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MEDDLING FROM THE AFTERLIFE, the spirit of a Korean great-grandmother tries to right the decades-old wrongs she did to her family. Vivid characterizations highlight the cultural and generational divides. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-apology-jimin-han/1142799591?ean=9780316367080

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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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CON ARTISTS, CRYPTIDS, AND A CARNIVAL with some hidden secrets converge on rural West Virginia in this stylish noir thriller, part of a multi-book anthology series. Smart, atmospheric writing. B PLUS

https://www.amazon.com/Somewhere-Outside-Salvation-Grifters-Song-ebook/dp/B0C251GLN8?ref_=ast_author_dp

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A MEDITATION ON FAMILY, HERITAGE, identity, and self-creation by a writer who is an enrolled member of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe of the Pacific Northwest. Insightful observations weave deftly with personal reimagining of Indigenous myths. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thinning-blood-leah-myers/1142243349?ean=9781324036708

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Hello, Mastofriends! @Princejvstin has today's review over on Nerds of a Feather, of a historical biography of Suleyman the Magnificent, constructed to feel reminiscent of a fantasy narrative, with a rich and textured sense of place and time and politics and power, even if the actual rendering of Suleyman himself is less developed.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/09/review-lion-house-coming-of-king-by.html

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GRIM, STYLISH THRILLER set at a posh girls’ boarding school has a vivid sense of place and some memorable characterizations as well as a propulsive, high-energy plot. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-st-ambrose-school-for-girls-jessica-ward/1142483499?ean=9781982194864

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A SHIMMERING TAPESTRY OF ESSAYS, poetic and direct, woven from stories about life and love, illness and health, connection and loss. B PLUS

https://bookshop.org/p/books/drawing-breath-essays-on-writing-the-body-and-grief-gayle-brandeis/18582442?ean=9798985652710

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Have you gotten an email inviting you to enter the Barnes Book Awards? It's a . You have to buy a review to enter at a cost of $399. Claims it was est'd in 2015 but web registration just 14 days old (to an address in the Philippines) https://www.barnesbookreview.com/

EVOCATIVE “WEIRD WEST” novel set in a desolate mining town where a prospector’s orphan dreams of better things and of mysterious, powerful beings high in the mountains. Intriguing! SOLID B

https://www.amazon.com/Joyful-Noise-James-Collins-ebook/dp/B0CGMQL1Q3?ref_=ast_author_mpb

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LUSH, ATMOSPHERIC, CLEVER novel captures the mystique of Golden Age Hollywood—as well as the sleaze and scandal behind the scenes—through the eyes of an actress turned gossip columnist. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/do-tell-lindsay-lynch/1142170001?ean=9780385549370

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UNLIKELY ALLIANCES, FRIENDSHIPS, and even love link the Black and Jewish residents of a hardscrabble neighborhood in 1930s Pennsylvania. Luminous, magical novel is infused with hope and generosity of spirit. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/the%20heaven%20&%20earth%20grocery%20store

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