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August 27, 2024

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 27, 2024. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in August 2024.

Book Review

Beautiful Dreamers

by Paula Martinac

In Minrose Gwin’s rich coming-of-age novel "Beautiful Dreamers", a precocious girl navigates the tense atmospheres of 1950s Mississippi. After her father abandons her family, Mem and her mother, Virginia, return to the small Gulf Coast... Read More

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The Snarling Girl

by Jaime Herndon

Elisa Albert’s ranging essay collection "The Snarling Girl" includes sixteen pieces published over the last ten years in venues including Longreads, New York magazine’s The Cut, The Forward, and Lit Hub. Their topics include feminist... Read More

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Malignant Assumptions

by David Bushman

A sharp and curious doctor in training is just the right tour guide through the labyrinthine murder mystery novel "Malignant Assumptions". Carrie Rubin’s series mystery novel "Malignant Assumptions" is an entertaining whodunit with an... Read More

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Broom for Two

by Danielle Ballantyne

A little witch discovers that some feats are only possible with the help of a friend in this whimsical picture book. After forgetting her broom outside, the witch can no longer fly it properly; her flying test ends in disaster. When she... Read More