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January 2012

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 2012.

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A Breath Before Sunrise

by Jeannine Chartier Hanscom

Talented author Jamie Horwath crafts an intriguing, action-packed tale with his short novella, "A Breath Before Sunrise". At an unspecified time in the future, the human race has been nearly annihilated by a strange enemy that takes... Read More

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Sow Your Fallow Ground

by Jeff Friend

Charles Simms understands that attempting to persuade people to accept new concepts can be difficult, so he invites his readers to approach his ideas with a willingness to be tutored. With that established, he explains his theory about... Read More

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The Four Fabulists

by Diane Taylor

By comparing the biblical narratives attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John with the contemporaneous historical narratives composed by authors such as Herodotus, Tacitus, and others, "The Four Fabulists" challenges the idea that the... Read More

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Into the Lens

by Cindy Wolfe Boynton

Like a carefully crafted snapshot, "Into the Lens" captures a moment—specifically, the one four-hundredth of a second that, when a magical camera lens snaps, transports sisters Gwen and Daisy from a secret room in their father’s... Read More

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The Golden Door

by Lauren Kramer

What does it feel like to be an illegal immigrant? Tom Milton addresses this question directly in "The Golden Door", a book written in the voice of Maya Mendez, a young Mexican woman who has spent fifteen years living in the US. She’s... Read More

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Memories from the East

by Julia Ann Charpentier

A heartbreaking coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of China, Abdulla Kazim’s "Memories from the East" explores a traumatized man’s psyche as he prepares to commit suicide at the age of twenty-nine. Gerald Arsov watched as... Read More

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Beautiful Woman

by Julia Ann Charpentier

Contrasting the extravagant wealth and the devastating poverty of Miami, "Beautiful Woman" is a political statement as much as a novel. A liberal columnist for the Miami-Sun Times, the protagonist pits himself against a stratified city... Read More

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Vampires Curse

by Jill Allen

For readers who eagerly gulp down vampire stories, David D. Taylor’s debut novel pumps refreshingly new blood into the genre. In "Vampires Curse", Thomas Garrett finds his beloved girlfriend, Miranda, murdered, and signs suggest a... Read More

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