IN SHORT, BUT ALL FONDNESS

Tishani Doshi'sThe Pleasure Seekers (Bloomsbury) delights. Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B DeMille (Simon & Schuster), by Scott Eyman, inspires awe Tatiana de Rosnay shares A Secret Kept (St. Martin's). The Odious Ogre (Scholastic), by Norton Juster, with pictures by Jules Feiffer, charms. Pilar Guzman, Jenny Rosenstrach, and Alanna Stang are in Time for Dinner (Chronicle). Deborah Fallows is now Dreaming in Chinese (Walker). Robert Gottlieb applauds Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (Yale) Michael Eisner and Aaron Cohen are Working Together (HarperCollins). Paul Spicer uncovers The Temptress (St. Martin's). Novelist Josh Russell shines in My Bright Midnight (L.S.U. Press). Jose Saramago remembers The Elephant's Journey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). In Paul Murray's achingly funny teen tragedy, Skippy Dies (Faber and Faber).