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WHAT ALICE FORGOT, by Liane Moriarty

January 31, 2012

CHARMING, SURPRISINGLY THOUGHT-PROVOKING Australian women’s fiction tale of a suburban mom with amnesia.

Grade: SOLID B

WHAT ALICE FORGOT
Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books
2011

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SMOKING EARS AND SCREAMING TEETH, by Trevor Norton

January 30, 2012

LAID-BACK AND JOKEY but highly informative overview of risks scientists have taken with self-experimentation.

Grade: SOLID B

SMOKING EARS AND SCREAMING TEETH: A CELEBRATION OF SCIENTIFIC ECCENTRICITY AND SELF-EXPERIMENTATION
Pegasus
2011

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DAMNED by Chuck Palahniuk

January 29, 2012

CHUCK PALAHNIUK’S LATEST: a scary, funny, satirical trip to Hell with a smart, sassy Veruca Salt-esque heroine. B PLUS

DAMNED
Doubleday
2011

Grade: B PLUS

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DAMNED, by Chuck Palahniuk

January 28, 2012

CHUCK PALAHNIUK’S LATEST: a scary, funny, satirical trip to Hell with a smart, sassy Veruca Salt-esque heroine.

Grade: B PLUS

DAMNED
Doubleday
2011

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LET’S PLAY WHITE, by Chesya Burke

January 27, 2012

HAUNTING, COMPLEX HORROR and fantasy tales offer a sophisticated take on race, culture, and the power of legend.

Grade: B PLUS

LET'S PLAY WHITE
Apex
2011

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THE ODDS, by Stewart O’Nan

January 25, 2012

BITTERSWEET PARABLE OF midlife crisis follows a couple risking their finances and marriage in one last gamble.

Grade: B PLUS

THE ODDS: A LOVE STORY
Viking
2012

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THE VINEYARD AT THE END OF THE WORLD, by Ian Mount

January 24, 2012

ENGAGING LOOK INSIDE the recent rebirth of Argentina’s wine industry; fun for aficionados and casual sippers!

Grade: B PLUS

THE VINEYARD AT THE END OF THE WORLD: MAVERICK WINEMAKERS AND THE REBIRTH OF MALBEC
W. W. Norton
2012

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BELIEVING THE LIE, by Elizabeth George

January 23, 2012

DEFTLY PLOTTED UK mystery: brooding aristocrat Inspector Lynley investigates death among the rich and famous.

Grade: SOLID B

BELIEVING THE LIE
Dutton
2012

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GOD’S JURY, by Cullen Murphy

January 22, 2012

A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY of the medieval and Renaissance Inquisitions sheds light on modern ideas of punishment.

Grade: SOLID B

GOD'S JURY: THE INQUISITION AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012

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THE BOOK OF LIES, by Mary Horlock

January 21, 2012

GRIM, ATMOSPHERIC TALE traces the impact of Nazi occupation on the island of Guernsey, and on one girl’s family.

Grade: B PLUS

THE BOOK OF LIES
Harper Perennial
2011

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