January 26th, 2012
PEOPLE Book Review Index, 2012
Reviews from Jan. 2012 through the current issue
People does not offer an online index to their reviews, so we’ve created one here.
People archives the complete issues on the site, generally one week after publication. Links from the dates are to the book section for that issue; title links are to information from the publishers’ catalogs.
Link to past indices below:
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2/20
Bringing Up Bebe, Pamela Druckerman, Penguin, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Flight of Gemma Hardy, Margot Livesey, Harper, 3 of 4 stars
Home Front, Kristin Hannah, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 3.5 of 4 stars
All There Is, Dave Isay, Penguin, 3 of 4 stars
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, Penguin/Dutton, 4 of 4 stars & labeled a “Buzz Book,”
2/13
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai Undercity, Katherine Boo, Random House, 4 of 4 and a People Pick
Bond Girl, Erin Duffy(HarperCollins/Morrow), 3 of 4 stars
Defending Jacob, William Landay(RH/Delacorte; Blackstone Audio; Thorndike Large Print), 3 of 4 stars
Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir, Doron Weber, S&S, 3.5 of 4 stars
2/6
Heft, Liz Moore, Norton, 3.5 of 4 stars
Crazy Enough, Storm Large, S&S/Free Press, 4 of 4 stars
Passing Love, Jacqueline E. Lockett, Hachette/Grand Central, 3.5 of 4 stars
The World We Found, Thrity Umriger, Harper, 3.5 of 4 stars
1/30
Book Excerpt
Fairy Tale Interrupted, Rosemarie Terenzio, S&S/Gallery
Quiet, Susan Cain, RH/Crown, 3.5 of 4 stars
There Is No Dog, Meg Rosoff, Penguin/Putnam, 4 of 4 stars
How It All Began, Penelope Lively, Penguin/Viking, 3.5 of 4 stars
MWF Seeking BFF, Rachel Bertsche, RH/Ballantine, 3 of 4 stars
Believing the Lie, Elizabeth George, Penguin/Dutton, 3.5 of 4 stars
A Chance in the World, Steve Pemberton, Thomas Nelson, 3.5 of 4 stars
American Dervish, Ayad Akhtar, 3.5 of 4 stars
Kayak Morning, Roger Rosenblatt, 4 of 4 stars
The Invisible Ones, Stef Penney, 3.5 of 4 stars
From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant, Alex Gilvarry, 3 of 4 stars
The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch, S&S/Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Leopard by Jo Nesbo, RH/Knopf, 4 of 4 stars
The Magic Room by Jeffrey Zaslow, Penguin/Gotham, 3 of 4 stars
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin, Hachette/Little Brown, 3 of 4 stars
