MAKE ME A MOTHER by Susanne Antonetta
A PASSIONATE, THOUGHTFUL ADOPTION memoir shares joys and challenges of transracial, transcultural parenting. B PLUS
MAKE ME A MOTHER
W. W. Norton & Company
2014
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
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A PASSIONATE, THOUGHTFUL ADOPTION memoir shares joys and challenges of transracial, transcultural parenting. B PLUS
MAKE ME A MOTHER
W. W. Norton & Company
2014
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
ANOTHER BRILLIANT GLASGOW noir from Christopher Brookmyre. Not to be missed by crime-fiction aficionados! A MINUS
BRED IN THE BONE
Atlantic Monthly Press
2014
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews
ANOTHER BRILLIANT GLASGOW noir from Christopher Brookmyre. Not to be missed by crime-fiction aficionados! A MINUS
Grade: A MINUS
BRED IN THE BONE
Atlantic Monthly Press
2014
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Scotland
A SNARKY COUNTERCULTURE SATIRE is packed with fun classical and pop-media references, a bit too much plot. SOLID B
Grade: SOLID B
RESURRECTING CYBELE
Self-Published
2014
Tags: Fantasy, Humor, Novels, Self-Publisher Sundays, Solid B Reviews
AN ELUSIVE HAUNTING at the intersection of art and life sparks a story of love and loss inspired by REBECCA. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
ALENA
Riverhead
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Suspense
CHATTY, CATTY HUMOR targets the stresses and anxieties of midlife, middle-class moms. Wry, but warmhearted! SOLID B
Grade: SOLID B
I SEE YOU MADE AN EFFORT: COMPLIMENTS, INDIGNITIES, AND SURVIVAL STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF 50
Blue Rider Press
2014
Tags: Humor, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Women's Interest
A QUIRKY EXISTENTIAL FABLE of a corporate drone who writes a happiness survey. Surrealism, bleak wit abound. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
WHY ARE YOU SO SAD?
Plume
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
A COMPLEX, UNEASY THRILLER with a likable protagonist, but a far too tangled web of suspects and motives. B MINUS
THE WATCHER : A NOVEL OF CRIME
Pegasus Books
2014
Grade: B MINUS
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Thriller
A SIMPLE, ELEGANT NOVEL set in a quiet Tokyo quarter traces a couple’s growing affection for a neighbor cat. B PLUS
THE GUEST CAT
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2014
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Japan, Japanese Writers, Novels
THE EARLY YEARS OF CRYONICS, in all their improvisatory cowboy chaos, described by a founding enthusiast. SOLID B
FREEZING PEOPLE IS (NOT) EASY : MY ADVENTURES IN CRYONICS
Lyons Press
2014
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Cryonics, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews