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January 2019

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 2019.

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Love Big

by Pallas Gates McCorquodale

Learn about kindness, sharing, listening, and how to be “buff” from the animals, both large and small, of the East African savanna. Songs, chants, rhymes, dance, and lots of dung beetle jokes will have hands clapping, feet tapping,... Read More

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Justice in Plain Sight

by Jeff Fleischer

With the importance of a free press and the rule of law rightly in the national conversation, Dan Bernstein’s "Justice in Plain Sight" is a timely release, detailing a California paper’s Supreme Court battles over the press and... Read More

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A Land Apart

by Jeremiah Rood

Ian Roberts’s historical novel, "A Land Apart", mixes history and art to comment on how technology changes societies. In New France in 1634, somewhere along the banks of the Great Lakes, Totiri, an Iroquois war chief, trades with... Read More

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The Alchemist's Illusion

by Claire Foster

In The Alchemist’s Illusion, Zoe Faust continues her search for a missing mentor. The mystery involves an evil painting, a phoenix pendant of dark provenance, and an art crime that spans centuries. On one of Zoe’s walks through a... Read More

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Mala Vida

by Daniel Schindel

Real history and contemporary events collide in Marc Fernandez’s crime novel "Mala Vida". Radio host Diego Martin finds himself the Spanish media’s token leftist after an election brings the nationalist party back into power. Then,... Read More

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Something like Breathing

by Aimee Jodoin

On a remote island off the coast of Scotland, two young girls navigate the judgement of their peers and the adults in their lives. Angela Readman’s "Something like Breathing" pairs nuanced observations with an atmospheric setting to... Read More

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More than Bones

by John M. Murray

Craig David Singer’s cheeky More Than Bones is tale of self-discovery filled with quirky comedy and surprising depth. Dr. Emily Norton begins a residency program at a prestigious Catholic hospital in Baltimore. She moves into a sleepy... Read More

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