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October 15, 2012

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

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Budge

by Christopher Soden

"Budge" is one of the more quirky, unconventional, picaresque novels to come along in a while. It can be pleasurable, if the reader is willing to roll with Osborne’s approach to prose, which is original, if not necessarily expedient.... Read More

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Knowing Who I Am

by Julia Ann Charpentier

South African singer and songwriter Sonia Aletta Nel, better known as Nianell, credits her success to a long process of learning to love herself and feeling the love around her, as she takes her talent to greater heights of international... Read More

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Darkening the Grass

by Holly Wren Spaulding

Married love, the simple satisfactions of daily routines and habits around the home and garden, light and darkness, and ruminations about aging and dying give this third collection by Michael Millar substance and form. There are also... Read More

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Stories for Boys

by Lisa Romeo

Gregory Martin’s beautiful first memoir, Mountain City, is no preparation for his intensely rendered second, "Stories for Boys", and this is a good thing. Exploring new territory here, Martin intelligently avoids the serial... Read More

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Slow Democracy

by Amy O'Loughlin

According to a research study released in 2010 by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 81 percent of Americans believe that elected officials are more personally ambitious than publicly motivated, while 74 percent rate... Read More

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