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Review: Conversion by Katherine Howe

  Published by Putnam Juvenile Released July 1, 2014 432 pages Where I got it: E-galley received from publisher via NetGalley Rating: Description (from Goodreads): It’s senior year at St. Joan’s Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for … Continue reading

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Review: Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell

Published by Scribner Released August 12, 2014 272 pages Where I got it: E-galley received from publisher via NetGalley [stars:4] Description (from Goodreads): The fearless memoir of a young forensic pathologist’s rookie season as a NYC medical examiner, and the cases, … Continue reading

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Review: Blood of the Lamb by Sam Cabot

Published by Blue Rider Press Released August 6, 2013 432 pages Where I got it: E-galley received from publisher via NetGalley Rating: Description (from publisher): The Historian meets The Da Vinci Code in this exhilarating supernatural thriller set in Rome, where rival groups … Continue reading

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Review: The Ghosts of Chicago: The Windy City’s Most Famous Haunts by Adam Selzer

Published by  Llewellyn Publications Released September 8, 2013 360 pages Where I got it: E-galley received from publisher via NetGalley Description (from Goodreads): From Resurrection Mary and Al Capone to the Murder Castle of H. H. Holmes and the funeral train … Continue reading

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Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Published by Random House Released August 20, 2013 624 pages Where I got it: ARC received from publisher at ALA Annual 2013 Rating: Description (from Goodreads): On a damp October night, the body of young, beautiful Ashley Cordova is found in … Continue reading

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