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MINIMUM WAGE MAGIC (DFZ BOOK 1) by Rachel Aaron

December 31, 2018

AFTER A MAGICAL APOCALYPSE, Detroit teems with spells and spirits, and a rogue mage finds a million-dollar ritual. Smart, witty fantasy. B PLUS

MINIMUM WAGE MAGIC (DFZ BOOK 1)
Aaron/Bach
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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BABYLON (HARDCOVER) by Yasmina Reza

December 27, 2018

A QUIET LIFE TURNS complicated in Yasmina Reza’s latest novel, as staid sixty-somethings become accomplices as well as friends. B PLUS

BABYLON (HARDCOVER)
Seven Stories Press
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE MUSIC OF MARS by George G. Moore

December 24, 2018

AN ANCIENT MYSTERY ON MARS must be solved before a settlement gets taken over by corporate raiders. Smart, vividly drawn space adventure! B PLUS

THE MUSIC OF MARS
Year of the Book
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE CON ARTIST (PAPERBACK) by Fred Van Lente

December 23, 2018

MURDER AT COMIC-CON: an artist has to solve the mystery before cops pin the crime on him. Sharp, richly detailed whodunnit. B PLUS

THE CON ARTIST (PAPERBACK)
Quirk Books
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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ONE OF US (HARDCOVER) by Craig DiLouie

December 21, 2018

VIVID, GRIM FABLE of a generation of mutated children and their uneasy exile. Thoughtful and terrifying. B PLUS

ONE OF US (HARDCOVER)
Orbit
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE ASSISTANT by Cheri Baker

December 17, 2018

SHARP CORPORATE THRILLER with a clever plot and a fierce, intriguingly flawed heroine. B PLUS

THE ASSISTANT: A JESSICA WARNE SPY NOVEL (EMERALD CITY SPIES BOOK 1)
Adventurous Ink
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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SICK (PAPERBACK) by Porochista Khakpour

December 15, 2018

SEARINGLY FRANK MEMOIR of illnesses acute and chronic, addictions to love and drugs, and the dislocations of being Iranian in America. B PLUS

SICK (PAPERBACK)
Harper Perennial
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS by P. Djèlí Clark

December 13, 2018

GORGEOUS VOUDOU STEAMPUNK set in an alternate New Orleans: spirits and airships and deep secrets abound. A MINUS

THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS
Tor.com
2018

Grade: A MINUS

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THE MALTINGS by Nathan T. Kaminski

December 10, 2018

A BORING SUBURB WITH A SECRET: three misfits try to figure out the quirks in their seamless existence. B PLUS

THE MALTINGS
Nathan T. Kaminski
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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TERRAN TOMORROW by Nancy Kress

December 8, 2018

A DEVASTATED EARTH, BATTLING pandemic and nuclear fallout, sees interstellar travelers return. Last in a trilogy. B PLUS

TERRAN TOMORROW
Tor Books
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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