Posts tagged with ‘Solid B Reviews’
November 15, 2012
CHARMING, OPEN-HEARTED MEMOIR of a writer’s new marriage, religious reawakening, and breast cancer experience.
Grade: SOLID B
DOES THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK FAT? A MENNONITE FINDS FAITH, MEETS MR. RIGHT, AND SOLVES HER LADY PROBLEMS
Grand Central
2012
Tags: Health, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Solid B Reviews
November 8, 2012
BACK TO THE TUDORS with Carolly Erickson for a lively novel about Catherine Howard, the 5th Mrs. Henry VIII.
Grade: SOLID B
THE UNFAITHFUL QUEEN: A NOVEL OF HENRY VIII'S FIFTH WIFE
St. Martin's
2012
Tags: Catherine Howard, England, Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews
November 7, 2012
A SURPRISING DEATH in a North Wales town is investigated by a manicurist sleuth. Interesting cozy, setting.
Grade: SOLID B
A SMALL HILL TO DIE ON: A PENNY BRANNIGAN MYSTERY
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Wales
November 5, 2012
THE DEEP BOND BETWEEN humans and horses, and the beauty of Wyoming’s open spaces, both captured eloquently.
Grade: SOLID B
BOLETO
Graywolf Press
2012
Tags: Novels, Solid B Reviews
November 4, 2012
GRANDLY SPRAWLING HISTORICAL novel follows the abdication of Edward VIII from both “upstairs” and “downstairs”.
Grade: SOLID B
ABDICATION
Atria
2012
Tags: England, Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews
November 3, 2012
MURDER AND COURT INTRIGUE play out against a vivid backdrop of feudal Japan; well-crafted historical whodunit.
Grade: SOLID B
THE INCENSE GAME: A NOVEL OF FEUDAL JAPAN
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Japan, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
November 1, 2012
THE HARDSCRABBLE WORLD of Pakistan’s “untouchable” Christians is the setting for this vividly imagined novel.
Grade: SOLID B
OUR LADY OF ALICE BHATTI
Knopf Doubleday
2012
Tags: Novels, Pakistan, Pakistani Writers, Religion and Spirituality, Solid B Reviews
October 31, 2012
THE “GOLDEN AGE” 8th-century Islamic empire of Harun al-Rashid, and its impact on today’s world. Enlightening!
Grade: SOLID B
THE CALIPH'S SPLENDOR: ISLAM AND THE WEST IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF BAGHDAD
Simon and Schuster
2012
Tags: Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid, History, Islam, Middle East, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
October 30, 2012
THE MADCAP BLACKBIRD SISTERS solve their eighth mystery! It’s a doozy: dead greataunt, looted mansion, and all.
Grade: SOLID B
NO WAY TO KILL A LADY: A BLACKBIRD SISTERS MYSTERY
Penguin
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
October 28, 2012
A CLOCKMAKER STUMBLES upon a mysterious device and is pursued by shadowy forces in this wild, quirky thriller.
Grade: SOLID B
ANGELMAKER
Knopf Doubleday
2012
Tags: Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller