Book reviews and more!

You are browsing the archive for September2017

THE DELIRIUM BRIEF (HARDCOVER) by Charles Stross

September 28, 2017

CIVIL SERVANT AND SORCERER Bob Howard and his occult gov’t cohort vs. the greatest evil yet—privatization. B PLUS

THE DELIRIUM BRIEF (HARDCOVER)
Tor.com
2017

Grade: B PLUS

Tags:

PREGNANT FUTURE by Joy Lo-Bamijoko

September 25, 2017

A BRAVE, DETERMINED WOMAN from rural Nigeria studies in early 1960s Rome, then returns home. Vividly written! B PLUS

PREGNANT FUTURE: NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING
Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko
2017

Grade: B PLUS

Tags:

BANNERLESS by Carrie Vaughn

September 22, 2017

POST-APOCALYPTIC DETECTIVE STORY follows a determined investigator through a ruined California. Intense! B PLUS

BANNERLESS
John Joseph Adams/Mariner Books
2017

Grade: B PLUS

Tags:

STAY WITH ME (HARDCOVER) by Ayobami Adebayo

September 21, 2017

A NIGERIAN FAMILY’S TRAGEDIES, set against a backdrop of national turmoil. Heartbreaking, beautiful novel. B PLUS

STAY WITH ME (HARDCOVER)
Knopf Publishing Group
2017

Grade: B PLUS

Tags:

THE PUNCH ESCROW by Tal M. Klein

September 18, 2017

BRILLIANT SCIENCE-FICTION THRILLER! Ingenious plot revolves around teleportation and its discontents. A MINUS

THE PUNCH ESCROW
Inkshares
2017

Grade: A MINUS

Tags:

FINKS by Joel Whitney

September 15, 2017

EYE-OPENING, METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED account of the CIA’s Cold War meddling in the literary world. A MINUS

FINKS: HOW THE C.I.A. TRICKED THE WORLD’S BEST WRITERS
OR Books
2017

Grade: A MINUS

Tags:

THE IMPOSSIBLE FAIRY TALE (PAPERBACK) by Yu-Ju Han

September 13, 2017

PERPLEXINGLY LOVELY NOVEL tells a story of two young girls in South Korea, and a story of writing that story. B PLUS

THE IMPOSSIBLE FAIRY TALE (PAPERBACK)
Graywolf Press
2017

Grade: B PLUS

Tags:

MAGPIE MURDERS (HARDCOVER) by Anthony Horowitz

September 6, 2017

WONDERFULLY PLOTTED, WITTY English mystery bridges 20th and 21st century styles. Glorious page-turner! A MINUS

MAGPIE MURDERS (HARDCOVER)
Harper
2017

Grade: A MINUS

Tags:

UNF*CK YOUR HABITAT by Rachel Hoffman

September 3, 2017

NO-NONSENSE, THOUGHTFUL, BLISSFULLY pottymouthed guide to cleaning and organizing has solid advice, laughs. B PLUS

UNF*CK YOUR HABITAT : YOU’RE BETTER THAN YOUR MESS
St. Martin’s Griffin
2017

Grade: B PLUS

Tags:

WOOLLY by Ben Mezrich

September 1, 2017

RE-ENGINEERING THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH? Inside a geneticist’s quest to recreate an extinct species. Fascinating! B PLUS

WOOLLY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE QUEST TO REVIVE ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST ICONIC EXTINCT CREATURES (HARDCOVER)
Atria Books
2017

Grade: B PLUS

Tags: