THE ODDS, by Stewart O’Nan
BITTERSWEET PARABLE OF midlife crisis follows a couple risking their finances and marriage in one last gamble.
Grade: B PLUS
THE ODDS: A LOVE STORY
Viking
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
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BITTERSWEET PARABLE OF midlife crisis follows a couple risking their finances and marriage in one last gamble.
Grade: B PLUS
THE ODDS: A LOVE STORY
Viking
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
ENGAGING LOOK INSIDE the recent rebirth of Argentina’s wine industry; fun for aficionados and casual sippers!
Grade: B PLUS
THE VINEYARD AT THE END OF THE WORLD: MAVERICK WINEMAKERS AND THE REBIRTH OF MALBEC
W. W. Norton
2012
Tags: Argentina, B Plus Reviews, Non-Fiction, Social History, Wine and Spirits Writing
GRIM, ATMOSPHERIC TALE traces the impact of Nazi occupation on the island of Guernsey, and on one girl’s family.
Grade: B PLUS
THE BOOK OF LIES
Harper Perennial
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, World War II
CHARMING HISTORICAL MYSTERY with a just pre-Regency English setting and an appealing heroine/sleuth is good fun.
Grade: B PLUS
THE GILDED SHROUD
Penguin
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
BEAUTIFULLY NUANCED, POETIC essays on art, life, culture, and a black woman’s experience from Ntozake Shange.
Grade: B PLUS
LOST IN LANGUAGE & SOUND: OR HOW I FOUND MY WAY TO THE ARTS
St. Martin's
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Cultural History, Literary History, Non-Fiction, Women's Issues
EXHAUSTIVELY RESEARCHED INVESTIGATION of how Nazi war criminals escaped justice is shocking and comprehensive.
Grade: B PLUS
NAZIS ON THE RUN: HOW HITLER'S HENCHMEN FLED JUSTICE
Oxford University Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, World War II
FASCINATING TRUE TALES of the scholars, zealots, and eccentrics who have searched for an actual Garden of Eden.
Grade: B PLUS
PARADISE LUST: SEARCHING FOR THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Grove Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social History
THOUGHTFUL, COMPLEX NOVEL traces a relationship from its start as a brief affair to the end of two marriages.
Grade: B PLUS
THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ
W. W. Norton
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
THE LATEST DISCWORLD TALE! Delightful adventure, as Commander Sam Vimes takes on the cause of goblins’ rights.
Grade: B PLUS
SNUFF: A NOVEL OF DISCWORLD
HarperCollins
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Humor, Novels
CARRIE FISHER’S LATEST tell-all is more candid than ever, with revelations about her parents and celeb friends.
Grade: B PLUS
SHOCKAHOLIC
Simon & Schuster
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Hollywood, Memoirs, Non-Fiction