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NO WAY DOWN by Graham Bowley

October 16, 2010

ENTHRALLING, SUSPENSEFUL true story of the 2008 climbing disaster on K2, the world’s second highest mountain. B PLUS

NO WAY DOWN: LIFE AND DEATH ON K2
Harper
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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DEAD LINE (LIZ CARLYLE SERIES #4) by Stella Rimington

October 15, 2010

WELL-CRAFTED SPY THRILLER draws added prestige and credibility from its author, MI5’s first woman director. B PLUS

DEAD LINE (LIZ CARLYLE SERIES #4)
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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MOCKINGJAY (HUNGER GAMES SERIES #3) by Suzanne Collins

October 14, 2010

THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy goes out on a fittingly grim note. Memorably dystopian setting for teen heroics. B PLUS

MOCKINGJAY (HUNGER GAMES SERIES #3)
Scholastic, Inc.
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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HOW TO BECOME A SCANDAL by Laura Kipnis

October 13, 2010

ACERBIC, THOUGHTFUL look at the culture of scandal name-checks Freud, Goffman, and Jay Leno with equal ease. B PLUS

HOW TO BECOME A SCANDAL: ADVENTURES IN BAD BEHAVIOR
Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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ROCK AND ROLL WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE by Steve Almond

October 12, 2010

FUNNY, IRREVERENT, very personal look at rock (and pop, and hip-hop, and soul) music and the power of fandom. B PLUS

ROCK AND ROLL WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE: A BOOK BY AND FOR THE FANATICS AMONG US (WITH BITCHIN’ SOUNDTRACK)
Random House
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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SKIPPY DIES by Paul Murray

October 11, 2010

PHANTASMAGORICAL, SURREALIST Irish tragicomic novel is 600+ pages of wild characters and hilarious metaphysics. B PLUS

SKIPPY DIES
Faber and Faber
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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MORE PERFECT UNIONS by Rebecca L. Davis

October 9, 2010

APPEALING, thought-provoking history of marriage counseling in the US, from its 1930s origins to today. B PLUS

MORE PERFECT UNIONS: THE AMERICAN SEARCH FOR MARITAL BLISS
Harvard University Press
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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DOUBLE DEATH by Gavin Mortimer

October 7, 2010

FASCINATING TRUE TALE of an unsung Civil War hero–a daring spy for the Union whose 1911 suicide made headlines. B PLUS

DOUBLE DEATH: THE TRUE STORY OF PRYCE LEWIS, THE CIVIL WAR’S MOST DARING SPY
Walker & Company
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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MURIEL SPARK by Martin Stannard

October 6, 2010

MURIEL SPARK illuminated in this intensely researched bio of the famously enigmatic Scottish writer. B PLUS

MURIEL SPARK: THE BIOGRAPHY
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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MISTER X by John Lutz

October 4, 2010

PRIVATE DETECTIVES hunt a serial killer. Fifth in a deftly done series; strong characters, vivid NYC setting. B PLUS

MISTER X
Kensington Publishing Corporation
2010

Grade: B PLUS

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