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WE WERE WITCHES (PAPERBACK) by Ariel Gore

January 29, 2018

SHIMMERING WITH ANGER AND MAGIC, a novel combines autobiography, fairy tales, social theory, feminism. B PLUS

WE WERE WITCHES (PAPERBACK)
Amethyst Editions
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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THE GENTLE ART OF SWEDISH DEATH CLEANING (HARDCOVER) by Margareta Magnusson

January 28, 2018

SWEDISH DEATH CLEANING: not a heavy metal band or a WWE event, but a charming, acerbic guide to downsizing and decluttering. B PLUS

THE GENTLE ART OF SWEDISH DEATH CLEANING (HARDCOVER)
Scribner
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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GNOMON (HARDCOVER) by Nick Harkaway

January 24, 2018

A GLORIOUS LABYRINTH OF MYSTERY, science fiction, myth and legend tells a dark tale of a post-privacy future. SOLID A

GNOMON (HARDCOVER)
Knopf
2018

Grade: SOLID A

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THE SECOND TRANSIT by Blair Reeves

January 22, 2018

A PLANET DEVASTATED BY periodic apocalypse builds and rebuilds its civilizations. Ingenious speculative fiction! B PLUS

THE SECOND TRANSIT
Blair Reeves
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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BORN BOTH by Hida Viloria

January 20, 2018

GROWING UP INTERSEX, passionate, and proud: a writer and activist’s remarkable and moving memoir. B PLUS

BORN BOTH
HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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BLACK MOSES (HARDCOVER) by Alain Mabanckou

January 18, 2018

A CONGOLESE QUIXOTE’S JOURNEY from orphanage to slum to an isolated cabin. Beautiful, strange, tragic. A MINUS

BLACK MOSES (HARDCOVER)
New Press
2017

Grade: A MINUS

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SPACE TEAM by Barry J. Hutchison

January 15, 2018

COMIC SPACE CAPER has lots to offer fans of Hitchhiker’s Guide, Red Dwarf. SOLID B

SPACE TEAM: A FUNNY SCI-FI SPACE ADVENTURE
Zertex Media
2016

Grade: SOLID B

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IT’S ALL A GAME by Tristan Donovan

January 13, 2018

A HISTORY OF BOARD GAMES, from ancient Egypt to Monopoly to the latest hits. Interesting stories, entertainingly presented. B PLUS

IT’S ALL A GAME : THE HISTORY OF BOARD GAMES FROM MONOPOLY TO SETTLERS OF CATAN
Thomas Dunne Books
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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LIGHTS ON RATS OUT A MEMOIR by Cree Lefavour

January 11, 2018

FROM HOPELESSNESS TO HEALING: a sharp, wrenchingly candid memoir of one woman’s therapeutic journey. B PLUS

LIGHTS ON RATS OUT A MEMOIR
GROVE PRESS (NY)
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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INFESTATION by William Meikle

January 8, 2018

FAST-PACED CREATURE THRILLER in the grand tradition pits a British Navy special unit and a Russian scientist against a horror from the Arctic deeps. B PLUS

INFESTATION
Severed Press
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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