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Bonding over bog bodies in 'Meet Me at the Museum'

Bonding over bog bodies in 'Meet Me at the Museum'

Anne Youngson's debut novel is the charmer of the summer. Told in epistolary form, it follows a dissatisfied farmer's wife and a lonely museum curator who find it's never too late for a fresh start.
by Heller McAlpin

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Reading horror can arm us against a horrifying world

Reading horror can arm us against a horrifying world

Why read horror stories when the real world is scary enough on its own? Because horror does more than scare us -- it teaches us how to live with being scared, and how to fight back against evil.
by Ruthanna Emrys

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In 'Orchid and the Wasp,' an unapologetic heroine who's no gentle flower

In 'Orchid and the Wasp,' an unapologetic heroine who's no gentle flower

Caoilinn Hughes's new novel introduces a young Irish woman named Gael Foess, who is both exploitative and highly effective. The author says her protagonist is unlikable on purpose.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Sophia Alvarez Boyd

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In new book, Barack and Joe solve a murder mystery

In new book, Barack and Joe solve a murder mystery

The new noir novel "Hope Never Dies" rekindles a presidential buddy-cop bromance in order to unravel a suspicious death in Delaware. It is, to be clear, 100 percent fan fiction.
by Don Gonyea

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'Every full moon we can howl at is a victory,' says Emil Ferris

'Every full moon we can howl at is a victory,' says Emil Ferris

Emil Ferris' graphic novel 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' won three Eisners, the highest award in mainstream comics, and it celebrates the things that make us all monsters -- because monsters are cool.
by Mallory Yu

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'This Body' is packed with personality -- maybe too much

'This Body' is packed with personality -- maybe too much

Edgar Cantero's madcap new novel stars a brother-and-sister pair of private eyes with wildly differing personalities -- who just happen to share the same body. (There's an explanation. Sort of.)
by Jason Sheehan

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A look at the history of Canada's residential schools

A look at the history of Canada's residential schools

Bookseller Mara Panich-Crouch recommends a novel about the experiences of an Ojibwe boy caught in Canada's residential school system.
by Tracy Mumford

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Yabbadabba-what? These aren't the Flintstones you remember

Yabbadabba-what? These aren't the Flintstones you remember

When you say "The Flintstones," most people think of the old Hanna Barbera cartoons. But a new comic book adaptation keeps the humor, and tackles some heavy themes like capitalism and human frailty.
by Mallory Yu

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Scientists are 'Spying on Whales' to learn how they eat, talk and ... walked?

Scientists are 'Spying on Whales' to learn how they eat, talk and ... walked?

Paleobiologist Nick Pyenson is dedicated to uncovering the "hidden lives" of whales. Forty to 50 million years ago, he says, whales had four legs and lived at least part of their lives on land.
by Dave Davies

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