Posts tagged with ‘New York City’
March 27, 2013
LOVE LETTER TO New York’s temple of herring, Russ & Daughters, is also a history of Jewish life in the city.
Grade: B PLUS
RUSS & DAUGHTERS: REFLECTIONS AND RECIPES FROM THE HOUSE THAT HERRING BUILT
Schocken Books
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Food Writing, Jewish Interest, Memoirs, New York City, Non-Fiction, Social History
March 23, 2013
THE MAGIC OF CENTRAL PARK takes center stage in this New York fable, a quirky picture book for grown-ups.
Grade: SOLID B
AFTER THE FALL
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: Art Books, Graphic Novels, New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews
January 31, 2013
A VERY NEW YORK story about a charming, disaffected teenager and his parents and their partners. Sweet.
Grade: SOLID B
THESE THINGS HAPPEN
Unbridled Books
2012
Tags: LGBTQ Interest, New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews
September 30, 2012
A TOUGH MANHATTAN DETECTIVE challenges herself to solve the complex mystery of an ultra-rich teenager’s death.
Grade: SOLID B
NEVER TELL
Harper
2012
Tags: Mystery, New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews
September 2, 2012
A NEW YORK EVENT PLANNER’S memoir spotlights her life’s ups (marriage, family) and downs (surviving assault).
Grade: SOLID B
I NEVER PROMISED YOU A GOODIE BAG: A MEMOIR OF A LIFE THROUGH EVENTS--THE ONES YOU PLAN AND THE ONES YOU DON'T
Harper
2012
Tags: Memoirs, New York City, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
August 20, 2012
INTRICATE, DETAIL-RICH MYSTERY set in 1845 New York paints a vivid picture of the changing city. Haunting!
Grade: A MINUS
THE GODS OF GOTHAM
Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, New York City, Novels
August 7, 2012
THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING, reviewed and reopened in the light of memories from New York’s German community.
Grade: SOLID B
CEMETERY JOHN: THE UNDISCOVERED MASTERMIND BEHIND THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING
Overlook Press
2012
Tags: History, New York City, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, United States
August 6, 2012
INCISIVE, DEEPLY PERSONAL reflection on the impact of AIDS and gentrification on New York’s queer avant-garde.
Grade: B PLUS
THE GENTRIFICATION OF THE MIND: WITNESS TO A LOST IMAGINATION
University of California Press
2012
Tags: Art History, B Plus Reviews, LGBTQ Interest, Literary History, New York City, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary
July 29, 2012
MIND-BOGGLING TRUE STORY of a hoaxster who pretended to be a survivor of the 2001 World Trade Center attack.
Grade: SOLID B
THE WOMAN WHO WASN'T THERE: THE TRUE STORY OF AN INCREDIBLE DECEPTION
Touchstone
2012
Tags: New York City, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
June 7, 2012
CROSSWORDS, VINTAGE COUTURE, pigs spice up a fun tale of a Manhattan artist trying to choose among her suitors.
Grade: SOLID B
PERFECT ON PAPER
New American Library
2012
Tags: New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Women's Fiction