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Non-stop book reviewer. Writer, editor, auntie, godmother, curmudgeon. You might have seen me elsewhere! booktweeting.com is my website.

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ADRIFT IN A NEARLY DESERTED VENICE in the early months of the 2020 pandemic, a writer contemplates his native Nigeria, his life in Detroit, his love of travel, but most of all his complicated family. Beautifully crafted prose, distinctive story. B PLUS

https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/new-coming-soon/products/9781953368669

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A DELICATELY HAUNTING THAI novel unfolds like a late-night story from its protagonist, a monk in his 90s telling tales of his youth in the remote jungles of the late 19th century, where tigers and crocodiles lurked in the darkness. Stunning. A MINUS

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-understory-saneh-sangsuk/18627101?ean=9781646052752

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INTERTWINED NARRATIVES OF MOTHERHOOD and madness weave a subtly unsettling spell in this little gem of a novel of psychological horror and suspense. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/myrrh-polly-hall/1143629429?ean=9781789095357

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STYLISH CALIFORNIA THRILLER keeps the energy high with action and hot romance. Vivid details and strong characterizations make this a glossy rollercoaster of a read. B PLUS

https://store.bookbaby.com/book/the-manchineel

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A SCANDALOUS 1865 DIVORCE case offers a window into New York high society—the defendant was a cousin of Edith Wharton, no less—and the time’s changing attitudes about marriage, women’s rights, and sexuality. Great balance of gossip and context. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strong-passions-barbara-weisberg/1143468315?ean=9780393531527

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A YOUNG WOMAN ON THE THRESHOLD between student and adult, between her early childhood in China and her life in Canada, and even between English and Mandarin, is haunted by memory and her younger self as her mother drifts into illness. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silver-repetition-lily-wang/1143936809?ean=9781620978566

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A RELUCTANT HITWOMAN’S COMPLICATED life gets a bit more difficult when her imperious aunt orders her to run a charity race and her mobster boss commissions her to assassinate a dictator. Cozy thriller combines action and fun. SOLID B

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hitwoman-vs-the-training-schedule-jb-lynn/1144576180

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TWO SISTERS, VETERANS of World War II and still eager for “excitements” in their late nineties, find more thrills than they had bargained for on a trip to Paris. Charming adventure for fans of the Thursday Murder Club and Mrs. Pargeter. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-excitements-cj-wray/1143421981?ean=9780063337480

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HORRORS BOTH HUMAN AND SUPERNATURAL roll out with a relentless, breathtaking pace in this final installment of the Indian Lake Trilogy. As ever, Stephen Graham Jones’s deft characterization and vivid sense of place drive the chill deep. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-angel-of-indian-lake-stephen-graham-jones/1143653097?ean=9781668060889

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AN ASPIRING THIEF OF MAGICAL jewels falls into a series of predicaments that leave her responsible for stopping a murder before it happens. Charming fantasy mystery with plenty of wit and action. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-uncertain-murder-devan-barlow/1144948474

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THE CONQUISTADORES’ ARRIVAL, REIMAGINED in a playfully serious tale that darts as kaleidoscopically as a hummingbird between culture and culture and between the empires of past and present. Powerfully visual, sardonically witty. SOLID A

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you-dreamed-of-empires-lvaro-enrigue/1143331343?ean=9780593544792

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AN EXPERT ON CARCERAL VIOLENCE and the system’s cruel injustices to poor and minority youth tells the story of a tragedy that happened in his own extended family—the loss of a bright, caring teen to imprisonment and then a gang-related murder. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sito-laurence-ralph/1143598833?ean=9781538740323

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SUMMONING THE DEAD was only the first mistake Alex made—things got a lot worse after that. Sharp, evocative horror novel has a powerful sense of place and of the terrors of suffocating slowly in dead-end towns. B PLUS

https://www.cemeterydance.com/thesethingslingerFranklin

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A PERSONAL REINVENTION REVISITED with added layers of distance; French writer Édouard Louis retells the story of transforming himself from a poor village boy to an elegant Parisian autobiographical novelist. Thought-provoking yet a bit artificial. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/change-douard-louis/1143839042?ean=9780374606800

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A DAZZLING PUNK-ROCK NARNIA blends magic and the everyday into a gritty, sweet, terrifying, and touching story about how life is built on love and anger and dreams. A MINUS

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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-book-of-love-kelly-link/1143523663?ean=9780812996586&aug=1

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AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF EARTH and most of its colonies, a post-human crew and its sentient space fleet traverse the universe in search of other life. Fascinating interstellar adventure blends action and complexity. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blade-linda-nagata/1144607809?ean=9781937197445

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WITNESS PROTECTION IN A RETIREMENT community isn’t most 31-year-olds’ idea of fun, and with a murder on the grounds and $2 million missing from community accounts, it’s not very protected. Fun Florida cozy has lots of pizzazz. B PLUS

https://www.bookbub.com/books/hole-in-one-a-piper-harris-mystery-volume-5-by-deany-ray

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INTENSE, VIVID, DREAMLIKE novel captures how a family shatters under the burdens of addiction, infidelity, and growing alienation. Timelines shift and collapse in ways that mirror the subjective experiences of heartbreak and grief. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nonfiction-julie-myerson/1143611894?ean=9781959030317

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A WOMAN’S INTENSE OBSESSION with an older artist and her teenage daughter flowers disturbingly on a summer trip to Greece in this elegant yet creepy Swedish novel. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/antiquity-hanna-johansson/1143787481?ean=9781646221714

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UNFORGETTABLE STAR ANNA MAY WONG, a pioneering Chinese-American actor whose career spanned screen, stage, radio, and television, is the topic of this fascinating, deeply researched biography. Old Hollywood glam through a very modern lens! B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/not-your-china-doll-katie-gee-salisbury/1143644528?ean=9780593183984

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THE GREAT MIAMI NOVEL may well be this devastating blend of satire, magical realism, and local history—the story of a wannabe gangster and the imprisoned orca that fascinates him. Startling, distinctive, surreal. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-jennine-cap-crucet/1143636670?ean=9781668023327

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HIGH-INTENSITY FANTASY THRILLER recasts werewolf myths through a lens of female empowerment, and the result is a heist adventure led by two unforgettable young women/wolves. Sharp writing and evocations of hardscrabble backwoods life. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/learn-to-howl-jennifer-r-donohue/1144508971?ean=9781945548284

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A BLACK PHYSICIAN’S UNSPARING examination of the profound impact racism has on healthcare and health outcomes intertwines with stories of her own, her sister’s, and her mother’s lives as doctors. Thoughtful, deep, engaging. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/legacy-uch-blackstock-md/1142804246?ean=9780593491287

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A MEMOIR OF DIVORCE AND MOTHERHOOD shines brightest when talking about the raw physicalities of birth and parenting and love and longing. Candid and impressively unafraid to show the writer’s flaws. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/splinters-leslie-jamison/1143707716?ean=9780316374880

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TWO MAGICAL OUTCASTS join forces on a quest to discover a lake of mystical power. Vividly drawn fantasy set in a fascinating world offers memorable characters. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/faded-moon-t-l-morgan/1144013972

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