Posts tagged with ‘B Plus Reviews’
March 5, 2011
LINKED NARRATIVES tell the history of a space project, its human (and artificial intelligence) pioneers. Fun!
Grade: B PLUS
THE OUROBOROS WAVE
Haikasoru Books
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Japanese Writers, Novels, Science Fiction
March 2, 2011
TUDOR COURT INTRIGUE swirls as a conflicted young hero makes his way in the world. Nothing new here, but fun!
Grade: B PLUS
THE TUDOR SECRET
St. Martin's/Griffin
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels
February 28, 2011
AMERICA’S OBSESSION with money explored through quirky biographies of 18th and 19th- century counterfeiters.
Grade: B PLUS
MONEYMAKERS
Penguin
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biography, History, Non-Fiction, United States
February 27, 2011
CULTURE CLASHES, NANOTECHNOLOGY are flashpoints for this suspenseful SF novel set in a near-future Istanbul.
Grade: B PLUS
THE DERVISH HOUSE
Pyr
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, SF, Suspense
February 25, 2011
THE FUNNIEST BOOK yet about sleep disorders! A comedian’s jokey, frank memoir of these and other challenges.
Grade: B PLUS
SLEEPWALK WITH ME
Simon and Schuster
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, Humor, Memoirs
February 24, 2011
DELIGHTFUL HISTORICAL ADVENTURE continues Lauren Willig’s series of spy romps with strong, smart heroines.
Grade: B PLUS
THE ORCHID AFFAIR
Dutton
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Women's Fiction
February 23, 2011
DAVE BARRY does his Dave Barry thing. Highlights: a hilarious TWILIGHT parody; a guide to ridiculous dogs.
Grade: B PLUS
I'LL MATURE WHEN I'M DEAD
Penguin
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Non-Fiction
February 20, 2011
BRUTALLY CANDID, SNARKILY funny memoir of an anxious childhood in 1970s North Carolina.
Grade: B PLUS
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Riverhead
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
February 18, 2011
VIVID, RAUCOUS, CYNICAL novel depicts a group of energy traders’ professional and personal shenanigans.
Grade: B PLUS
SHORT
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
February 17, 2011
THE IMPACT OF AIDS in Botswana, highlighted in moving personal stories and updates on medical, policy advances.
Grade: B PLUS
SATURDAY IS FOR FUNERALS
Harvard University Press
2010
Tags: Africa, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Health, Non-Fiction, Writers of Color