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Review: “Whiteout,” Adriana Anders

Pros: Fascinating struggle for survival Cons: Changes tone toward the end Rating: 5 out of 5 Adriana Anders’s Whiteout (Survival Instincts Book 1) definitely worked for me! It takes place in Antarctica. Ford “Coop” Cooper, a handsome (but not entirely

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Review: “The Quality of Silence,” Rosamund Lupton

Pros: The story is so beautiful that you won’t even mind the lecture Cons: Stumbles into lecturing toward the end Rating: 4.5 out of 5 In Rosamund Lupton’s The Quality of Silence, Yasmin has been told that her husband, Matt

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Review: “Breaking Wild,” Diane Les Becquets

Pros: Completely sucked me in Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Diane Les Becquets’s Breaking Wild is about two very different women, Amy Raye and Pru, on opposite sides of a search and rescue operation. Amy goes out elk

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Review: “Promise: The Scarred Girl,” Maya Shepherd

Pros: Could be worse Cons: So many details (large and small) don’t make sense; unlikable characters Rating: 2 out of 5 Note: as I understand it what I read was a translation of a book that was originally published in

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Review: “The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse,” Lauren Wilson

Pros: Funny, useful Cons: Sense of humor is a matter of personal taste; photos would have been useful Rating: 4 out of 5 NOTE: Review book provided by publisher Lauren Wilson’s The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse: A

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Excerpt review: “The Art of Eating Through the Zombie Apocalypse,” Lauren Wilson

Pros: Fun reading; great info Cons: Couldn’t review the full book for you Rating: A provisional 4 out of 5 Excerpt provided free by publisher.   The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse: A Cookbook and Culinary Survival Guide

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