Posts tagged with ‘B Plus Reviews’
February 17, 2012
PUZZLE LADY CORA Felton sleuths again, in a mystery that involves blackmail, puzzles, and one of her many exes.
Grade: B PLUS
$10,000 IN SMALL, UNMARKED PUZZLES
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Mystery, Novels
February 12, 2012
A WOMAN’S PAINFUL tale of clashes with her folks’ anti-medicine Christian Science beliefs, and her mom’s cancer.
Grade: B PLUS
FATHERMOTHERGOD: MY JOURNEY OUT OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Crown
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Christian Science, Health, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
February 10, 2012
INSIGHTFUL, INFORMATIVE LOOK at a multifaceted conflict in rural India from novelist/activist Arundhati Roy.
Grade: B PLUS
WALKING WITH THE COMRADES
Penguin
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, India, Non-Fiction, Politics
February 7, 2012
ANOTHER WITTY COZY in Simon Brett’s Fethering series, as his 60-something lady sleuths take on the UK art world.
Grade: B PLUS
GUNS IN THE GALLERY
Creme de la Crime
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
February 3, 2012
THE GREAT BERYL BAINBRIDGE’S final novel is a haunting (if uneven) tale of two misfits caught up in history.
Grade: B PLUS
THE GIRL IN THE POLKA DOT DRESS
Europa Editions
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels
January 29, 2012
CHUCK PALAHNIUK’S LATEST: a scary, funny, satirical trip to Hell with a smart, sassy Veruca Salt-esque heroine. B PLUS
DAMNED
Doubleday
2011
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
January 28, 2012
CHUCK PALAHNIUK’S LATEST: a scary, funny, satirical trip to Hell with a smart, sassy Veruca Salt-esque heroine.
Grade: B PLUS
DAMNED
Doubleday
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Horror, Novels
January 27, 2012
HAUNTING, COMPLEX HORROR and fantasy tales offer a sophisticated take on race, culture, and the power of legend.
Grade: B PLUS
LET'S PLAY WHITE
Apex
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Fantasy, Horror, Short Stories