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NECESSARY EVIL, by Ian Tregillis

May 6, 2013

NAZI CYBORG WARRIORS, warlock magic, and time travel combine in this brilliant, spooky World War II thriller.

Grade: B PLUS

NECESSARY EVIL
Tor
2013

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DONNYBROOK, by Frank Bill

May 4, 2013

BRUTAL NO-HOPER NOIR, set against an Indiana landscape of violence and despair.  Grim, gory, haunting.

Grade: B PLUS

DONNYBROOK
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2013

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THE OFFICE OF MERCY, by Ariel Djanikian

May 2, 2013

ON A POSTAPOCALYPTIC EARTH, bunker-dwelling survivors try to regiment the world around them.  Thoughtful SF.

Grade: B PLUS

THE OFFICE OF MERCY
Viking
2013

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SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES, by Alan Bradley

May 1, 2013

WONDERFUL ENGLISH COZY features a precocious sleuth, a spooky tomb, and various 1950s village shenanigans.

Grade: B PLUS

SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES: A FLAVIA DE LUCE NOVEL
Delacorte
2013

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THE DINNER, by Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett

April 30, 2013

SAVAGE BLACK COMEDY mocks social climbing, politics, family ties, Dutch society, the idea of sanity itself.

Grade: A MINUS

THE DINNER
Random House/Crown/Hogarth
2013

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THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT, by Ned Beauman

April 28, 2013

A WILD HISTORICAL PICARESQUE races from 1930s Berlin to LA, complete with pulp staples like ghosts and spies.

Grade: B PLUS

THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT
Bloomsbury
2013

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THE ABUNDANCE, by Amit Majmudar

April 25, 2013

TOUCHING, GRACEFUL NOVEL about adult children caring for aging parents, connecting with their Indian heritage.

Grade: B PLUS

THE ABUNDANCE
Henry Holt & Company
2013

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DOUGHNUT, by Tom Holt

April 22, 2013

DELIGHTFULLY TWISTED SCIENCE FICTION: a hapless schlub discovers apocalyptic physics and wacky multiverses.

Grade: A MINUS

DOUGHNUT
Orbit
2013

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WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDED, by Steven Amsterdam

April 21, 2013

SUDDEN MINOR SUPERPOWERS appear at times of crisis in this bittersweet parable of family pain and healing.

Grade: B PLUS

WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDED
Penguin/Riverhead
2013

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THE END OF THE POINT, by Elizabeth Graver

April 17, 2013

ARTFUL HISTORICAL SETS a family’s Massachusetts summer home as the centerpoint for change and connection.

Grade: B PLUS

THE END OF THE POINT
Harper
2013

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