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THE APOCALYPSE CODEX, by Charles Stross

August 29, 2012

TENSE PARANORMAL THRILLER with a touch of snark as the UK’s supernatural secret service takes on US cultists.

Grade: B PLUS

THE APOCALYPSE CODEX: A LAUNDRY FILES NOVEL
Penguin/Ace
2012

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GARBOLOGY, by Edward Humes

August 28, 2012

COMPELLING, WELL RESEARCHED look at the US’s culture of trash creation and its impact on the environment.

Grade: B PLUS

GARBOLOGY: OUR DIRTY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRASH
Penguin/Avery
2012

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WHEN I WAS A CHILD I READ BOOKS, by Marilynne Robinson

August 25, 2012

MEDITATIVE, ELOQUENT ESSAYS from novelist Marilynne Robinson touch on faith, aging, and the joy of reading.

Grade: B PLUS

WHEN I WAS A CHILD I READ BOOKS: ESSAYS
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2012

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THE NERUDA CASE, by Roberto Ampuero

August 22, 2012

GORGEOUS, ELEGAIC PRIVATE-EYE yarn captures the spirit of 1970s Chile–with poet Pablo Neruda as the client!

Grade: B PLUS

THE NERUDA CASE
Penguin
2012

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THEY EAT PUPPIES, DON’T THEY? by Christopher Buckley

August 21, 2012

ACID SATIRE ON the US political media industrial complex is laugh out loud funny, yet all too true at times.

Grade: B PLUS

THEY EAT PUPPIES, DON'T THEY?
Hachette/Twelve
2012

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THAT’S DISGUSTING by Rachel Herz

August 18, 2012

A RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST’S FASCINATING findings on why and how our brains and bodies find things disgusting. B PLUS

THAT’S DISGUSTING
W. W. Norton & Company
2012

Grade: B PLUS

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SECOND PERSON SINGULAR by Sayed Kashua

August 17, 2012

WARM-HEARTED, WITTY, intricately woven tale of Arab Israelis linked by a chain of coincidence. Fresh, engaging! B PLUS

SECOND PERSON SINGULAR
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
2012

Grade: B PLUS

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SECOND PERSON SINGULAR, by Sayed Kashua

August 16, 2012

WARM-HEARTED, WITTY, intricately woven tale of Arab Israelis linked by a chain of coincidence. Fresh, engaging!

Grade: B PLUS

SECOND PERSON SINGULAR
Grove Atlantic
2012

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EMPEROR MOLLUSK VERSUS THE SINISTER BRAIN, by A. Lee Martinez

August 14, 2012

MARVELOUSLY SILLY SPACE saga stars a cranky interplanetary conqueror and his diabolical nemesis. Fun #beachread!

Grade: B PLUS

EMPEROR MOLLUSK VERSUS THE SINISTER BRAIN
Orbit
2012

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THE UNRULY PASSIONS OF EUGENIE R., by Carole DeSanti

August 13, 2012

LUSH HISTORICAL NOVEL follows the career of a 19th century French courtesan, artists’ model, and survivor.

Grade: B PLUS

THE UNRULY PASSIONS OF EUGENIE R.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012

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