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THE SHOOTING IN THE SHOP, by Simon Brett

April 29, 2011

COZY SEASIDE MYSTERY is as brilliant as its sixty-something sleuths, a New Age healer and her civil servant pal.

Grade: B PLUS

THE SHOOTING IN THE SHOP
Gale/Cengage Five Star Mystery
2011

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HENRY’S DEMONS, by Patrick Cockburn and Henry Cockburn

April 28, 2011

A YOUNG MAN’S EXPERIENCES of schizophrenia, told in his own words and by his journalist father. Deeply moving.

Grade: B PLUS

HENRY'S DEMONS
Scribner
2011

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LIVIA, EMPRESS OF ROME, by Matthew Dennison

April 27, 2011

INTRIGUING BIOGRAPHY of Rome’s most (in)famous empress looks beyond the cartoon villainess of fiction and myth.

Grade: B PLUS

LIVIA, EMPRESS OF ROME
St. Martin's
2011

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YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, by Ben Dolnick

April 24, 2011

DELICATE COMING-OF-AGE novel about an introspective white suburban boy; impressive depth, breadth for its ilk.

Grade: B PLUS

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
Vintage
2011

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DEEP STATE, by Walter Jon Williams

April 20, 2011

MASSIVE ONLINE GAMES collide with real-world politics in this technothriller from the great Walter Jon Williams.

Grade: B PLUS

DEEP STATE
Orbit
2011

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POSER, by Claire Dederer

April 19, 2011

BREEZY, OPEN-HEARTED memoir centers around yoga as a metaphor for life; introspection is balanced by light tone.

Grade: B PLUS

POSER: MY LIFE IN TWENTY-THREE YOGA POSES
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2010

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REVOLUTION WORLD, by Katy Stauber

April 18, 2011

A PICARESQUE FUTURE TEXAS, plus riotgrrl gene splicers, mutant rabbits, vampires, and online revolutions = fun!

Grade: B PLUS

REVOLUTION WORLD
Night Shade Books
2011

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THE COMPANION, by Lorcan Roche

April 14, 2011

ANGRY, ELOQUENT novel explores families through the eyes of a young Irishman working as a caregiver in New York.

Grade: B PLUS

THE COMPANION
Europa Editions
2010

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HEARTSTONE, by C. J. Sansom

April 12, 2011

GRAND TUDOR EPIC is also a tightly plotted mystery/thriller, and sheer page-turning delight for history buffs!

Grade: B PLUS

HEARTSTONE
Viking
2011

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TEXAS STANDOFF by Elmer Kelton

April 10, 2011

SWASHBUCKLING OLD-SCHOOL WESTERN adventure as only the late, great Elmer Kelton could do it–with finesse. B PLUS

TEXAS STANDOFF: A NOVEL OF THE TEXAS RANGERS
Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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