DEEP STATE, by Walter Jon Williams
MASSIVE ONLINE GAMES collide with real-world politics in this technothriller from the great Walter Jon Williams.
Grade: B PLUS
DEEP STATE
Orbit
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction
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MASSIVE ONLINE GAMES collide with real-world politics in this technothriller from the great Walter Jon Williams.
Grade: B PLUS
DEEP STATE
Orbit
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction
BREEZY, OPEN-HEARTED memoir centers around yoga as a metaphor for life; introspection is balanced by light tone.
Grade: B PLUS
POSER: MY LIFE IN TWENTY-THREE YOGA POSES
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
A PICARESQUE FUTURE TEXAS, plus riotgrrl gene splicers, mutant rabbits, vampires, and online revolutions = fun!
Grade: B PLUS
REVOLUTION WORLD
Night Shade Books
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction
SNARKY, ODDLY SWEET memoir of a young woman’s days in the nerds-gone-Damon Runyon world of sports betting.
Grade: SOLID B
LAY THE FAVORITE
Spiegel & Grau
2010
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
LIGHT-HEARTED COMPENDIUM of facts about science and superstition in ancient Greece and Rome is surprising fun.
Grade: SOLID B
HOW TO MELLIFY A CORPSE: AND OTHER HUMAN STORIES OF ANCIENT SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION
Walker & Company
2010
Tags: History, History of Science, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
ENJOYABLE EDWARDIAN WHODUNNIT features an aristocratic detective, a dead foxhunting Earl, and a juicy mystery.
Grade: SOLID B
DEATH IN A SCARLET COAT
Soho/Constable
2011
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
ANGRY, ELOQUENT novel explores families through the eyes of a young Irishman working as a caregiver in New York.
Grade: B PLUS
THE COMPANION
Europa Editions
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
SPOOKY, ATMOSPHERIC, STYLISH novel about obsession and family–BRIDESHEAD REVISITED times THE SECRET HISTORY!
Grade: A MINUS
THE POISON TREE
Viking/Pamela Dorman Books
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Suspense
GRAND TUDOR EPIC is also a tightly plotted mystery/thriller, and sheer page-turning delight for history buffs!
Grade: B PLUS
HEARTSTONE
Viking
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels, Thriller
ROMANCE IS ALMOST an afterthought in this sweet, charming chick-lit book that celebrates grandmotherly love.
Grade: SOLID B
THE SECRET LIVES OF DRESSES
Grand Central Publishing
2011
Tags: Novels, Solid B Reviews, Women's Fiction