1356, by Bernard Cornwell
MARVELOUS MEDIEVAL BATTLE yarn stars a knight who’s sly, brave, and just as moral a rogue as Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Grade: B PLUS
1356
HarperCollins
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Thriller
MARVELOUS MEDIEVAL BATTLE yarn stars a knight who’s sly, brave, and just as moral a rogue as Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Grade: B PLUS
1356
HarperCollins
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Thriller
FUGITIVE HUMANS ON a planet under the tyrannical rule of other alien species = deftly handled space thriller.
Grade: SOLID B
HARMONY
Rebellion/Solaris
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
RICH IN DETAIL and compassion, a gentle satire of surburban Jewish life revolves around a family in crisis.
Grade: SOLID B
THE MIDDLESTEINS
Grand Central
2012
Tags: Novels, Solid B Reviews
LIFE IN CUBA in the 70s and 80s, as captured in the diary of an intense young writer and artist. Fascinating.
Grade: B PLUS
EVERYONE LEAVES
Amazon Publishing
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Cuba, Cuban Writers, Latino and Latina Writers, Novels
A VERY NEW YORK story about a charming, disaffected teenager and his parents and their partners. Sweet.
Grade: SOLID B
THESE THINGS HAPPEN
Unbridled Books
2012
Tags: LGBTQ Interest, New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews
ATMOSPHERIC PARANORMAL THRILLER mixes a noir detective, some seriously spooky bad guys, and vivid Maine details.
Grade: B PLUS
THE WRATH OF ANGELS: A CHARLIE PARKER THRILLER
Atria
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Novels, Thriller
ELOQUENT, COMPASSIONATE WORK by a Polish physician and researcher links medicine with the arts and humanities.
Grade: A MINUS
KORE: ON SICKNESS, THE SICK, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUL OF MEDICINE
Counterpoint
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Art History, Health, History of Science, Literary History, Medicine, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History
HYPNOTICALLY ATMOSPHERIC NOVEL vividly limns pre-Revolutionary New York State, draws on history and legend. B PLUS
SEVEN LOCKS
Atria Books
2013
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
HYPNOTICALLY ATMOSPHERIC NOVEL vividly limns pre-Revolutionary New York State, draws on history and legend.
Grade: B PLUS
SEVEN LOCKS
Atria
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels
REAL LIFE ADVENTURE in the jungles of Honduras as a journalist searches for the fabled, long lost White City.
Grade: SOLID B
JUNGLELAND: A MYSTERIOUS LOST CITY, A WWII SPY, AND A TRUE STORY OF DEADLY ADVENTURE
HarperCollins
2013
Tags: History, Honduras, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, Travel Writing