December 31st, 2012
PEOPLE Book Review Index, 2012
People does not offer an online index to their reviews. Below is EarlyWord’s index to reviews from 2012 (link to our 2013 Book Reviews Index here).
The indices to previous years are archived here.
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12/31 Book Reviews
Top Ten Books
Five fiction, five nonfiction (with notes on appearances on other Top Ten lists)
1) Dear Life, Alice Munro, (RH/Knopf, short stories)
2) This Is How You Lose Her, Juno Diaz, (Penguin/Riverhead, fiction) — #10 on Time magazine Top Ten Fiction
3) The Age of Miracles, Karen Thompson Walker, (Random House, fiction)
4) Wild, Cheryl Strayed, (RH/Knopf, memoir) — #6 on Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction
5) Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, (RH/Crown, fiction) — #4 on USA Today‘s Top Ten
6) Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo, (Random House, nonfiction) – #10 on USA Today‘s Top Ten; one of five nonfiction titles on the NYT Book Reviews 10 Best Books; one of five nonfiction titles on the Washington Post’s 10 Best Books
7) Quiet, Susan Cain, (RH/Crown, nonfiction)
8) Bruce, Peter Ames Carlin. (Simon & Schuster, biography)
9) How Children Succeed, Paul Tough, (HMH, nonfiction)
10) Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple, (Hachette/Little Brown, fiction) — one of Entertainment Weekly’s Top Ten Fiction
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis, (RH/Knopf), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Child’s Child, Barbara Vine, (S&S/Scribner), 3.5 of 4 stars
Diary of a Stage Mother’s Daughter: A Memoir, Melissa Francis, 3 of 4 stars
Shiver, Karen Robards, (S&S/Gallery), 3 of 4 stars
Featured:
Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids, Ken Jennings, (S&S/Scribner)
Magnificence, Lydia Millet, 3.5 of 4 stars
Oddly Normal, John Schwartz, 3.5 of 4 stars
Heads in Beds, Jacob Tomsky, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Help, Thanks, Wow, Anne Lamott, 3.5 of 4 stars
Married Love, Tessa Hadley, 4 of 4 stars
Far from the Tree, Andrew Solomon, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Featured: Winter Cookbooks
Brain on Fire, Susannah Cahalan, 3.5 of 4 stars
Sweet Tooth, Ian McEwan, 3.5 of 4 stars
Dear Life, Alice Munro, 4 of 4 stars
She Loves Me Not, Ron Hansen, 3.5 of 4 stars
Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver, (Harper), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The End of Your Life Book Club, Will Schwalbe, (RH/Knopf), 3.5 of 4 stars
The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg, (Hachette/Grand Central), 3 of 4 stars
Elsewhere: A Memoir, Richard Russo, (RH/Knopf), 4 of 4 stars
A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband “Master,” Rachel Evans, (Thomas Nelson), 3.5 of 4 stars
Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother, Eve LaPlante, (S&S/Free Press) 3 of 4 stars
Featured: Books About Dogs
Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel, (Hachette/Little, Brown)
What’s a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man’s Best Friend, John Homans, (Penguin)
I Want to Kill the Dog, Richard M. Cohen, (Penguin/Blue Rider)
Interview:
Full of Heart: My Story of Survival, Strength, and Spirit, J.R. Martinez and Alexandra Rockey Fleming, (Hyperion)
Bruce, Peter A Carlin (S&S/Touchstone), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Friendkeeping : A Field Guide to the People You Love, Hate, and Can’t Live Without, Julie Klam, (Penguin/Riverhead), 4 of 4 stars
Driving the Saudis : A Chauffeur’s Tale of the World’s Richest Princesses (plus their servants, nannies, and one royal hairdresser)
Jayne Amelia Larson, (S&S/Free Press), 3.5 of 4 starsAstray, Emma Donoghue, (Hachette/Little, Brown), 4 of 4 stars
GREAT READS: New in Nonfiction
We Killed : The Rise of Women in American Comedy, Yael Kohen, (Macmillan/ Sarah Crichton)
The John Lennon Letters, John Lennon, Hunter Davies, (Hachette/Little, Brown)
The Watchmaker’s Daughter : A Memoir, Sonia Taitz, (McWitty Press)
Featured:
Rod: The Autobiography, Rod Stewart (Rh/Crown Archetype)
Excerpts:
The Richard Burton Diaries, Richard Burton, Chris Williams, (Yale University Press)
Silent No More: Victim 1’s Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky, Aaron Fisher, Michael Gillum, Dawn Daniels (RH/Ballantine)
Back to Blood, Tom Wolfe, (Hachette/Little, Brown;Hachette Audio, read by Lou Diamond Phillips), 3.5 of 4 stars
The Round House, Louise Erdrich (Harper), 3.5 of 4 stars
Mrs. Queen Takes the Train, William Kuhn (HarperCollins; Dreamscape Audio), 3.5 of 4 stars
GREAT READS: New Fiction
Love, Anthony, Lisa Genova, S&S
A Working Theory of Love, Scott Hutchins, Penguin Press
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story, The Paris Review, Macmillan/Picador
Featured:
The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson, Michael Bush, Insight Editions
Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand, William J. Mann, HMH, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Secret Keeper : A Novel, Kate Morton, S&S; Atria, 4 of 4 stars
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories, Sherman Alexie, Grove Atlantic, 3.5 of 4 stars
American Ghost: A Novel by Janis Owens, S&S/Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars
Best FIFTY SHADES Parodies
Fifty Sheds of Grey, C. T. Grey, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody, Fanny Merkin, Perseus/Da Capo Press
Fifty Shades of Louisa May, Louisa May Anonymous, OR Books
GREAT READS: New In Non-Fiction
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book, Wendy Welch, Macmillan/St. Martin’s
Circles Around the Sun: In Search of a Lost Brother, Molly McCloskey, Overlook
All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother’s Dementia. With Refreshments, Alex Witchel, Penguin/Riverhead
FEATURED:
The Road To Reality:Voted off the Island!…My Journey as a Real-Life Survivor, Dianne Burnett, Hay House
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot, Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Macmillan/Holt
FROM OUR COLLEAGUES
The Sinatra Club: My Life Inside the New York Mafia, Sal Polisi, S&S/Gallery Books
The Godfather’s Daughter: An Unlikely Story of Love, Healing, and Redemption, Rita Gigante and Natasha Stoynoff, Hay House
The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling, (Hachette/Little, Brown), 3 of 4 stars
Say You’re Sorry, Michael Robotham, (Hachette/Little, Brown), 3 of 4 stars
The Cutting Season, Attica Locke, (Harper), 3.5 of 4 stars
Sutton, J. R. Hoehringer, (Hyperion) 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Great Reads:
A World without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention, Margaret I. Cuomo, MD (Macmillan/Rodale Books)
Dancing Dogs: Stories, Jon Katz (RH/Ballantine)
Drinking Diaries: Women Serve Their Stories Straight Up, Caren Osten Gerszberg, Leah Odze Epstein (PGw/Seal Press)
Celebrity Memoir Essentials:
Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir, Cyndi Lauper and Jancee Dunn (S&S/Atria Books)
Waging Heavy Peace, Neil Young (Penguin/Blue Rider)
Rearview Mirror, Alana Stewart (Perseus/Vanguard)
In Sunlight and Shadow, Mark Helprin, (HMH; Blackstone Audio), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Does This Church Make Me Look Fat?: A Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Right, and Solves Her Lady Problems, Rhoda Janzen, 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New in Paperback
Friends Like Us, Lauren Fox, RH/Vintage
The Stranger’s Child, Alan Hollinghurst, RH/Vintage
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling, RH/Three Rivers
Featured:
The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down, Andrew McCarthy, S&S/Free Press
Joseph Anton: A Memoir, Salman Rushdie, Random House
Fall’s Hot Titles
Sweet Tooth, Ian McEwan, RH/Doubleday/Nan A. Talese, 11/13/12
Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, 11/6/12
Back to Blood, Tom Wolfe, Hachette/Little,Brown, 10/23
Sutton, J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, 9/25/12
The Casual Vacancy, J. K. Rowling, Hachette/Little, Brown, 9/27/12
The End of Your Life Book Club, Will Schwalbe, RH/Knopf, 10/2/12
Friendkeeping: A Field Guide to the People You Love, Hate, and Can’t Live Without, Julie Klam, Penguin/Riverhead, 10/25/12
Dear Life: Stories, Alice Munro, RH/Knopf, 11/13
The Round House, Louise Erdrich, Harper, 10/2/12
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, Andrew Solomon, S&S/Scribner, 11/13
The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg, Hachette/Grand Central, 10/23
This Is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz, Penguin/Riverhead, 3.5 of 4 stars
Kept in the Dark, Penny Hancock, Penguin original trade pbk, 3 of 4 stars
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson, Hyperion, 3.5 of 4 stars
Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness, Jessica Valenti, HMH, 3 of 4 stars
Featured:
I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High, Tony Danza, RH/Crown Archetype
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption, Katie J. Davis, S&S/Howard Books original trade pbk
Great Reads in Nonfiction:
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, Paul Tough, HMH
Wallace: The Underdog Who Conquered a Sport, Saved a Marriage, and Championed Pit Bulls–One Flying Disc at a Time, Jim Gorant, Penguin/Gotham
The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind, Seth S. Horowitz, Seth Horowitz, Macmillan/Bloomsbury
Telegraph Avenue, Michael Chabon, Harper, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Mortality, Christopher Hitchens, Hachette/ Grand Central, 4 of 4 stars
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden, Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer, Holter Graham, Penguin/Dutton, 3 of 4 stars
The Time Keeper, Mitch Albom, Hyperion, 3 of 4 stars
Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, Emma Straub, Penguin/Riverhead, 3.5 of 4 stars
Those We Love Most, Lee Woodruff, Hyperion, 4 of 4 stars
Featured
Suri’s Burn Book: Well-Dressed Commentary from Hollywood’s Little Sweetheart. Allie Hagan, Running Press
Cascade, Maryanne O’Hara, Penguin/Viking, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life, Gretchen Rubin. RH/Crown, 3 of 4 stars
NW , Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, 3 of 4 stars
And When She Was Good, HarperCollins/Morrow, Laura Lippman, 3 of 4 stars
The Orchardist, Amanda Coplin, Harper, 3 of 4 stars
Featured:
Curious Behavior : Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond, Robert R. Provine, Harvard Press
The Beautiful Mystery, Louise Penny, Macmillan/Minotaur, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Lionel Asbo: State of England, Martin Amis, RH/Knopf, 3.5 of 4 stars
Interview — Hope Solo, Solo: A Memoir of Hope, HarperCollins
Great Reads: New in Nonfiction
Beginning With the End: A Memoir of Twin Loss and Healing, Mary R. Morgan, IPS/Vantage Point
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies, Ben Macintyre, RH/Crown
The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling, Quinn Cummings, Penguin/Perigee
You Are the Love of My Life, Susan Richards Shreve, Norton, 3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
When It Happens to You, Molly Ringwald, HarperCollins/It Books, 3.5 of 4 stars
Winter Journal, Paul Auster, Macmillan/Holt, 3.5 of 4 stars
Featured:
After Etan, Lisa R, Cohen, Hachette/Grand Central — republished, with new chapter; brief inteview
The Sweetness of Forgetting, Kristin Harmel, S&S Gallery — by People contributor Harmel — “a divorcee travels to Paris and uncovers surprising family secrtes.”
Summer Thrills & Chills
The St. Zita Society, Ruth Rendell, S&S/Scribner
The Playdate, Louise Millar (S&S/Atria/Emily Bestler)
The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken, Tarquin Hall (S&S)
Kill You Twice, Chelsea Cain (Macmillan/Minotaur; Macmillan Audio; Thorndike Large Print)
The Prophet, Michael Koryta(Hachette/Little Brown; Little Brown Large Print)
A Killing in the Hills, Julia Keller (Macmillan/Minotaur)
Reviews
Hello Goodbye Hello, Craig Brown, S&S, 3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
January First, Michael Schofield, RH/Crown, Tantor Audio, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Random House; RH Audio; BOT), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Forrests, by Emily Perkins, Bloomsbury US, Trade Pbk Original, 3 of 4 stars
What the Nanny Saw by Fiona Neill (Penguin/Riverhead; Tantor Media). 3 of 4 stars
Featured:
This Will End in Tears: The Miserabilist Guide to Music, by Adam Brent Houghtaling, HarperCollins/It Books
In the Shadow of the Banyan, Vaddey Ratner, Simon & Schuster, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Light Between Oceans, ML. Stedman, S&S/Scribner, 3 of 4 stars
Triburbia, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Harper, 3 of 4 stars
Dare Me, Megan Abbott, Hachette/Little,Brown/Reagan Arthur, 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New in Nonfiction
The Long Walk, Brian Castner, RH/Doubleday
Dearie, Bob Spitz, RH/Knopf
Coming to my Senses, Alyssa Harad, Penguin/Viking
Interview:
Love Is the Cure: On Life, Loss, and the End of AIDS, Elton John, Hachette/Little, Brown
Shine Shine Shine, Lydia Netzer. Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America, Tanner Colby, Penguin/Viking, 3.5 of 4 stars
Tigers in Red Weather, Liza Klaussmann, Hachette/ Little, Brown, 3.5 of 4 stars
How to Be a Woman, Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, 3.5 of 4 stars
Monkey Mind, Daniel Smith, S&S, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Next Best Thing, Jennifer Weiner, S&S/Atria, 3.5 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New in Fiction
The Sandcastle Girls, Chris Bohjalian, RH/Doubleday
True Believers, Kurt Anderson, Random House
Imperfect Bliss, Susan Fales-Hill, S&S/Atria
Featured:
Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Shadow of Night, Deborah Harkness, Penguin/Putnam, 3 of 4 stars
The World Without You, Joshua Henkin, RH/Pantheon, 3 of 4 stars
The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species, Terrie M. Williams, Penguin Press, 3 of 4 stars
Summer Reads for Kids:
Summer of the Gypsy Moths, Sara Pennypacker, Balzer + Bray
Queen of the Track, Heather Lang, Boyds Mills Press
Breaking Stalin’s Nose, Eugene Yelchin, Macmillan/Holt
Surfer Chick, Kirsty DEmpsey, Abrams
…And One for Their Parents
P.S. I Still Hate it Here, Diane Falanga, Abrams
The Age of Miracles, Karen Thompson Walker, Random House,4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Summerland, Elin Hilderbrand, Hachette/Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur, 3 of 4 stars
Slouching Toward Adulthood, Sally Koslow, Penguin/Viking, 3 of 4 stars
Featured — two books on Marco Rubio
The Rise of Marco Rubio, Manuel Roig-Franzia, S&S
An American Son: A Memoir, Marco Rubio, Penguin/Sentinel
Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, RH/Dial, 4 of 4 stars
Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter, Harper, 4 of 4 stars
Heartbroken, Lisa Unger, RH/Crown, 4 of 4 stars
Summer Reading
Gilded Age, Claire McMillan, S&S, 6/12
Yes, Chef, Marcus Samuelsson, Random House, 6/26
Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple, Hachette/Little, Brown, 8/14
A Conspiracy of Friends (A Corduroy Mansions Novel), Alexander McCall Smith, RH/Pantheon, 6/12
Gold, Chris Cleave, S&S, 7/3
Gone, Cathi Hanauer, S&S/Atria, 6/19
The Red House, Mark Haddon, RH/Doubleday, 6/12
Creole Belle, James Lee Burke, S&S, 7/17
Broken Harbor, Tana French, Penguin/Viking, 7/24
When In Doubt, Add Butter, Beth Harbison, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press, 7/17
The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker, Janet Groth, Workman/Algonquin, 6/26
Picture This, Jacqueline Sheehan, HarperCollins/Morrow, 5/22
The Innocents, Francesca Siegal, Hyperion/Voice, 3.5 of 4 stars
Diamond in the Rough, Shawn Colvin, HarperCollins/Morrow, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Chaperone, Laura Moriarty, Penguin/Riverhead, 3.5 of 4 stars
Wife 22, Melanie Gideon, RH/Ballantine, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Chemistry of Tears, Peter Carey, 3.5 of 4 stars
Featured:
A Kindle single about Mel Gibson, titled Heaven and Mel by Joe Eszterhas, who is a screenwriter (Jagged Edge, Jade, Betrayed, and Showgirls), and the author of two Hollywood memoirs. He worked with the Gibson on a screenplay for about the Maccabees which was never released. Says People, “in the end, no one gets out of Heaven and Mel clean, not even the reader.”
Gone Girl, Giillian Flynn, RH/Crown, 4 of 4 stars
The Lower River, Paul Theroux, HMH, 4 of 4 stars
I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me, Joan Rivers, Penguin/Berkley, 3.5 of 4 stars
Calling Invisible Women, RH/Crown,Jeanne Ray, 3.5 of 4 stars
Featured:
Marilyn & Me, Lawrence Schiller (RH/Nan A. Talese and a Taschen limited edition for $1,000)
Spotlight on Health and Diet Books
The First 20 Minutes, Gretchen Reynolds, Penguin/Hudson St.
The Skinny Rules, Bob Harper, RH/Ballantine
The Dash Diet, Thomas J. Moore, Megan C. Murphy and Mark Jenkins
The Lean, Kathy Freston, Weinstein Books
I Couldn’t Love You More, Jillian Medoff, Hachette/Grand Central, 4 of 4 stars
Dan Gets a Minivan, S&S/Scribner, 3 of 4 stars
I Am Forbidden, Anouk Markovits, RH/Crown, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Stonecutter, Camilla Lackberg, Norton/Pegasus Crime, 3 of 4 stars
Father’s Day, Buzz Bissinger, HMH, 3 of 4 stars
I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag, Jennifer Gilbert, Harper, 4 of 4 stars
Love, Life, and Elephants, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Macmillan/FSG, 3.5 of 4 stars
Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel, Macmillan/Holt, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Are You My Mother?, Allison Bechdel, HMH, 3.5 of 4 stars
When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams, Macmillan/Sarah Crichton, 3 of 4 stars
Ménage, Alix Kates Shulman, Other Press, 3.5 of 4 stars
Home, Toni Morrison, RH/Knopf, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Uninvited Guests, Sadie Jones, Harper, 3.5 of 4 stars
To the Last Breath, Francis Slakey, S&S, 3 of 4 stars
In One Person, John Irving, S&S, 3 of 4 stars
Waiting for Sunrise, William Boyd, Harper, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, Anna Quindlen, Random House, 3 of 4 stars
These Girls, Sarah Pekkanen, S&S/Washington Square Press, trade pbk, 3 of 4 stars
The Gods of Gotham, Lindsay Faye, 3.5 of 4 stars
Book Excerpt; Both of Us: My Life with Farrah, Ryan O’Neal, RH/Crown
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Penguin/Einhorn, Jenny Lawson, 3.5 of 4 stars
Drop Dead Healthy A.J. Jacobs, S&S, 3 of 4 stars
Featured: Prom, Mary Ellen Mark, Getty Publications — a book (with DVD) of prom photos from across the country by documentary photographer Mark.
Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected — A Memoir, Kelle Hampton, Lead review, HarperCollins/Morrow, 3 of 4 stars
Paris in Love, Eloisa James, Random House, 4 of 4 stara
Hand Me Down, Melanie Thorne, Penguin/Dutton, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten: The Tweets of Steve Martin, Steve Martin, excerpt, Hachette/Grand Central
Feature — “Ricki Lake’s Surprise Wedding” — includes excerpt from:
Never Say Never: Finding a Life That Fits, Ricki Lake, S&S/Atria
The Lifeboat, Charlotte Rogan, Hachette/Little,Brown/Reagan Arthur, Lead review, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Cove, Ron Rash, Harper, 4 of 4 stars
The Beginner’s Goodbye, Anne Tyler, RH/ Knopf, 3 of 4 stars
Features
Smart Chefs Stay Slim, Allison Adato, Penguin/NAL
You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-Nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other), Vanessa Williams and Helen Williams, Gotham
Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir, Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin, S&S/Gallery Books
The Red Book, Deborah Copaken Kogan, Hyperion, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
What They Do in the Dark, Amanda Coe, Norton, 3.5 of 4 stars
Soldier Dogs, Maria Goodavage, Penguin/Dutton, 3.5 of 4 stars
Triggered, Fletcher Wortman, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 3.5 of 4 stars
4/2 Book Reviews
Carry the One, Carol Anshaw, S&S, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Another Piece of My Heart, Jane Green, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 3 of 4 stars
The Good Father, Andrew Abrahams, RH/Doubleday, 3 of 4 stars
The New Republic, Lionel Shriver, Harper, 3 of 4 stars
Stay Close, Harlan Coben, Penguin/Dutton, 4 of 4 stars
Hot Cripple, Hogan Gorman, Penguin/Perigee, 3.5 of 4 stars
Wild, Cheryl Strayed, RH/Knopf, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Vanishers, Heidi Julavits, RH/Doubleday, 3 of 4 stars
Some Assembly Required, Anne Lamott, Penguin/Riverhead, 3.5 of 4 stars
Arcadia, Lauren Groff, Hyperion/Voice, 4 of 4 stars
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson, Grove, 4 of 4 stars
Catch Me, Lisa Gardner, Penguin/Dutton, 3 of 4 stars
King Peggy, Peggielene Bartels & Eleanor Herman, RH/Doubleday, 3.5 of 4 stars
Blue Monday, Nicci French, Penguin/Viking/Pamela Dorman Books, 3 of 4 stars
Forgotten Country, Catherine Chung, Penguin/Dutton, 3.5 of 4 stars
3/5 Feature:
In a Fisherman’s Language: An autobiography by Captain James Arruda Henry, North Stonington, CT: Fowler Road Press, 2011, available through In a Fisherman’s Language web site.
Girlchild, Tupelo Hassmann, Macmillan/FSG, 3.5 of 4 stars
Other Waters, Eleni N. Gage, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 4 of 4 stars
Lone Wolf, Jodi Picoult, S&S/Atria, 3.5 of 4 stars
Unorthodox, Deborah Feldman, S&S, interview
Friends Like Us, Lauren Fox, RH/Knopf, 3.5 of 4 stars
The House I Loved,Tatiana de Rosnay, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 3 of 4 stars
Rez Life, David Treuer, Atlantic Monthly, 3.5 of 4 stars
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,”
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
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
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