REDEPLOYMENT by Phil Klay
AN IRAQ VETERAN’S FICTION captures terrors of battle, Marine camaraderie, and the chasm dividing war and home. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
REDEPLOYMENT
Penguin
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fiction, Military, Short Fiction
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AN IRAQ VETERAN’S FICTION captures terrors of battle, Marine camaraderie, and the chasm dividing war and home. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
REDEPLOYMENT
Penguin
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fiction, Military, Short Fiction
AN ENTERTAINING, INFORMATIVE HISTORY of navigational technology, from lodestones to satellites to GPS. SOLID B
Grade: SOLID B
YOU ARE HERE: FROM THE COMPASS TO THE GPS, THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF HOW WE FIND OURSELVES
Basic Books
2014
Tags: Geography, History of Science, Military History, Non-Fiction, Science, Solid B Reviews, Technology
REDISCOVERED FRENCH CLASSIC captures the spirit of 1950s Paris, alienation of soldiers in the Algerian War. A MINUS
Grade: A MINUS
ON LEAVE: A NOVEL
Faber and Faber
2014
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Algerian War, France, Military, Novels
A ROMANCE EDITOR’S COMIC saga of a less-than-novel-worthy love life, until she found her happily ever after. SOLID B
Grade: SOLID B
ROMANCE IS MY DAY JOB: A MEMOIR OF FINDING LOVE AT LAST
Dutton
2014
Tags: Love and Relationships, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
A GRUESOME MURDER IN GHANA uncovers tangled family and national politics. Vivid setting, strong characters. B PLUS
MURDER AT CAPE THREE POINTS
Soho Crime
2014
Tags: Africa, African Writers, Ghana, Mystery, Novels
A CANDID, RUEFUL MEMOIR of a difficult family life made harder by a brother’s addiction and mental illness. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
THE SPLENDID THINGS WE PLANNED: A FAMILY PORTRAIT
W. W. Norton & Company
2014
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, B Plus Reviews, Family, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction
ACTION-PACKED URBAN FANTASY set in an enchanted New York City, where supernatural beings prowl Central Park. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
SEPIA BLUE: RISE OF THE NIGHT
Self-Published
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, New York City, Novels, Self-Publisher Sundays, Thriller
AN UNEXPECTEDLY HILARIOUS CANCER memoir with a lot of heart and some practical advice. Warm and bro-funny. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
SHRINKAGE: MANHOOD, MARRIAGE, AND THE TUMOR THAT TRIED TO KILL ME
St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Cancer, Health, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
A CHINESE-CANADIAN FAMILY, RIVEN by a father’s desire for control and his children’s search for identity. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
FOR TODAY I AM A BOY
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Canada, LGBTQ Interest, Novels