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HOUSE OF STONE (HARDCOVER) by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

March 30, 2019

A ZIMBABWEAN FAMILY’S HISTORY encompasses revolution, independence, genocide, and life’s more ordinary heartbreaks. Stunning prose with echoes of Achebe and Nabokov. A MINUS

HOUSE OF STONE (HARDCOVER)
W. W. Norton & Company
2019

Grade: A MINUS

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EARLY RISER (HARDCOVER) by Jasper Fforde

March 28, 2019

IN AN ALTERNATE WALES, HIBERNATION is how humans survive winter, mammoths roam the glaciers, and only the Winter Consuls keep order. Wildly inventive fantasy thriller. B PLUS

EARLY RISER (HARDCOVER)
Viking
2019

Grade: B PLUS

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MIND YOUR MANORS (A FLAMINGO REALTY MYSTERY BOOK 1) by CeeCee James

March 24, 2019

A HOUSE OF MYSTERIES, including a years-old skeleton, is a real estate agent’s first assignment. Fun cozy with some spooky twists. B PLUS

MIND YOUR MANORS (A FLAMINGO REALTY MYSTERY BOOK 1)
CeeCee James
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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CONSTANCE VERITY SAVES THE WORLD by A. Lee Martinez

March 22, 2019

A PARANORMAL ADVENTURER SLAYS demons and sorceresses, but dating may be her biggest challenge yet. Delightfully fun, witty fantasy. B PLUS

CONSTANCE VERITY SAVES THE WORLD
Gallery / Saga Press
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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CATALLAXIS (EUPOCALYPSE BOOK 3) by Peri Dwyer Worrell

March 18, 2019

A “MACHINE SICKNESS” THAT destroys petroleum and plastics leads to the creation of new technologies and societies. High-concept SF. B PLUS

CATALLAXIS (EUPOCALYPSE BOOK 3)
Peri Dwyer Worrell
2019

Grade: B PLUS

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THE FEATHER THIEF (HARDCOVER) by Kirk Wallace Johnson

March 16, 2019

AN UNUSUAL CRIME—the theft of irreplaceable bird specimens from an English museum—fascinates a journalist exploring “the feather underground.” B PLUS

THE FEATHER THIEF (HARDCOVER)
Viking
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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NEVER ENOUGH (HARDCOVER) by Judith Grisel

March 14, 2019

THE NEUROSCIENCE OF ADDICTION, explored by a researcher who shares her own experiences of drug use and addiction. Candid, illuminating. B PLUS

NEVER ENOUGH (HARDCOVER)
Doubleday
2019

Grade: B PLUS

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DIVIDED HOUSE (DARK YORKSHIRE BOOK 1) by J M Dalgliesh

March 11, 2019

A DISGRACED YORKSHIRE DETECTIVE struggles to untangle a complex, horrifying web of murders. High energy, lots of action! B PLUS

DIVIDED HOUSE (DARK YORKSHIRE BOOK 1)
Hamilton Press
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE ART OF LEAVING by Ayelet Tsabari

March 10, 2019

A WANDERING LIFE BECOMES a life of several beloved homes. Bittersweet, touching memoir by an Israeli-Canadian writer of Yemeni Jewish heritage. B PLUS

THE ART OF LEAVING : A MEMOIR
Random House
2019

Grade: B PLUS

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TRANSCRIPTION (HARDCOVER) by Kate Atkinson

March 8, 2019

GLORIOUSLY ENGROSSING STORY of espionage in World War II London. Unflinching, clever, the antidote to so much cheap wartime romance. SOLID A

TRANSCRIPTION (HARDCOVER)
Little
2018

Grade: SOLID A

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