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SWEEPING CHANGES by Mara Lynn Johnstone

September 7, 2015

CLEVER, ENGAGING FANTASY set in an otherworldly kingdom at war and plagued by magical amnesia. Good stuff! B PLUS

SWEEPING CHANGES
BookBaby
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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MRS PARGETER’S PRINCIPLE by Simon Brett

September 4, 2015

COMPLETELY DELIGHTFUL COZY mystery marks the return of Simon Brett’s Mrs. Pargeter, dowager queen of crooks. B PLUS

MRS PARGETER’S PRINCIPLE : A COZY MYSTERY FEATURING THE RETURN OF MRS PARGETER
Creme de La Crime
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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IMMUNITY by Taylor Antrim

September 2, 2015

A POST-PANDEMIC POLICE STATE; a broke former socialite playing dangerous games. Haunting near-future thriller. B PLUS

IMMUNITY
Simon & Schuster
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed

August 24, 2015

ON A HARSH, NEWLY settled planet, a leader—warrior, mother, hunter, conservationist—fights for her people. B PLUS

ARCHANGEL
Resurrection House
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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VANISHING GAMES by Roger Hobbs

August 19, 2015

SLICK, STYLISH THRILLER stars a duo of globetrotting supercriminals, but fear, desperation are vividly evoked. B PLUS

VANISHING GAMES
Knopf Publishing Group
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE A NOVEL by Jessica Knoll

August 14, 2015

GLOSSY, CLEVER, SURPRISINGLY complex novel about a woman whose upscale life is haunted by a past tragedy. B PLUS

LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE A NOVEL
SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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THE PAWNBROKER’S DAUGHTER by Maxine Kumin

August 12, 2015

MAXINE KUMIN’S MEMOIR is as terse, elegant, and full of love as any of the late Pulitzer Prize winner’s poems. B PLUS

THE PAWNBROKER’S DAUGHTER
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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THE FORGOTTEN FLAPPER by Laini Giles

August 10, 2015

CHARMING “OLD HOLLYWOOD” novel captures the wild life of Olive Thomas, a winsome star of the silent film era. B PLUS

THE FORGOTTEN FLAPPER
None
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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MISSOULA by Jon Krakauer

August 7, 2015

THE UNFLINCHING JOURNALISTIC EYE of Jon Krakauer turns to rape in a Montana town, uncovers wrenching details. B PLUS

MISSOULA: RAPE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN A COLLEGE TOWN
BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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IN A DARK, DARK WOOD by Ruth Ware

August 5, 2015

A TAUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER in the great English tradition: secrets and danger at an isolated house party. B PLUS

IN A DARK, DARK WOOD
Gallery/Scout Press
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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