CAKEWALK by Kate Moses
GRACIOUS AND ELOQUENT, if not wholly compelling, culinary memoir of a tough childhood and a life in publishing. SOLID B
CAKEWALK: A MEMOIR
Dial Press
2010
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Solid B Reviews
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GRACIOUS AND ELOQUENT, if not wholly compelling, culinary memoir of a tough childhood and a life in publishing. SOLID B
CAKEWALK: A MEMOIR
Dial Press
2010
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Solid B Reviews
ENLIGHTENING, EVEN SURPRISING history of the tomato in Italy. Lots of research, fascinating anecdotes. B PLUS
POMODORO!: A HISTORY OF THE TOMATO IN ITALY
Columbia University Press
2010
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
INTRIGUING TALE of family secrets and family dysfunction spanning generations, cultures. Fascinating puzzle. B PLUS
A STRANGER IN THE FAMILY
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
2010
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
DYSTOPIAN ARK of clones in a dying future world still haunted by memories of World War II makes for poetic SF. SOLID B
THE FACILITY (LEAPLIT)
Leapfrog Press
2010
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Solid B Reviews
A SINGAPOREAN DETECTIVE solves a mystery in Malaysia in this first of a sparkling new series. Fascinating plot! B PLUS
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A MOST PECULIAR MALAYSIAN MURDER
St. Martin’s Press
2010
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
NOBELIST V.S. NAIPAUL travels in Africa asking people about their beliefs; this should be better than it is. B MINUS
THE MASQUE OF AFRICA: GLIMPSES OF AFRICAN BELIEF
Knopf Publishing Group
2010
Grade: B MINUS
Tags: B Minus Reviews
SPOOKY GANGSTER DYSTOPIA is at the heart of Darren Shan’s first urban fantasy for adults. Some fine moments. B MINUS
CITY #01: PROCESSION OF THE DEAD
Grand Central Publishing
2010
Grade: B MINUS
Tags: B Minus Reviews
NEUROSCIENCE AND STAGE MAGIC brought together in this remarkable book. Fascinating topic, clear writing! A MINUS
SLEIGHTS OF MIND: WHAT THE NEUROSCIENCE OF MAGIC REVEALS ABOUT OUR EVERYDAY DECEPTIONS
Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
2010
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews
RUTH RENDELL, grande dame of psychological thrillers, with a novel of manners–really, really creepy manners. B PLUS
PORTOBELLO
Scribner Book Company
2010
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
SURPRISINGLY DELIGHTFUL, quirky history of chemistry told as the story of the periodic table of elements. Fun! B PLUS
THE DISAPPEARING SPOON: AND OTHER TRUE TALES OF MADNESS, LOVE, AND THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD FROM THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
Little Brown and Company
2010
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews