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October 21, 2012
THE FASCINATING LIFE AND WORK of chef Marcus Samuelsson, a Swedish adoptee from Ethiopia. Revealing, touching!
Grade: B PLUS
YES, CHEF: A MEMOIR
Random House
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Writers, Food Writing, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Sweden, Swedish Writers
October 20, 2012
POWERFUL, DELICATELY SKETCHED portrait of an Ojibwe family in crisis, through the eyes of a 13-year-old boy.
Grade: A MINUS
THE ROUND HOUSE
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, Native American Indian Writers, Novels, Ojibwe
October 19, 2012
CANDID MEMOIR OF a researcher’s surprising (to her) enchantment with her subject, Mormon founder Joseph Smith.
Grade: SOLID B
FALLING IN LOVE WITH JOSEPH SMITH: MY SEARCH FOR THE REAL PROPHET
Tarcher
2012
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Solid B Reviews
October 18, 2012
UNUSUAL HISTORICAL DRAMA revolves around the smuggling trade that trafficked Flemish lace into 1630s France.
Grade: B MINUS
THE RUINS OF LACE
Sourcebooks
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Belgium, Flanders, France, Historical Fiction, Novels
October 17, 2012
QUIETLY COMPELLING NOVEL focuses on a Nigerian expatriate in London, and her sense of alienation even at home.
Grade: B PLUS
A BIT OF DIFFERENCE
Interlink Publishing Group
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Nigeria, Nigerian Writers, Novels
October 16, 2012
VIVID CONTEMPORARY FANTASY follows a detective’s search for her missing partner. Scary creatures, noir zing!
Grade: B PLUS
HIDDEN THINGS
Harper Voyager
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Novels
October 15, 2012
A FILIPINA HEIRESS TURNED revolutionary takes center stage in a novel marvelously evocative of the Marcos era.
Grade: A MINUS
GUN DEALERS' DAUGHTER
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Filipino and Filipina Writers, Novels, Philippines
October 14, 2012
GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE 2008 disaster on K2, the most dangerous Himalayan peak, focuses on two Sherpa climbers.
Grade: SOLID B
BURIED IN THE SKY: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE SHERPA CLIMBERS ON K2'S MOST DANGEROUS DAY
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: Biography, Mountaineering, Nepal, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
October 13, 2012
OPEN, EVOCATIVE MEMOIR by a woman who lost her mother in her late teens, her father in her twenties—powerful!
Grade: SOLID B
THE RULES OF INHERITANCE
Hudson Street Press
2012
Tags: Family, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
October 12, 2012
POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER’S ANTIHERO is amnesiac, recently unfrozen—still a quintessentially noir detective.
Grade: B PLUS
IMMOBILITY
Tor
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller