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March 4, 2014

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published March 4, 2014. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in March 2014.

Book Review

Sunshine Girls

by Rebecca Foster

The social movements of the 1970s make a perfect backdrop for this coming-of-age story of four young women. Four twentysomething girlfriends navigate changing social mores and complicated love lives in 1970s Toronto. In Sheila Horne’s... Read More

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The Curse of the Thrax

by Eric Anderson

This young hero’s journey is highly readable and never short on exciting plot twists. Fast-paced and compelling, Mark Murphy’s "The Curse of the Thrax" follows a young boy’s rambling quest in a world both mysterious and oddly... Read More

Book Review

A Danger to Himself and Others

by James Burt

Battle-scarred veterans are depicted as both victims and heroes in this explosive police thriller. It might seem cliché to have a narrative about former veterans as cops trying to stop madmen from blowing up innocents. It’s true we... Read More

Book Review

Strange Life

by Michelle Anne Schingler

The poems in "Strange Life" are constructed with terrible and forthright beauty, both existential and hauntingly specific. From Eleanor Lerman (The Sensual World Re-Emerges, 2011), a National Book Award-nominated poet and Guggenheim... Read More

Book Review

The Second Letter

by Hannah Eason

With its solid structure and fast pace, along with a standout sleuth, Lane’s story makes a worthy new entry into the suspense genre. Robert Lane sets the stage for his cross-generational government/dirty-business suspense story, "The... Read More