Roadside New Jersey

Library Journal

New Brunswick's Home News columnist Genovese presents a pictorial collection of 478 mostly black-and-white photographs exhibiting the everyday sights along New Jersey highways. Included are everything from junkyard art to misspelled street signs, accompanied by a brief text at the beginning of each chapter. The author's intention is to show a fascinating New Jersey full of surprises, but banal would be a more appropriate description of the numerous photos of hand-painted signs, billboards, diner and motel signs, and storefronts. With a few exceptions, such as the windmill in Barnegat and the flag made from milk jugs on Route 40, there is little to inspire travelers to seek the sites in this book. Of possible interest to local libraries, but most others can pass.-Lucille Corbo, MLS, Scranton, Pa.