Here's the list of all the Radar Recommendations for today:

Finding Wonderland loves The Curved Saber: The Adventure of Khlit the Cossack by Harold Lamb: "Those were the books you could describe as 'thrilling,' with flinty, taciturn heroes (and virtually invisible heroines), vivid action sequences, bold adventurers, treasure to be had, lives to be saved, battles to be fought, and schemers to outwit."

Bildungsroman talks about Christopher Golden's Body of Evidence series: "Body Bags...opens with a killer line: Amanda Green died for a cigarette. Within a matter of pages, Amanda is a goner, having been at the wrong place at the wrong time. It just goes to prove what I've been saying all of my life: Smoking kills. Don't smoke."

Interactive Reader has Christopher Golden's Body of Evidence series as well: "Do the books feel accurate?
LW: Definitely. The research is evident.
Jackie: Beats me. I'm not a Science Nerdfighter. But from a literature standpoint, everything hung together."

Not Your Mother's Bookclub: An interview with Robert Sharenow, author of My Mother the Cheerleader: "So when I read Steinbeck’s book, I was astonished at the savage actions of the Cheerleaders toward Ruby Bridges, who was just six years old. These were, after all, mothers. How could they treat a child so horribly when all she was trying to do was go to school?"

lectitans fondly recalls The Angel of the Opera: Sherlock Meets the Phantom of the Opera by Sam Siciliano: "Also, look at that cover art. How can you not love Erik dressed as The Red Death, sweeping down the stairs towards Sherlock Holmes?"

Bookshelves of Doom has The God Beneathe the Sea, Black Jack & Jack Holburn all by Leon Garfield: "But, hey! It's not all death and violence -- it's a bit sexier, too"

Writing and Ruminating: An interview with Tony Mitton and a review of his book, Plum : "For me, the work which seems to have the most integrity (in the sense of being free from outside intervention) is the poem which is written simply because it evolves in the mind of the poet. The poem which asks to be written initially for its own sake. The poem free of any outside interest."

The YA YA YAs are all about I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Lee Wilson: "I first picked up Diane Lee Wilson’s I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade four years ago because of its evocative title (note to authors: titles do matter). I’m not a horse person, but 'milk white jade'?"

Chicken Spaghetti is jazzed about The Illustrator's Notebook by Mohieddin Ellabad: "He talks about souvenirs, for instance, on the first page. 'Souvenirs awaken our memories and bring them to life. Without memories, we would have no past.'"

And I'm all about Dorothy of Oz here at Chasing Ray

And a late inclusion from SemiColon, Sherry is talking picture books that should not be missed, including the lovely Nothing To Do by Russell Hoban.