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THE FEVER by Megan Abbott

August 22, 2014

THERE’S GREAT WRITING in Megan Abbott’s latest; alas, the ripped-from-the-headlines plot doesn’t deserve it. B MINUS

THE FEVER
Little Brown and Company
2014

Grade: B MINUS

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THE WATCHER by Charlotte Link

April 24, 2014

A COMPLEX, UNEASY THRILLER with a likable protagonist, but a far too tangled web of suspects and motives. B MINUS

THE WATCHER : A NOVEL OF CRIME
Pegasus Books
2014

Grade: B MINUS

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THE RUNESTONE INCIDENT by Neve Maslakovic

April 18, 2014

APPEALING TIME-TRAVEL TALE with spunky heroine, intriguing premise, Minnesota local color, but uneven pacing. B MINUS

THE RUNESTONE INCIDENT
47North
2014

Grade: B MINUS

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SEQUENCE by Adam Moon

October 28, 2013

ENGAGING RIFF ON the science-fiction standby of alien abduction shines with its humor, but could use editing. B MINUS

SEQUENCE
Adam Moon
2013

Grade: B MINUS

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SEQUENCE, by Adam Moon

October 27, 2013

ENGAGING RIFF ON the science-fiction standby of alien abduction shines with its humor, but could use editing.

Grade: B MINUS

SEQUENCE
Adam Moon
2013

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CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIOPATH by M. E. Thomas

September 7, 2013

AN EXERCISE IN SELF-MYTHOLOGIZING more than a work of psychology, this memoir by a sociopath still intrigues. B MINUS

CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIOPATH : A LIFE SPENT HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
Crown Publishing Group (NY)
2013

Grade: B MINUS

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AFTERMATH by Rachel Cusk

August 5, 2013

THE END OF A MARRIAGE, explored in beautiful prose, but with so little candor that the memoir falls flat. B MINUS

AFTERMATH: ON MARRIAGE AND SEPARATION
Picador
2013

Grade: B MINUS

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MAY I BE HAPPY, by Cyndi Lee

May 20, 2013

A YOGA TEACHER, BUDDHIST practitioner shares thoughts for women on making peace with body and mind. Candid!

Grade: B MINUS

MAY I BE HAPPY: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, YOGA, AND CHANGING MY MIND
Dutton
2013

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THE DROWNING HOUSE, by Elizabeth Black

January 22, 2013

AN ARTIST RETURNS to Galveston, Texas, and searches the island’s history and her family’s secrets. Overwrought.

Grade: B MINUS

THE DROWNING HOUSE
Knopf Doubleday/Nan A. Talese Books
2013

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THOSE WE LOVE MOST, by Lee Woodruff

January 18, 2013

A CHILD’S SUDDEN DEATH fractures a family, reveals its secrets. Upper-middle-class melodrama, a bit formulaic.

Grade: B MINUS

THOSE WE LOVE MOST
Hyperion
2012

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