‘Learned by Heart’ by Emma Donoghue a moving read
Wordplay-heavy youth story is too cute by half
Haunting Dust Bowl novel by Annie Bell among year’s best books
Suspenseful story follows religious child on verge of starvation
Several LGBT-themed tomes among years best
Timeline-shuffling potboiler from lesbian novelist based on true events
Kindle or ink and paper, this spring’s books will take you places
From contemporary fiction to the JFK assassination, the year’s best books
‘Astray’ makes magic with slice-of-life tales
No other medium absorbs LGBT angst quite like the printed page
