THE MIRAGE, by Matt Ruff
ENGROSSING ALTERNATE HISTORY thriller inverts the War on Terror in a parallel universe. Beautifully done!
Grade: B PLUS
THE MIRAGE
Harper
2012
Tags: Alternate History, B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller
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ENGROSSING ALTERNATE HISTORY thriller inverts the War on Terror in a parallel universe. Beautifully done!
Grade: B PLUS
THE MIRAGE
Harper
2012
Tags: Alternate History, B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller
ENTERTAINING MEMOIR FOLLOWS a woman’s journey from cult film stardom to marijuana farming (and back out!)
Grade: SOLID B
GROWGIRL: HOW MY LIFE AFTER THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT WENT TO POT
Penguin
2012
Tags: California, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY SAGA takes on class, race, adoption, reproductive rights, but never quite comes alive.
Grade: SOLID B
THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU
Gallery Books
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Women's Fiction
FASCINATING TRUE STORY of a 1919 confidence game (and the victim’s revenge) sheds light on the history of scams.
Grade: B PLUS
THE MARK INSIDE: A PERFECT SWINDLE, A CUNNING REVENGE, AND A SMALL HISTORY OF THE BIG CON
Knopf
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History, Texas, True Crime, United States
THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN society on the evolution of other species, and vice versa, explored with admirable clarity.
Grade: B PLUS
EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY: UNITING HISTORY AND BIOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND LIFE ON EARTH
Cambridge University Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, History, History of Science, Non-Fiction, Science
MAGNIFICENTLY ENTERTAINING SOAP-OPERA tale of a woman finding a secret society/support group for spurned wives.
Grade: B PLUS
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
Kensington/Dafina
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Novels, Women's Fiction
GORGEOUS GRAPHIC NOVEL looks at three generations of the Irish-American experience through interlocking tales.
Grade: B PLUS
GONE TO AMERIKAY
Vertigo
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Ireland, New York City, Social and Cultural Commentary
A LAID-BACK LOOK AT a wide range of “clean energy” inventors, from the mainstream to the maverick. Fascinating!
Grade: SOLID B
MAD LIKE TESLA: UNDERDOG INVENTORS AND THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF CLEAN ENERGY
ECW Press
2011
Tags: History of Science, Non-Fiction, Science, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
AN ELEGANT COLLAGE OF a memoir from writer, art historian Rosamond Bernier; fun and gossipy about the greats.
Grade: SOLID B
SOME OF MY LIVES: A SCRAPBOOK MEMOIR
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2011
Tags: Art History, Literary History, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Visual Arts
CHARMING COZY MYSTERY set in small-town coastal Maine features a local newspaper reporter (and mom) as sleuth.
Grade: SOLID B
CHOCOLATE COVERED MURDER
Kensington
2011
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews