April 13, 2012
THE UNTOLD STORY BEHIND the landmark gay rights decision in Lawrence v. Texas. Engaging and well researched!
Grade: B PLUS
FLAGRANT CONDUCT: THE STORY OF LAWRENCE V. TEXAS
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Legal History, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Texas, United States
April 12, 2012
DEATH AND TREACHERY among the glitterati! Plucky reporter/sleuth Bailey Weggins solves a supermodel’s murder.
Grade: SOLID B
SO PRETTY IT HURTS (A BAILEY WEGGINS MYSTERY)
Harper
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
April 11, 2012
AN ESCAPED SERIAL KILLER with charm and money to burn wreaks havoc in the lives of those who jailed him. Tense!
Grade: SOLID B
THE RETRIBUTION (TONY HILL AND CAROL JORDAN SERIES #7)
Grove Atlantic
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
April 10, 2012
POST-APOCALYPTIC DETECTIVE NOIR morphs cleverly into a suspenseful thriller with lots of action, complex plot.
Grade: SOLID B
THREE A. M.
Tor
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
April 9, 2012
CHATTY, ENGAGING BOOK summarizes what scientists know about the sun, as well as the history of solar astronomy.
Grade: SOLID B
THE SUN'S HEARTBEAT: AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF THE STAR THAT POWERS OUR PLANET
Little, Brown
2011
Tags: Astronomy, Astrophysics, History of Science, Non-Fiction, Science, Solid B Reviews
April 8, 2012
ENTHRALLING NOVEL TELLS the story of a 1950s Jane Eyre type, a brave and intellectually curious Scots orphan.
Grade: A MINUS
THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY
Harper
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Scotland
April 7, 2012
INSIDE GENE THERAPY research and clinical trials, with a focus on pioneering young patients and their outcomes.
Grade: SOLID B
THE FOREVER FIX: GENE THERAPY AND THE BOY WHO SAVED IT
St. Martin's Press
2012
Tags: History of Science, Medicine, Non-Fiction, Science, Solid B Reviews
April 6, 2012
COMPULSIVELY READABLE, STYLISH novel traces fifty years of friendship among well-heeled Manhattan women.
Grade: B PLUS
GOSSIP
William Morrow
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, New York City, Novels, Women's Fiction
April 5, 2012
JOHN HODGMAN’S UNIQUE blend of quasi-factoids and surrealist spoof trivia goes apocalyptic in his latest tome.
Grade: SOLID B
THAT IS ALL
Dutton
2011
Tags: Humor, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
April 4, 2012
TWISTED 21ST-CENTURY TAKE on the “humans made giant by radiation” horror/science fiction motif is a trip.
Grade: SOLID B
ENORMITY
Night Shade Books
2012
Tags: Horror, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews