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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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GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU HAVE, by James Lasdun

May 3, 2013

CANDID, UNSETTLING, ELOQUENT memoir from a writer who was the target of a former student’s obsession.

Grade: B PLUS

GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU HAVE: ON BEING STALKED
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 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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STORM KINGS, by Lee Sandlin

April 26, 2013

EARLY TORNADO CHASERS in the US, from Ben Franklin through the 20th century, profiled in a lively history.

Grade: B PLUS

STORM KINGS: THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF AMERICA'S FIRST TORNADO CHASERS
Pantheon
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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THE MYTHS OF HAPPINESS, by Sonja Lyubomirsky

April 24, 2013

UPDATES FROM THE HAPPINESS psychology front, with a fresh take on conventional wisdom about joy, satisfaction.

Grade: B PLUS

THE MYTHS OF HAPPINESS: WHAT SHOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY, BUT DOESN'T; WHAT SHOULDN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY, BUT DOES
Penguin
2013

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ESLANDA, by Barbara Ransby

April 23, 2013

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE of Eslanda Robeson, influential writer, civil rights activist, and wife of Paul Robeson.

Grade: B PLUS

ESLANDA: THE LARGE AND UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE OF MRS. PAUL ROBESON
Yale University Press
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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