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booktweeting, 6 months ago to books

A SPIRITUALIST’S WIFE STRUGGLES to come to terms with her husband’s new world of séances and “readings”—and fears he’ll find out some of her own secrets. Lush evocation of post-World War I Scotland and the frenzies of Jazz Age society. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hazardous-spirits-anbara-salam/1143029073?ean=9781959030133

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booktweeting, 6 months ago to books

A FAMILY’S DEEPEST SECRETS are brought to light in this ambitious, poetic memoir. In a mix of recollection and recreation, the author uses her uncle’s conviction for art forgery as the lens through which to examine a family in flight from truth. B PLUS

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booktweeting, 6 months ago to books

THE ASSASSINATION OF PATRICE LUMUMBA, first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, explored in this timely, fascinating, intensely researched work with emphasis on US Cold War strategy and the role of the CIA. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lumumba-plot-stuart-a-reid/1143205978?ean=9781524748814

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booktweeting, 6 months ago to books

LOVE, HEARTBREAK, AND LOSS are the cornerstones of this elegantly constructed novel that captures the power of connection and the pain of isolation. Sex is a constant presence in the book, but evocations of food and friendship hit even harder. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/family-meal-bryan-washington/1143022796?ean=9780593421093

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booktweeting, 6 months ago to books

SENSATIONAL WILD-WEST DETECTIVE yarn features the “Holmes On the Range” brothers—a pair of cowboys turned sleuths—guarding a fossil dig in Wyoming with trouble not far behind. Brilliant return of these colorful characters in a sharp, twisty plot. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hunters-of-the-dead-steve-hockensmith/1144073554?ean=9781685493455

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booktweeting, 6 months ago to books

A FRESH, INSIGHTFUL, FUNNY and touching memoir by writer and activist Curtis Chin is a time machine back to his childhood and his family’s Detroit restaurant. Sharp observations on growing up gay and Chinese-American in the 1980s. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everything-i-learned-i-learned-in-a-chinese-restaurant-curtis-chin/1143031737?ean=9780316507653

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booktweeting, 7 months ago to books

NEAR-FUTURE NOIR THRILLER, set in a Pacific Northwest sodden with “broken weather,” combines lots of action and a colorful cast of characters for a highly entertaining read. B PLUS

https://splinterpress.com/product/the-dissection-and-reassembly-of-cohen-hoard/

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booktweeting, 8 months ago to books

AN UNFLINCHING GEN X COMING-OF-AGE novel captures the summer heat, grime, and energy of early 80s New York, as well as the complicated friendship between two interns at a prestige newspaper (back when print still ruled the media). B PLUS

https://bookshop.org/p/books/friends-like-these-meg-rosoff/18811926?ean=9781774881101

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booktweeting, 11 months ago to books

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, bad things happen, even when some of the worlds are virtual. Breathtaking science fiction thriller plays on the edge of quantum entanglements between games and life. A MINUS

https://www.amazon.com/GRONE-Legends-Known-Arc-Book/dp/B0BVT3K13R/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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