Posts tagged with ‘Novels’
October 20, 2012
POWERFUL, DELICATELY SKETCHED portrait of an Ojibwe family in crisis, through the eyes of a 13-year-old boy.
Grade: A MINUS
THE ROUND HOUSE
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, Native American Indian Writers, Novels, Ojibwe
October 18, 2012
UNUSUAL HISTORICAL DRAMA revolves around the smuggling trade that trafficked Flemish lace into 1630s France.
Grade: B MINUS
THE RUINS OF LACE
Sourcebooks
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Belgium, Flanders, France, Historical Fiction, Novels
October 17, 2012
QUIETLY COMPELLING NOVEL focuses on a Nigerian expatriate in London, and her sense of alienation even at home.
Grade: B PLUS
A BIT OF DIFFERENCE
Interlink Publishing Group
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Nigeria, Nigerian Writers, Novels
October 16, 2012
VIVID CONTEMPORARY FANTASY follows a detective’s search for her missing partner. Scary creatures, noir zing!
Grade: B PLUS
HIDDEN THINGS
Harper Voyager
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Novels
October 15, 2012
A FILIPINA HEIRESS TURNED revolutionary takes center stage in a novel marvelously evocative of the Marcos era.
Grade: A MINUS
GUN DEALERS' DAUGHTER
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Filipino and Filipina Writers, Novels, Philippines
October 12, 2012
POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER’S ANTIHERO is amnesiac, recently unfrozen—still a quintessentially noir detective.
Grade: B PLUS
IMMOBILITY
Tor
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller
October 11, 2012
CHARMING COMEDY OF MANNERS finds four Indian expats to the US dealing with midlife crises, culture clashes.
Grade: SOLID B
THE INVITATION
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: Novels, Solid B Reviews
October 10, 2012
GRANDLY TOPICAL APOCALYPSE in the Michael Crichton tradition features Mayan predictions of 2012 doom come true.
Grade: SOLID B
12.21: A NOVEL
The Dial Press
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
October 8, 2012
TOP-NOTCH IRISH MYSTERY centers on a family killing and the troubled detective investigating the deaths.
Grade: B PLUS
BROKEN HARBOR
Viking
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
October 7, 2012
JUICY COURT INTRIGUE, this time revolving around Napoleon’s second wife, Maria Luisa of Austria. Delightful!
Grade: SOLID B
THE SECOND EMPRESS: A NOVEL OF NAPOLEON'S COURT
Crown
2012
Tags: France, Historical Fiction, Napoleon, Novels, Solid B Reviews