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November 30, 2012
GORGEOUS, GRITTY STORIES illuminate the nature of love, and bring Dominican-American culture vividly to life.
Grade: A MINUS
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER
Riverhead
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Latino and Latina Writers, Short Stories
November 29, 2012
THE SECRET WORLD of stage magic and magicians, explored with love and humor by a writer/scientist/magician.
Grade: SOLID B
FOOLING HOUDINI: MAGICIANS, MENTALISTS, MATH GEEKS AND THE HIDDEN POWERS OF THE MIND
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: Mathematics, Memoirs, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Solid B Reviews, Stage Magic
November 28, 2012
A JOURNALIST DELVES INTO the complex science (and business) of sleep and makes some interesting discoveries!
Grade: SOLID B
DREAMLAND: ADVENTURES IN THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: Health, Mental Health and Illness, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
November 27, 2012
ALISON BECHDEL IS SIMPLY a national treasure! Her latest memoir in graphic novel form is thoughtful and wise.
Grade: A MINUS
ARE YOU MY MOTHER? A COMIC DRAMA
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Graphic Novels, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Women's Issues
November 26, 2012
SECRETS AND TENSIONS in an upscale London neighborhood boil over with deadly results. Ruth Rendell in fine form!
Grade: B PLUS
THE ST. ZITA SOCIETY
Scribner
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Suspense
November 25, 2012
TALE OF AN UNRAVELING family has some truly lovely moments, but falls back too often on easy epiphanies.
Grade: B MINUS
GONE
Atria
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Novels, Women's Fiction
November 24, 2012
UNFLINCHINGLY COMPLEX AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL novel follows a young writer’s search for friendship, love, and art.
Grade: B PLUS
HOW SHOULD A PERSON BE? A NOVEL FROM LIFE
Henry Holt
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Canada, Novels, Social and Cultural Commentary, Toronto, Visual Arts, Writing
November 23, 2012
ESSAYIST VERLYN KLINKENBORG distills the wisdom gained in his long writing career into concise, spot-on advice.
Grade: B PLUS
SEVERAL SHORT SENTENCES ABOUT WRITING
Knopf
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Non-Fiction, Writing
November 22, 2012
SHARP, COMPLEX HISTORICAL thriller captures the turbulence of the 1967 radical student movement in Berlin.
Grade: B PLUS
RED ARMY FACTION BLUES
Route
2012
Tags: 1960s, B Plus Reviews, Germany, Historical Fiction, Novels, Thriller
November 21, 2012
COMPELLING NEW HISTORY of the Amistad uprising: deeply revelatory about the lives of its African leaders.
Grade: A MINUS
THE AMISTAD REBELLION: AN ATLANTIC ODYSSEY OF SLAVERY AND FREEDOM
Penguin
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary