Posts tagged with ‘New York City’
May 25, 2014
ACTION-PACKED URBAN FANTASY set in an enchanted New York City, where supernatural beings prowl Central Park. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
SEPIA BLUE: RISE OF THE NIGHT
Self-Published
2014
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, New York City, Novels, Self-Publisher Sundays, Thriller
April 14, 2014
A TRANSATLANTIC ROMANCE SET against the backdrops of music journalism in London, big finance in New York. SOLID B
FIX YOU
self-published
2014
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: London, New York City, Novels, Romance, Self-Publisher Sundays, Solid B Reviews, Women's Fiction
December 20, 2013
A MONTAGE OF MEMORIES, a love letter to New York; Roger Rosenblatt’s latest memoir is bittersweet, thoughtful. B PLUS
THE BOY DETECTIVE : A NEW YORK CHILDHOOD
Ecco Press
2013
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Memoirs, New York City, Non-Fiction
July 6, 2013
BITTERSWEET FAMILY DRAMA is rich in details of 1990s New York, strong on characterization. Great #beachread!
Grade: B PLUS
CLAUDIA SILVER TO THE RESCUE
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, New York City, Novels
May 15, 2013
GAMES, THEATER, MAGIC, and the tangled relationships of young Manhattan academics. Absorbing, complex novel.
Grade: A MINUS
THE MAGIC CIRCLE
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Tags: A Minus Reviews, New York City, Novels
May 14, 2013
URBAN EXPLORATION, FROM the catacombs of Paris to the bridges of New York, captured in an exciting memoir.
Grade: B PLUS
HIDDEN CITIES: TRAVELS TO THE SECRET CORNERS OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST METROPOLISES---A MEMOIR OF URBAN EXPLORATION
Penguin/Tarcher
2013
Tags: Architecture, B Plus Reviews, Brazil, History, London, New York City, Non-Fiction, Paris, Rome, Russia, Ukraine
April 16, 2013
COMPLETELY FASCINATING HISTORY of farming, production of food and drink in New York City past and present.
Grade: B PLUS
EAT THE CITY: A TALE OF THE FISHERS, FORAGERS, BUTCHERS, FARMERS, POULTRY MINDERS, SUGAR REFINERS, CANE CUTTERS, BEEKEEPERS, WINEMAKERS, AND BREWERS WHO BUILT NEW YORK
Crown
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Food Writing, History, New York City, Non-Fiction, Social History, Wine and Spirits Writing
April 12, 2013
DOMINICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER Raquel Cepeda explores her family history, her Latina identity in charming memoir.
Grade: B PLUS
BIRD OF PARADISE: HOW I BECAME LATINA
Simon and Schuster/Atria
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Dominican Republic, Latino and Latina Writers, Memoirs, New York City, Non-Fiction, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History
April 7, 2013
WITH A POET’S GRACE of language and her keenly observant eye, this New York memoir stands out from the crowd.
Grade: B PLUS
AN ENLARGED HEART: A PERSONAL HISTORY
Knopf Doubleday
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Literary History, Memoirs, New York City, Non-Fiction
March 31, 2013
GRITTY, SPOOKY, FANTASTICALLY well plotted New York police thriller from comics great Warren Ellis.
Grade: A MINUS
GUN MACHINE
Little, Brown/Mulholland Books
2013
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, New York City, Novels, Thriller