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May 2019

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

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Sync

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Plumbing the possibilities of travels through the multiverse, K. P. Kyle’s science fiction thriller "Sync" sets two ordinary people against powerful and nefarious forces. On a dark expanse of New England road, Brigid is so caught up in... Read More

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Deep Past

by Angela McQuay

Science writer Eugene Linden’s fiction debut "Deep Past" is an intriguing, science-minded thriller. When anthropologist Claire Knowland receives a new assignment in Kazakhstan to study domesticated horses, she’s less than thrilled.... Read More

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Cinderella Liberator

by Mya Alexice

"Cinderella Liberator" is a whimsical, feminist retelling of the classic tale, transformed by Rebecca Solnit and illustrator Arthur Rackham to be about discovering yourself and being kind to others. Where the canonical one-dimensional... Read More

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The Cat Men of Gotham

by Rachel Jagareski

Peggy Gavan’s atmospheric Cat Men of Gotham retells forty-two true stories of Old New York felines and the men who cared for them. Culled from newspaper and magazine archives from the 1880s to the 1930s, these tales about cat mascots... Read More

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Mage on the Hill

by Erika Harlitz Kern

Outcasts with magical abilities find love and friendship in Angel Martinez’s "Mage on the Hill". Toby Jones’s inability to control his magical powers is killing him. Desperate for help, he turns to the magical guild of Montchanin,... Read More

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ParentShift

by Karen Rigby

Parenting without punishment, threats, rewards, or bribery seemed like a fantasy until Wendy Thomas Russell enrolled in Ty and Linda Hatfield’s Parenting from the Heart course, which draws from Adlerian psychology and its offshoots. In... Read More

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Nima

by Jessie Horness

Adam Popescu’s "Nima" is a heroine’s journey wherein the call to adventure is shaped by feminism as a choice. Set against the backdrop of Mount Everest, this portrait of a young Sherpa woman is a breathlessly climbing, thrillingly... Read More

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