A SPLENDID HOUDINI ADVENTURE yarn, ingeniously wrapped in the story of a man losing his grip on reality. B PLUS

THE CONFABULIST : A NOVEL
Penguin Group US
2014

FROM CUPCAKES TO SUPERFOODS, an engaging look at how consumers, chefs, corporations, media shape food trends. B PLUS

THE TASTEMAKERS
PublicAffairs
2014

FROM CUPCAKES TO SUPERFOODS, an engaging look at how consumers, chefs, corporations, media shape food trends. B PLUS

A SPOOKY MODERN FAIRY TALE features a brave, precocious heroine, a talking dog, and a sinister rose garden. B PLUS

ROSEHEAD
CreateSpace Publishing
2014

A SPOOKY MODERN FAIRY TALE features a brave, precocious heroine, a talking dog, and a sinister rose garden. B PLUS

AN IRAQ VETERAN’S FICTION captures terrors of battle, Marine camaraderie, and the chasm dividing war and home. B PLUS

A CANDID, RUEFUL MEMOIR of a difficult family life made harder by a brother’s addiction and mental illness. B PLUS

ACTION-PACKED URBAN FANTASY set in an enchanted New York City, where supernatural beings prowl Central Park. B PLUS

AN UNEXPECTEDLY HILARIOUS CANCER memoir with a lot of heart and some practical advice. Warm and bro-funny. B PLUS

A CHINESE-CANADIAN FAMILY, RIVEN by a father’s desire for control and his children’s search for identity. B PLUS