Posts tagged with ‘Solid B Reviews’
January 24, 2013
UNUSUAL, HIGHLY CANDID memoir from a woman whose husband of only one month was jailed for shocking crimes.
Grade: SOLID B
THROUGH THE GLASS
Gallery Books
2012
Tags: Canada, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
January 23, 2013
INSIDE THE WORLD of online media spin doctoring with one of its early gurus. Cynical but enlightening.
Grade: SOLID B
TRUST ME, I'M LYING: CONFESSIONS OF A MEDIA MANIPULATOR
Penguin
2012
Tags: Business, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social Media, Solid B Reviews
January 19, 2013
INSPIRING TRUE STORY of a young prodigy and her chess coach, both from one of Uganda’s most impoverished slums.
Grade: SOLID B
THE QUEEN OF KATWE: A STORY OF LIFE, CHESS, AND ONE EXTRAORDINARY GIRL'S DREAM OF BECOMING A GRANDMASTER
Scribner
2012
Tags: Africa, Biography, Chess, Children, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Uganda, Women's Issues
January 15, 2013
CRACKLING STEAMPUNK THRILLER mashes up literary references, alchemy, clockwork robots, and lots of other fun.
Grade: SOLID B
THE CONSTANTINE AFFLICTION
Night Shade Books
2012
Tags: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
January 14, 2013
WITH INSIGHTS FROM new research and recently opened archives, a fresh biography of Rasputin reveals much.
Grade: SOLID B
RASPUTIN: THE UNTOLD STORY
Wiley
2012
Tags: Biography, History, Non-Fiction, Rasputin, Russia, Social History, Solid B Reviews
January 13, 2013
AN ENGLISH LADY SLEUTH investigates an early 20th century murder in Venice, unravels a 15th century mystery.
Grade: SOLID B
DEATH IN THE FLOATING CITY: A LADY EMILY MYSTERY
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Italy, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Venice
January 11, 2013
ADMIRABLY COMPREHENSIVE, ENTERTAINING social history of marijuana makes some solid points about public policy.
Grade: SOLID B
SMOKE SIGNALS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF MARIJUANA
Scribner
2012
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, Health, History, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
January 10, 2013
A REPORTER BATTLING inner demons investigates a murder, interviews sex offenders. Vivid New Orleans details.
Grade: SOLID B
HELL OR HIGH WATER
St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
January 9, 2013
OFFBEAT, DARK SATIRE about a little Russian boy afflicted with hiccups and the odd ducks who try to cure him.
Grade: SOLID B
THE LAST HICCUP
ECW Press
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Russia, Solid B Reviews
January 8, 2013
FAST-PACED FUTURE THRILLER revolves around an experimental drug that can be used for mind control. Chilling!
Grade: SOLID B
NEXUS
Angry Robot
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller