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MirageThe Mirage
by Matt Ruff
Matt Ruff, author of Queen Anne Books favorites Set This House in Order and Bad Monkeys, has written another page-turning, mind-reeling masterpiece. Imagine a world where the United Arab States is threatened by Christian fundamentalist terrorists, a world where a few good Homeland Security Agents have to fight corruption and conspiracies to protect all they believe in, a world where evil and mass deception threaten everything. I predict this is the novel that everyone will be talking about in 2012... read the rest of Tegan's review

The Orphan Master's SonThe Orphan Master's Son
by Adam Johnson
To read Adam Johnson’s new novel The Orphan Master’s Son is to plunge headlong into the terrifying and creepy world of North Korea. Really, who sets a book in North Korea? An obsessive researcher, Johnson (who took six years to write the book) reveals a setting that is hauntingly realistic—so real, in fact, this reader couldn’t shake the lingering images of mind-stripping torture, dark-of-night kidnappings, and punishing interrogations... read the rest of Wendee's review.

Cook Grow EatCook Grow Eat
by Willi Galloway
Portland-based garden writer Willi Galloway has created the perfect book for aspiring vegetable gardeners. The magic is in the concept of combining gardening advice with recipes that use fresh ingredients straight from the vegetable patch. This is a comprehensive book that covers EVERYTHING a gardener needs to know about vegetable growing... read the rest of Wendee's review.
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