1. Book Reviews
  2. Books Published August 10, 2012

August 10, 2012

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 10, 2012. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in August 2012.

Book Review

Benjamin

by Kristine Morris

Compact and tightly written, this work by former marine Aaron Powell is a chilling look at the inner world of a bullied and sexually abused teen who decides to take matters into his own hands to protect himself and those he loves from... Read More

Book Review

The Great Promise

by Mark McLaughlin

Frederick L. Coxen’s life was changed when he stumbled upon his late grandfather’s journal from World War I. Coxen did more than just transcribe the worn, weathered diary and annotate it with maps and a historical narrative to create... Read More

Book Review

The Elizabeths

by Sheila M. Trask

Spies and spirits occupy the same shape-shifting space in Judith Nichols Mowery’s magical novel, "The Elizabeths". Mowery explores the boundaries of personal identity and the possibility of parallel lives through the intriguing stories... Read More

Book Review

Blue Earth

by Elizabeth Breau

Dreamlike retrospection begins a slow motion version of the tornado with which this novel opens, spiraling down through seemingly bottomless layers of memory to alter psychological terrain as relentlessly as wind and rain reshape the... Read More