Newsday (of Long Island, New York) reviews Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union.

The Nation reviews Haruki Murakami's new novel, After Dark (which may or may not have fantastic elements in it; I haven't read it yet and the Nation review is only available in full to subscribers).

The Agony Column looks at Charlaine Harris's All Together Dead.

Blogcritics reviews Jenny Nimmo's Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors.

The Pyr-o-mania blog points to and partially translates a German-language review of Ian McDonald's River of Gods from Phantistik-Couch.

David Louis Edelman continues his reading of the entire Tolkien oevure with his thoughts on The Hobbit.

Voyages of Imagination reviews Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction edited by Jeff Prucher.