Book reviews and more!

You are browsing the archive for July2021

LET THE RECORD SHOW by Sarah Schulman

July 8, 2021

A PASSIONATE HISTORY OF ACT UP New York documents the AIDS activist group’s true range and power. It’s an extraordinary achievement in public history—a symphony of voices honoring deep courage and clarity. SOLID A

LET THE RECORD SHOW
Farrar
2021

Grade: SOLID A

Tags:

A VIABLE THREAT (A MARTIN BILLINGS STORY BOOK 4) by Ed Teja

July 5, 2021

SMART CARIBBEAN THRILLER stars an ex-Navy SEAL turned freighter captain and his crew drawn into an international incident. Some of the best qualities of Lee Child and John D. MacDonald combine in this high-energy tale. B PLUS

A VIABLE THREAT (A MARTIN BILLINGS STORY BOOK 4)
Float Street Press
2021

Grade: B PLUS

Tags:

THE PLOT by Jean Hanff Korelitz

July 3, 2021

SCATHINGLY OBSERVANT THRILLER set in the literary world is at once a brilliant social satire and a sharp, twisty tale of psychological suspense. A MINUS

THE PLOT
Celadon Books
2021

Grade: A MINUS

Tags:

THE KING OF CONFIDENCE by Miles Harvey

July 1, 2021

THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY of a self-anointed prophet and “king” who briefly ruled an island in Michigan. Brilliantly researched and oddly timely tale of a 19th-century megalomaniac. B PLUS

THE KING OF CONFIDENCE
Little
2020

Grade: B PLUS

Tags: