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A Covert Affair
****
Jennet Conant
Simon & Schuster, $25
Non-fiction
Reviewed 7/4/11 (TD)

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
*****
Jonathan Evison
Algonquin, $23.95
Contemporary Ficton
Reviewed 8/25/12 (LC)

NEW!
The Road to Cardinal Valley
****
Earlene Fowler
Prime Crime, $25.95
Contemporary Fiction
Reviewed 2/17/13 (JMW)

Water for Elephants
****
Sara Gruen
Algonquin, $14.95
Reviewed 1/5/12 (SL)

Zero
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Tom Leveen
Random House, $16.99
Young Adult
Reviewed 5/26/12 (NH)

NEW!
A Higher Call
*****
Adam Makos with
Larry Alexander Berkley, $26.95
Non Fiction
Reviewed 2/17/13 (TD)

Getting Over Garrett Delaney
****
Abby McDonald
Candlewick, $16.99, G
Young Adult
Reviewed 3/25/12 (CS)

The Yellow Birds
*****
Kevin Powers
Little Brown, $24.95
Contemporary Fiction
Reviewed 11/4/12 (TD)

Knocking On Heaven's Door
*****
Lisa Randall
Harper Collins, $25
Non-fiction
Reviewed 1/5/12 (TD)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
*****
Rebecca Skloot
Crown, $26
Non fiction/Biography
Reviewed 4/30/11 (TD)




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*****A Definite Keeper
****We Recommend
***Acceptable
**Think Twice
*Don't Bother

Sensuality Ratings
G - Love scenes, but little or no sex.
PG - Non-descriptive sex, nothing graphic.
PG-13 - More descriptive, but nothing wild or kinky.
R - Lovemaking, and plenty of it - described in lots of detail.
NC-17 - Ouch! Don't burn yourself. This book is hot, hot, hot!
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