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June 2019

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

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Wait

by Jeremiah Rood

Like a blinking yellow traffic light for the soul, Rebecca Brewster Stevenson’s Christian inspiration book "Wait" seeks meaning and hope in expectation, reimagining waiting as a prayerful avenue to finding God’s grace. Sometimes God... Read More

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Just Enough

by Jessie Horness

Part memoir, part cookbook, part philosophical musing, "Just Enough" is perhaps the first recipe anthology you’ll read cover-to-cover before placing it on your kitchen shelf. In eleven reflective chapters, Gesshin Claire Greenwood uses... Read More

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Harbart

by Rebecca Hussey

Nabarun Bhattacharya’s "Harbart" is a wild ride—a short novel that documents the unexpected rise and precipitous fall of Harbart’s fortunes in vibrant, humorous prose. The novel opens with a scene of debauchery that is followed by... Read More

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Mr. K Released

by Rebecca Hussey

Matéi Visniec’s "Mr. K Released" is a delightfully absurd and surreal novel about the disorienting qualities of freedom. Mr. K, called Kosef J in a nod to Kafka, finds himself released from prison. He is jubilant but also confused by... Read More

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Hateland

by Mya Alexice

White nationalists, mass shooters, conspiracy theorists: these scary labels seem to belong to the most extreme members of society. But as Daryl Johnson argues in "Hateland", hateful extremism resides in the mainstream consciousness like... Read More

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Finding Mrs. Ford

by Claire Foster

Deborah Goodrich Royce’s gripping and relatable literary suspense novel "Finding Mrs. Ford" unravels the decades-old secret behind an otherwise perfect life. In 1979, Susan, who feels hopelessly square, meets and is drawn to Annie, a... Read More

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