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  2. Books Published July 15, 2012

July 15, 2012

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published July 15, 2012. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in July 2012.

Book Review

Messages from Estillyen

by Kristine Morris

William E. Jefferson’s intelligent and heartfelt novel, "Messages from Estillyen", stitches together several tales to reveal the transformative power of God’s word. Hollie and Goodwin Macbreeze, a young couple seeking to make sense... Read More

Book Review

Punishment

by Heather Talty

This legal thriller, focusing on how a convoluted pair of cases affect courthouse staff and criminals alike, benefits from the insider perspective provided by Linda Rocker, a legal professional. Casey Portman is a bailiff with the West... Read More

Book Review

Smoke and Magic

by Jill Allen

High school can be rough on socially awkward teenage boys. For bookish Charley Anderson, at age seventeen, his already loner tendencies become complicated by weird dreams, a sudden acquisition of powers, and an alarming physical... Read More

Book Review

The Uncommon Thread

by Dindy Yokel

One thing we know for sure is that laughter is the best remedy for small and large-scale blues. The Uncommon Thread, Dr. R. Scott Anderson’s new collection of essays, compiled from his longtime column in the respected Mississippi State... Read More

Book Review

The End

by J. G. Stinson

Freelance writer and editor Laura Barcella has capitalized on the whole 2012 mythos with this compilation of fifty pop-culture items (books, films, music, TV series, art and comic books among them) which have the end of the world as... Read More

Book Review

People with Holes

by J. G. Stinson

In Heather Fowler’s second short fiction collection, People With Holes, the nexus of each story is a hole of some sort, whether literal or figurative. Mixing erotica and magical realism in several of the stories, Fowler explores the... Read More