THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST, by Nick Arvin
QUIETLY COMPELLING, EVOCATIVE novel about an accident investigator haunted by his brother’s early death.
Grade: B PLUS
THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST
Harper Perennial
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
Posts tagged with ‘B Plus Reviews’
QUIETLY COMPELLING, EVOCATIVE novel about an accident investigator haunted by his brother’s early death.
Grade: B PLUS
THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST
Harper Perennial
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
SEARINGLY PERSONAL, YET incisively analytical memoir of ovarian cancer from women’s studies star Susan Gubar.
Grade: B PLUS
MEMOIR OF A DEBULKED WOMAN: ENDURING OVARIAN CANCER
W. W. Norton and Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Women's Issues
THE EXTRAORDINARY LITERARY HISTORY of gay writers in America, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Grade: B PLUS
EMINENT OUTLAWS: THE GAY WRITERS WHO CHANGED AMERICA
Grand Central
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, LGBTQ Interest, Literary History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary
ENGROSSING ALTERNATE HISTORY thriller inverts the War on Terror in a parallel universe. Beautifully done!
Grade: B PLUS
THE MIRAGE
Harper
2012
Tags: Alternate History, B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller
FASCINATING TRUE STORY of a 1919 confidence game (and the victim’s revenge) sheds light on the history of scams.
Grade: B PLUS
THE MARK INSIDE: A PERFECT SWINDLE, A CUNNING REVENGE, AND A SMALL HISTORY OF THE BIG CON
Knopf
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History, Texas, True Crime, United States
THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN society on the evolution of other species, and vice versa, explored with admirable clarity.
Grade: B PLUS
EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY: UNITING HISTORY AND BIOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND LIFE ON EARTH
Cambridge University Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, History, History of Science, Non-Fiction, Science
MAGNIFICENTLY ENTERTAINING SOAP-OPERA tale of a woman finding a secret society/support group for spurned wives.
Grade: B PLUS
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
Kensington/Dafina
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Novels, Women's Fiction
GORGEOUS GRAPHIC NOVEL looks at three generations of the Irish-American experience through interlocking tales.
Grade: B PLUS
GONE TO AMERIKAY
Vertigo
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Ireland, New York City, Social and Cultural Commentary
CLEAR-EYED, CANDID, AND BEAUTIFULLY written, Bill Clegg’s memoir of recovery from addiction stirs the soul.
Grade: B PLUS
NINETY DAYS: A MEMOIR OF RECOVERY
Little, Brown
2012
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, B Plus Reviews, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction
IMPECCABLY RESEARCHED BIOGRAPHY of the fascinating 19th century American Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller.
Grade: B PLUS
THE LIVES OF MARGARET FULLER: A BIOGRAPHY
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biography, History, Literary History, Non-Fiction, United States, Women's Issues