News - Book Reviews

News - Book Reviews

Juliet Macur, CYCLE OF LIES
March 17, 2014

Juliet Macur’s CYCLE OF LIES: The Fall of Lance Armstrong received an excellent review in the New York Times. The review calls the book “compelling” and “sharply observed” and says that “Cycle of Lies” is a scrupulously reported and sourced book.” Harper published the book March 4, 2014.

DARK INVASION by Howard Blum
February 28, 2014

DARK INVASION was reviewed in the February 22-23 edition of the Wall Street Journal & USA Today. The review which called it “riveting and perturbing” and says that “it maintains a fairly high level of suspense, which is difficult to bring off in a book about historical events.” USA Today raved that the book “will move you to the edge of your seat with the facts alone, but the author's suspenseful detective-mystery narrative is what keeps you there.” The author was also recently interviewed about the book on NPR’s Fresh Air. Harper published the book on February 11, 2014.

FLYOVER LIVES by Diane Johnson
February 21, 2014

Diane Johnson’s, FLYOVER LIVES received a positive review in the New York Review of Books. The reviewer, Francine Prose, says that “What gives her memoir its charm and makes it so consistently beguiling is not so much the events it describes….as the tone in which Johnson relates her recollections, reflections and discoveries.” Viking published the book January 16, 2014.

KIND OF KIN by Rilla Askew
February 21, 2014

Rilla Askew’s KIND OF KIN was an Editors’ Choice in the New York Times Book Review on February 2, 2014 and was listed in the Sunday Book Review’s Paperback Row, saying, “The fraught issue of illegal immigration divides an Oklahoma clan and their town in Askew’s heartfelt novel.” Ecco published the paperback edition of the book on January 21, 2013.

THE KEPT by James Scott
January 31, 2014

James Scott’s THE KEPT was reviewed in the New York Times Book Review and was given three stars by USA Today, which called it an “unsettling but gracefully written debut novel” and the dialogue “simple, direct and haunting.” The New York Times Book Review said, “Scott is a master of mood… This landscape is more mythic than historic, and Scott’s characters are dark brush strokes of appetite and deceit.” Harper published the book on January 7, 2013.

DEMON CAMP by Jennifer Percy
January 31, 2014

Jennifer Percy’s DEMON CAMP was reviewed in The New York Times Book Review, which called it “visceral, seductive” and said, “Percy’s narrative…artfully upsets a common misperception: that all veterans’ experiences of war are alike.” Scribner published the book on January 14, 2014.

THE KEPT by James Scott
January 24, 2014

THE KEPT was reviewed in The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, and Scott was interviewed by Robin Young, who called it “a stunning debut novel,” on the WBUR/NPR show “Here & Now.” The Washington Post said, “Scott’s prose is impressively informed by a powerful concoction of American fundamentalism spiked with the fervent belief in an eye-for-eye…The Kept is laden with shrewd, arresting images.” The Boston Globe called it a “genre-busting work…as brutal and austere as it is revelatory." Picador published the book on December 24, 2013.

DEMON CAMP by Jennifer Percy
January 17, 2014

DEMON CAMP by Jennifer Percy was reviewed by O Magazine, which called it a “chilling work of narrative nonfiction.” Shelf Awareness said, “You can't walk away from Percy's strong debut without feeling like you've spent a frightening moment inside the heads of soldiers who come home from war… In an auspicious debut, Percy goes deep into the life of an army veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress to understand the debilitating effects of war on returning soldiers.” Percy was also profiled on Vogue.com by writer Thessaly LaForce.

THE SCENT OF PINE by Lara Vapynar
January 17, 2014

THE SCENT OF PINE was reviewed in the January 12 edition of the New York Times Book Review, which called it a “slender, but provocative novel.” Simon & Schuster published the book on January 7, 2014.

THE TRIP TO ECHO SPRING by Olivia Laing
January 17, 2014

Olivia Laing’s THE TRIP TO ECHO SPRING was reviewed in Vanity Fair, Slate, The Petoskey News, and People, which gave it 4/4 stars and called it a “beautiful, fascinating meditation.” Vanity Fair called it “an extraordinary journey” and said, "Laing’s blend of reportage, analysis, and self-discovery is to be savored.” Slate said, “Laing’s writing is beautiful, her insights frequently surprising and powerful.”