden.

And Hilary Mantel’s WOLF HALL convinces The Atlantic that all the applause has been well-deserved.

Gonzo charity (and the publicity that comes with it) is chronicled in THE POWER OF HALF by Kevin and Hannah Salwen.

The Economist runs an audio review of four of their favorites books of the month.

Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell gets credit for heading back towards his best work with THE MAN FROM BEIJING.

THE WATCHERS: THE RISE OF AMERICA’S SURVEILLANCE STATE by Shane Harris is unlikely to leave you with warm fuzzies, but a paranoid glow might keep you warm anyway.

“Perversely entertaining” is high praise for Booker-winner, John Banville’s THE INFINITIES.

LETTERS TO JACKIE: CONDOLENCES OF A GRIEVING NATION, by Ellen Fitzpatrick, finds a new angle in which to frame the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and the turmoil of its aftermath.

Do not look to feel good at the end of John McGregor’s novel of homelessness and addiction, EVEN THE DOGS.

Joel Kotkin looks ahead with predictions toward THE NEXT HUNDRED MILLION: AMERICA IN 2050.

Greensboro, North Carolina casts a local-gone-national-gone-straight-into-the-tabloid-crapper eye towards the reports of Senator John Edwards’ shenanigans in Andrew Young’s THE POLITICIAN.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Grahame-Smith, gets a C+ at CNN.

Linda Lael Miller does modern cowboy romance in MCKETTRICKS OF TEXAS: TATE.

Polish author, Witold Gombrowicz, is translated to acclaim for his dark novel, PORNOGRAFIA.

Fact added to a little of Jerome Charyn’s fiction and you’ll wonder for certain at THE SECRET LIFE OF EMILY DICKINSON.

And for something uplifting, Basil & Spice recommends the essay collection, HOW TO ACHIEVE HEAVEN ON EARTH: 101 INSIGHTFUL ESSAYS FROM THE WORLD’S GREATEST THINKERS, LEADERS, AND WRITERS.

Slate Magazine is charmed by THE POSSESSED: ADVENTURES WITH RUSSIAN BOOKS AND THE PEOPLE WHO READ THEM, by Elif Batumen.

SHADOW TAG, by Louise Erdich, goes over well in Chicago.

Treacherous, flinchy groundhogs and endless snow advisories notwithstanding, baseball’s Spring training is just around the corner.  And to rev your engine for it, James Hirsch gives us WILLIE MAYS: THE LIFE, THE LEGEND.

Barbara Demick’s, NOTHING TO ENVY: REAL LIVES IN NORTH KOREA, is making the rounds and impressing all over. Here’s The Scotman’s praise of it.

Jack Cady’s last, RULES OF ‘48, draws admiration over at Monsters & Critics.

And The Telegraph casts a wary eye to David Shields’ take of the state of modern fiction, REALITY HUNGER: A MANIFESTO.

Publishers Weekly has nonfiction reviews.

Library Journal has self-help.

USA Today has mysteries and thrillers.

Zombies are apparently the new vampires, so they’re apt to be everywhere.  In preparation, do consider Roger Ma’s THE ZOMBIE COMBAT MANUAL: A GUIDE TO FIGHTING THE LIVING DEAD.

And author Michael Palmer is praised for his latest thriller, THE LAST SURGEON.

Ted Conover makes poetic relevance of roads in his book on thoroughfares around the world in THE ROUTES OF MAN.

The Star-Ledger, out of New Jersey, offers up a list of books to enrich Black History Month.

The man who made the prize is detailed for us by James McGrath Morris in PULITZER: A LIFE IN POLITICS, PRINT, AND POWER.

Jim Murphy gives young readers a lesson in one of the most famous moments in military history in TRUCE.