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May 20, 2014
AS THE COMMAND POST outside the mysterious Area X decays, eerie things are happening. Thrilling, uncanny SF! B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
AUTHORITY
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction
May 19, 2014
CHATTY TOUR OF WORLDWIDE industrial hemp production points to future opportunities for US farmers, factories. SOLID B
Grade: SOLID B
HEMP BOUND: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE NEXT AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
Chelsea Green
2014
Tags: Agriculture, Botany, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
May 18, 2014
THOUGHTFUL, ELOQUENT MEMOIR of a writer’s day jobs in sex work and in human services work. Stunning, raw! B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
SPENT: A MEMOIR
Rare Bird Books
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Feminism and Womanism, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Sexuality, Small Press Sundays, Social and Cultural Commentary, Women's Issues
May 17, 2014
WICKEDLY CLEVER SATIRE takes on Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” boom and bust, along with love, death, metaphysics. B PLUS
THE DEVIL I KNOW
Grove Press
2014
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
May 16, 2014
WICKEDLY CLEVER SATIRE takes on Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” boom and bust, along with love, death, metaphysics. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
THE DEVIL I KNOW
Black Cat Books
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Humor, Ireland, Novels
May 15, 2014
GENTLY DEVASTATING NOVEL tells the story of a family shaken by emigration, and by sudden tragedy. Amazing! SOLID A
Grade: SOLID A
FAMILY LIFE
W. W. Norton & Company
2014
Tags: Novels, Solid A Reviews
May 14, 2014
AN AMBITIOUS OVERVIEW OF CHINESE civilization yields a loosely assembled grab bag of fascinating information. SOLID B
FROM MOON CAKES TO MAO TO MODERN CHINA : AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE CIVILIZATION
CN Times Books
2014
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Solid B Reviews
May 13, 2014
SAD, THOUGHTFUL NOVEL follows a seven-year-old Italian boy through a major life crisis. Beautifully observed. B PLUS
THE FIRST TRUE LIE
Hogarth
2014
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
May 12, 2014
ATLANTIC CITY IN its 1970s heyday comes alive in this richly evocative novel of love, loss, and the boardwalk. B PLUS
MR. BOARDWALK
New Door Books
2014
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews