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July 2023

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published July 2023.

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The Little Book of Exoplanets

by Kristen Rabe

Belying its modest title, Joshua Winn’s "The Little Book of Exoplanets" is an extraordinary, far-reaching astronomy book that describes the exploration of planets outside our solar system. As this engaging book explains, more than five... Read More

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Cat's New Friend

by Danielle Ballantyne

Cat loves to go on adventures, but returning to his empty jungle bungalow grows lonely. He finds a friend in Fish, but as Fish shares her own heartaches, Cat is faced with a choice between keeping his friend and making her happy. An... Read More

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What Jesus Intended

by Kristine Morris

"What Jesus Intended" imparts a vision of faith based on the person and purpose of Jesus. An Anglican bishop with four decades of church ministry, Todd D. Hunter has seen lots of “bad religion,” which he defines as church life gone... Read More

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Her Little Flowers

by Erin Nesbit

In Shannon Morgan’s supernatural novel, a mother’s love is expressed through the language of flowers. Francine, who is unmarried by choice, lives in her haunted family manor surrounded by memories of her mother, who was an expert... Read More

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The Ice Harp

by Meg Nola

In Norman Lock’s historical novel "The Ice Harp", Ralph Waldo Emerson struggles with encroaching dementia and the incontrovertible realities of aging. In 1879, Emerson is seventy-six and troubled. Once heralded as the Sage of Concord,... Read More

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The Woods Are Waiting

by Eileen Gonzalez

In Katherine Greene’s novel "The Woods Are Waiting", cyclical tragedies haunt a small rural town. Five years ago, three children disappeared in the woods near the isolated town of Blue Cliff. They never came back. Cheyenne, who found... Read More

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Arca

by Peter Dabbene

Age, class, and lies affect a space-borne society in the science fiction graphic novel "Arca". Effie will turn eighteen soon, at which point she’ll stop serving the “citizens”—the rich aristocracy of a large spaceship called... Read More

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