Posts tagged with ‘Novels’
July 6, 2012
CHARMING JANE AUSTENESQUE fantasy, set in a world where magic is an art form. Second in a delightful series!
Grade: B PLUS
GLAMOUR IN GLASS
Tom Doherty Associates
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels
July 3, 2012
DELIGHTFUL SUPERNATURAL SPY thriller hits the sweet spot between X-Men and le Carré. Great #beachread!
Grade: B PLUS
THE ROOK: ON HER MAJESTY'S SUPERNATURAL SECRET SERVICE
Little, Brown
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Novels, Thriller
July 1, 2012
SWEDISH POLICE DETECTIVE Inspector Irene Huss solves a complex series of murders. Crisp, suspenseful mystery!
Grade: B PLUS
NIGHT ROUNDS
Soho Crime
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
June 29, 2012
SCIENCE FICTION-FLAVORED spy thriller stars a hapless math Ph. D student on the run from shadowy agents. Fun!
Grade: SOLID B
THE COINCIDENCE ENGINE
Crown
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
June 27, 2012
A LONDON WOMAN’S unexpected, life-changing reunion with her Nigerian birth mother–thoughtful, touching novel.
Grade: SOLID B
BEING LARA
William Morrow
2012
Tags: Black Writers, England, London, Nigeria, Novels, Solid B Reviews
June 26, 2012
SERIAL-KILLER SUSPENSE meets time-travel science fiction: plot is intriguing, but characters less so, alas.
Grade: SOLID B
THE MAN FROM PRIMROSE LANE
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sarah Crichton Books
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Suspense
June 24, 2012
SWEEPING HISTORICAL NOVEL tells the story of Catherine the Great’s rise to the Russian throne. Engrossing!
Grade: B PLUS
THE WINTER PALACE: A NOVEL OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
Random House
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Russia
June 23, 2012
A COLLEGE STUDENT’S SUMMER vacation centers on family and personal crises in this smart, thoughtful novel.
Grade: SOLID B
SAVING RUTH
William Morrow
2012
Tags: Novels, Solid B Reviews, Women's Fiction
June 21, 2012
LYRICAL, TROUBLING NOVEL follows a girl dreaming of escape from generations of grueling poverty and abuse.
Grade: A MINUS
GIRLCHILD
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Novels, Women's Issues
June 20, 2012
COMPLEX, BORGESIAN TALE told in the form of a tour guide to another world has spooky, dreamlike charm to offer.
Grade: SOLID B
THE ISLANDERS
Gollancz
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews