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March 31, 2011
POETIC, CHARMING LITTLE reverie on the most famous photograph by “Lewis Carroll” of his girl-muse Alice Liddell.
Grade: B PLUS
THE ALICE BEHIND WONDERLAND
Oxford University Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Literary History, Non-Fiction, Photography, Visual Arts
March 30, 2011
TENSE, COMPLEX THRILLER, the 8th to feature elite security agent Charlie Fox, finds her taking on a deadly cult.
Grade: B PLUS
FOURTH DAY
Pegasus
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Suspense, Thriller
March 29, 2011
LUMINOUS MEDITATION on love and loss, war and peace, traces friendship of a Mauritian boy and a Holocaust exile.
Grade: B PLUS
The Last Brother
Graywolf Press
2010
Tags: Africa, B Plus Reviews, French Writers, Historical Fiction, Novels, Writers of Color
March 28, 2011
THE PAST IS PRESENT in an atmospheric mystery featuring an English detective literally haunted by World War I.
Grade: SOLID B
A LONELY DEATH
HarperCollins
2011
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
March 27, 2011
GRACEFUL, ADAGIO PROSE and a memorable heroine in this tale of a young scientist’s Alice-in-Wonderland life.
Grade: B PLUS
THE HOUSE OF DISCARDED DREAMS
Prime
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, SF
March 26, 2011
CHARMING COZY MYSTERY, fifth in a series for mother/daughter antiquer sleuths. Complex plot, cute characters.
Grade: B PLUS
ANTIQUES KNOCK-OFF
Kensington
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
March 25, 2011
THE GREAT AMERICAN Opera Novel is sprawling, sensual, erudite, campy, and not for everyone–just like opera!
Grade: B PLUS
THE METROPOLIS CASE
Crown
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Interest, Music, New York City, Novels
March 24, 2011
THE DELIGHTFULLY CANTANKEROUS Puzzle Lady is back in her 12th mystery. Lots of fun, as ever, and a strong plot.
Grade: B PLUS
THE KENKEN KILLINGS
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
March 23, 2011
CANDID, UPBEAT MEMOIR of divorce from a women’s magazine editor surprised by her husband’s choice to leave.
Grade: SOLID B
FALLING APART IN ONE PIECE: ONE OPTIMIST'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE HELL OF DIVORCE
Simon and Schuster
2010
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
March 22, 2011
YEE-HAW! THE HOLMES on the Range boys vs. rival detectives at Chicago’s 1893 Exposition. Lots of thrills here!
Grade: A MINUS
WORLD'S GREATEST SLEUTH! A HOLMES ON THE RANGE MYSTERY
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels