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THE GIRLS by Emma Cline

June 21, 2016

SHOCKING YET GENTLY elegiac novel captures late-60s disaffection through the eyes of a cult hanger-on.

Grade: A MINUS

THE GIRLS
Random House
2016

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SWEET FRIEND OF MINE by J. A. Whiting

June 19, 2016

CHARMING NEW ENGLAND COZY mystery stars four psychic, crime-solving sisters and their cats. #BeachReads

Grade: SOLID B

SWEET FRIEND OF MINE
J. A. Whiting
2016

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THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS by John Wray

June 14, 2016

A GLORIOUSLY RAMSHACKLE EPIC about time travel, but also about love and family secrets and war crimes.

Grade: A MINUS

THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2016

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STAR NOMAD by Lindsay Buroker

June 12, 2016

SMART SPACE SHOOT-‘EM-UP stars a fighter pilot desperate to get back to her war-torn planet. High action!

Grade: B PLUS

STAR NOMAD
2016

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MARRIAGE MATERIAL by Sathnam Sanghera

June 9, 2016

SHARPLY FUNNY, WARM-HEARTED novel about three generations of a Punjabi Sikh family in the English Midlands.

Grade: A MINUS

MARRIAGE MATERIAL
Europa Editions
2016

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STONE TABLETS by Wojciech Zukrowski

June 5, 2016

A COLD WAR CLASSIC, newly translated from Polish, is a vivid, wrenching tale of a diplomat in 1956 India.

Grade: A MINUS

STONE TABLETS
Paul Dry Books
2016

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BARREN COVE by Ariel S. Winter

June 1, 2016

EXISTENTIAL SCIENCE FICTION, elegantly done; a stranger learns a family’s secrets in a post-human world. B PLUS

BARREN COVE
Atria Books
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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AMENDS by Eve Tushnet

May 23, 2016

SHARP, FUNNY SATIRE with a warm heart follows a group of alcoholic misfits through a rehab/reality TV show. B PLUS

AMENDS: A NOVEL
CreateSpace Publishing
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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ICE by Kevin Tinto

May 16, 2016

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST AND A MOUNTAINEER DISCOVER an extraordinary find in the ice of Antarctica. Smart thriller! B PLUS

ICE
Three Dog Publishing
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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THE MAN WHO SNAPPED HIS FINGERS by Fariba Hachtroudi

May 14, 2016

VICTIM AND TORTURER MEET again, in another country, at a refugee agency. Chilling novel by an Iranian exile. A MINUS

THE MAN WHO SNAPPED HIS FINGERS
EUROPA EDITIONS
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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