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November 20, 2012
ATMOSPHERIC HISTORICAL NOVEL set in an 1850s English mental hospital is rich in vivid Victorian period detail.
Grade: SOLID B
THE PAINTED BRIDGE
Charles Scribner and Sons
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews
November 19, 2012
IMPRESSIVE NEW BIOGRAPHY of the Brontës reveals much about father and brother as well as the famous sisters.
Grade: B PLUS
THE BRONTES: WILD GENIUS ON THE MOORS: THE STORY OF A LITERARY FAMILY
Pegasus Books
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biography, England, Literary History, Non-Fiction
November 18, 2012
DELIGHTFULLY OVER-THE-TOP chick-lit confection is also a satire of celebrity culture with a touch of magic!
Grade: B PLUS
SEMI-CHARMED LIFE
St. Martin's/Griffin
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Novels, Women's Fiction
November 17, 2012
INGENIOUSLY PLOTTED, DEFTLY characterized novel follows a high-profile murder case and its impact on a family.
Grade: B PLUS
THE CHILD WHO...
Penguin
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Thriller
November 16, 2012
KEENLY OBSERVED, IMPECCABLY crafted cultural satire revolves around an expat writer and his would-be patrons.
Grade: B PLUS
MENAGE
Other Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
November 15, 2012
CHARMING, OPEN-HEARTED MEMOIR of a writer’s new marriage, religious reawakening, and breast cancer experience.
Grade: SOLID B
DOES THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK FAT? A MENNONITE FINDS FAITH, MEETS MR. RIGHT, AND SOLVES HER LADY PROBLEMS
Grand Central
2012
Tags: Health, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Solid B Reviews
November 14, 2012
MUTANT PSYCHICS BATTLE for control of a post-apocalyptic Earth and its space colony. Lots of action!
Grade: B MINUS
TERMINAL POINT: A STRYKERS SYNDICATE NOVEL
St. Martin's
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller
November 13, 2012
FIRST-PERSON STORIES of people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria paint a nuanced picture of the disease’s impact.
Grade: B PLUS
OUR KIND OF PEOPLE: A CONTINENT'S CHALLENGE, A COUNTRY'S HOPE
Harper
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, Nigeria, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social and Cultural Commentary
November 12, 2012
DASHING HISTORICAL IS crammed a bit too full, with kinky sex and psychic powers atop court intrigue, battles.
Grade: B MINUS
THE GENERAL'S MISTRESS
Gallery Books
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, France, Historical Fiction, Novels, Paranormal
November 11, 2012
A MARVELOUSLY ENJOYABLE TOUR of so-called “living fossils”—the world’s oldest (and strangest) organisms.
Grade: A MINUS
HORSESHOE CRABS AND VELVET WORMS: THE STORY OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAT TIME HAS LEFT BEHIND
Knopf
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Nature Writing, Non-Fiction, Paleontology, Science