WHITE IS FOR WITCHING by Helen Oyeyemi
SPOOKY, EVOCATIVE HORROR story about food, family, and femininity, told in shiveringly gorgeous prose. A MINUS
WHITE IS FOR WITCHING
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2009
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews
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SPOOKY, EVOCATIVE HORROR story about food, family, and femininity, told in shiveringly gorgeous prose. A MINUS
WHITE IS FOR WITCHING
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2009
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews
GENTLE AS A WARM EDINBURGH AFTERNOON, the latest adventure of Isabel Dalhousie features toddlers, high finance. B PLUS
THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE: AN ISABEL DALHOUSIE NOVEL
Pantheon Books
2009
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, excruciatingly candid memoir of a complicated widowhood, and coping with betrayal and loss. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
BRASH, SALTY AUSSIE private-eye caper reads like a grimmer, raunchier Carl Hiassen. Loads of gritty fun. B PLUS
I’M DYING HERE
Point Blank
2009
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
FASCINATING, DETAILED look at how gourmet delicacy foie gras sparked controversy, became political football. A MINUS
THE FOIE GRAS WARS: HOW A 5,000-YEAR-OLD DELICACY INSPIRED THE WORLD’S FIERCEST FOOD FIGHT
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
2009
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews
ATMOSPHERIC NOVEL set in 1992 Havana has some vivid detail, but an annoying protagonist and convoluted plot. B MINUS
HAVANA LUNAR
Akashic Books
2009
Grade: B MINUS
Tags: B Minus Reviews
ENGAGING LOOK AT CHINATOWNS across the US mixes interviews with cultural history for some surprising insights. B PLUS
AMERICAN CHINATOWN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
2009
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
ENCYCLOPEDIC AND DETAILED, this look at the European revolutions of 1848 is informative, but a bit too dry. SOLID B
1848: YEAR OF REVOLUTION
Basic Books
2009
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Solid B Reviews
CHARMING, CHATTY overview of bee culture and history; not for specialists, just for fun. A MINUS
PLAN BEE: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HARDEST-WORKING CREATURES ON THE PLANET
Perigee Trade
2009
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews
“LOST BOY” Brent Jeffs, nephew of FLDS cult head Warren Jeffs, tells a raw, true story of abuse and redemption. SOLID B
LOST BOY
Broadway Books
2009
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Solid B Reviews