AN AVAILABLE MAN, by Hilma Wolitzer
WARM-HEARTED, THOUGHTFUL NOVEL follows an introspective man through his first year of widowerhood into new love.
Grade: B PLUS
AN AVAILABLE MAN
Ballantine
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
WARM-HEARTED, THOUGHTFUL NOVEL follows an introspective man through his first year of widowerhood into new love.
Grade: B PLUS
AN AVAILABLE MAN
Ballantine
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
WHIMSICAL BIOGRAPHY OF a quirky, little-known English mathematical genius and public transportation advocate.
Grade: B MINUS
SIMON: THE GENIUS IN MY BASEMENT
Delacorte
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Biography, Mathematics, Non-Fiction
A GROUP OF LONDONERS’ lives are changed by a chance event in this delightfully complex comedy of manners.
Grade: B PLUS
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Viking
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
NUCLEAR, EXISTENTIAL, PARANORMAL horror combine in this evocative novel set in Los Alamos and the NM wilds.
Grade: SOLID B
CURSE THE NAMES
Akashic Books
2011
Tags: Horror, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
TAUT DANISH THRILLER follows an abducted toddler and his Red Cross nurse rescuer on the run. Chilling!
Grade: SOLID B
THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE
Soho Crime
2011
Tags: Novels, Solid B Reviews, Suspense, Thriller
VIVID PICTURES OF the revolutionary Emma Goldman shine in a short, beautifully-crafted bio by Vivian Gornick.
Grade: SOLID B
EMMA GOLDMAN: REVOLUTION AS A WAY OF LIFE
Yale University Press
2011
Tags: Biography, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Public Policy, Solid B Reviews
LITERARY MEETS NOIR in Percival Everett’s latest novel, a complex and playful twist on police procedurals.
Grade: B PLUS
ASSUMPTION
Graywolf Press
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Experimental Fiction, Mystery, Novels
FOLK-POP ICON Suzzy Roche’s debut novel has all the charm, heart, and wild surrealist humor of her music.
Grade: B PLUS
WAYWARD SAINTS
Hyperion
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
THE SECRET WORLD OF SHARKS comes alive in this easy-going, anecdotal, but thoroughly researched book.
Grade: SOLID B
DEMON FISH: TRAVELS THROUGH THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SHARKS
Pantheon
2011
Tags: Nature Writing, Non-Fiction, Science Writing, Solid B Reviews
CHATTY, IRREVERENT HISTORY of typeface design is delightful fun for font nerds and neophytes alike.
Grade: SOLID B
JUST MY TYPE: A BOOK ABOUT FONTS
Penguin
2011
Tags: Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Visual Arts