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THE FLY TRAP by Fredrik Sjöberg

June 24, 2016

EXTRAVAGANTLY ECCENTRIC MEMOIR from a Swedish entomologist charms with its love of nature, science, history.

Grade: B PLUS

THE FLY TRAP
Knopf Doubleday
2015

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THE GIRLS by Emma Cline

June 22, 2016

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

THE GIRLS
Random House
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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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 (A SWEET COVE MYSTERY BOOK 8) by J A Whiting

June 20, 2016

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

SWEET FRIEND OF MINE (A SWEET COVE MYSTERY BOOK 8)
J A Whiting
2016

Grade: B #BEACHREADS

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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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KILL EM & LEAVE SEARCHING FOR THE REAL JAMES BROWN by James Mcbride

June 17, 2016

RAW, BLUESY BIO of James Brown takes on his complicated life, transcendent music, place as a Black icon. B PLUS

KILL EM & LEAVE SEARCHING FOR THE REAL JAMES BROWN
SPIEGRA
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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KILL ‘EM AND LEAVE: SEARCHING FOR JAMES BROWN AND THE AMERICAN SOUL by James McBride

June 16, 2016

RAW, BLUESY BIO of James Brown takes on his complicated life, transcendent music, place as a Black icon.

Grade: B PLUS

KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: SEARCHING FOR JAMES BROWN AND THE AMERICAN SOUL
Random House/Spiegel and Grau
2016

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THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS (HARDCOVER) by John Wray

June 15, 2016

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

THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS (HARDCOVER)
Farrar
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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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 13, 2016

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

STAR NOMAD: FALLEN EMPIRE, BOOK 1
Lindsay Buroker
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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