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Albanese, Laurie and Laura Morowitz. The Miracles of Prato (reviewed by Karen Ballinger) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Aldersmith, Nancy. Crocheted Gestures (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Mainstream Fiction; Anthologies/Collections Allen, Sarah Addison. The Peach Keeper (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Backer, Sara. American Fuji (reviewed by Becca Taylor) Bair O'Keeffe, Kristin. Thirsty: A Novel (reviewed by Judy Miller) Historical Fiction; Literary/Classic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Barr-Toman, Susan. When Love Was Clean Underwear (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Baugh, Carolyn. The View from Garden City (reviewed by Marion Mitchell) Baugh, Mary Frances. The Brewer's Women (reviewed by Marion Mitchell) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Beard, Jo Ann. In Zanesville: A Novel (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Belmond, C. A. A Rather Curious Engagement (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Mainstream Fiction; Romantic Fiction Bender, Aimee. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (reviewed by Barbara L. Heller) Berg, Elizabeth. Durable Goods (reviewed by Donna Van Straten Remmert) Mainstream Fiction; Teen/Girls Berg, Elizabeth. Open House (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Berg, Elizabeth. Talk Before Sleep (reviewed by Leslie Crowley) Berg, Elizabeth. The Pull of the Moon (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Binchy, Maeve. Minding Frankie (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Breen, Susan. The Fiction Class (reviewed by Marlys Marshall Styne) Brown, Eleanor. The Weird Sisters (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Bryant, Lynne. Alligator Lake (reviewed by B. Lynn Goodwin) Campbell, Liza. The Dissemblers (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Caram, Eve La Salle. Trio (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Carter, Betsy. Swim to Me (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Clark, Kim. Attemptations: Short, Long and Longer Stories (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Clayton, Meg Waite. The Wednesday Sisters (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Chick Lit; Mainstream Fiction Cushman, Anne. Enlightenment for Idiots (reviewed by Deborah Robson) Mainstream Fiction; Spiritual Fiction Dahl, Sophie. Playing With the Grown Ups (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Diffenbaugh, Vanessa. The Language of Flowers (reviewed by Olga Livshin) Erdrich, Louise. Plague of Doves (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction; Mystery Factor, Eliza. The Mercury Fountain (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Fitzgerald, Lynda. Of Words & Music (reviewed by Sharon Wildwind) Fraser, Gail. The Lumby Lines (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Freely, Maureen. Enlightenment (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Mystery; Mainstream Fiction Furman, Laura. The Mother Who Stayed (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Anthologies/Collections; Mainstream Fiction Genova, Lisa. Still Alice (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Gould, Linda. The Rock Star's Homecoming (reviewed by Sharon Wildwind) Grémillon, Hélène. The Confidant (reviewed by Judy Alter) Greenwood, Kerry. Unnatural Habits: A Phryne Fisher Mystery (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction; Mystery Gussin, Patricia. The Test (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Hall, Albyn Leah. The Rhythm of the Road (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Hall, Carolyn. Sweeping Up Glass (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Hoffman, Alice. Skylight Confessions (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Hoffman, Alice. The Third Angel (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Horan, Nancy. Loving Frank (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Horsdal, Marlyn. Sweetness from Ashes (reviewed by Diana Nolan) Ethnic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Houston, Pam. Contents May Have Shifted (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Ironside, Virginia. No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a 60th Year (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Mainstream Fiction; Chick Lit Johnson, A.G.S. The Sausage Maker's Daughters (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction; Mystery Kalotay, Daphne. Russian Winter (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Kingsolver, Barbara. The Lacuna (reviewed by Mary Marino-Strong) Kline, Christina Baker. Orphan Train (reviewed by Judy Alter) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Koenigsdorf, Jill. Phoebe and the Ghost of Chagall (reviewed by Juliet Porton) Lamott, Anne. Imperfect Birds (reviewed by Linda Hoye) Lansens, Lori. The Wife's Tale (reviewed by Karen Ballinger) Mackler, Carolyn. Tangled (reviewed by Julie Baum) Teen/Girls; Mainstream Fiction MacNeal, Susan Elia. His Majesty's Hope (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction; Mystery Magendie, Kathryn. Secret Graces (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Magendie, Kathryn. Tender Graces (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Mazetti, Katarina. Benny & Shrimp (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Mainstream Fiction; Romantic Fiction McMillan, Terry. Getting to Happy (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Ethnic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction McNear, Suzanne. Knock Knock (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Michaels, Anne. The Winter Vault (reviewed by Karen Ballinger) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Michaels, Anne. The Winter Vault (reviewed by Edith O'Nuallain) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Mitchell, Marianne. A Promise Made (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Teen/Girls; Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Mitsch, Darelyn DJ. Mystic Grits: A Southern Girl's Journey to Wisdom (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Christian Fiction; Mainstream Fiction; Spiritual Fiction Monroe, Debra. Shambles (reviewed by Judy Miller) Moore, Lorrie. A Gate at the Stairs (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Mainstream Fiction; Literary/Classic Fiction Morton, Kate. The Secret Keeper (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Moyes, Jojo. Me Before You (reviewed by Olga Livshin) Nash, Jennie. The Last Beach Bungalow (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Nash, Jennie. The Only True Genius in the Family (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Nava, Margaret. Mariposa Landing (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Nelson, Martha. Black Chokeberry (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) O'Donohue, Clare. Missing Persons (reviewed by Judy Alter) Literary/Classic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction; Mystery Parciak, Wendy. Requiem for Locusts (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Paretsky, Sara. Bleeding Kansas (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Patchett, Ann. State of Wonder (reviewed by Juliet Porton) Petrone, Susan. A Body at Rest (reviewed by Becca Taylor) Phillips, Susan Elizabeth. The Great Escape (reviewed by Olga Livshin) Mainstream Fiction; Romantic Fiction Picoult, Jodi. My Sister's Keeper (reviewed by Cheri Rosenberg) Pilcher, Rosamunde. Three Complete Novels (reviewed by Olga Livshin) Pokras, Barbara & Fran Pokras Yariv. Feeding Mrs. Moskowitz & the Caregiver (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Rasmussen, Rebecca. The Bird Sisters (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Richardson, Barbara K. Guest House (reviewed by Judy Miller) Rubinsky, Holley. South of Elfrida (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Santiago, Esmeralda. Conquistadora (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Schmidt, Heidi Jon. The Harbormaster's Daughter (reviewed by B. Lynn Goodwin) Segal, Francesca. The Innocents (reviewed by Juliet Porton) Literary/Classic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Serber, Natalie. Shout Her Lovely Name (reviewed by Juliet Porton) Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (reviewed by Katherine Misegades) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Shapiro, B. A. The Art Forger (reviewed by Judy Alter) Literary/Classic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction; Mystery Shin, Kyung-sook. Please Look After Mom (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Ethnic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Sittenfeld, Curtis. American Wife: A Novel (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Smallwood, Carol. Lily's Odyssey (reviewed by Mary Jo Doig) Mainstream Fiction; Mystery Smith, Therese Ambrosi. Wax: Pearl Harbor Changed Everything (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Stockett, Kathryn. The Help (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Mainstream Fiction; Historical Fiction Vaughn, Deborah. In Search of the Menopause Ranch (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Wagner, Erica. Seizure (reviewed by Edith O'Nuallain) Walls, Jeanette. Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Warren, Dianne. Juliet in August (reviewed by Linda Hoye) Wickersham, Joan. The News from Spain (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Literary/Classic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Wiggs, Susan. The Goodbye Quilt (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Wingate, Lisa. Good Hope Road (reviewed by Donna Van Straten Remmert) Wingate, Lisa. Tending Roses (reviewed by Donna Van Straten Remmert) Winslow, Emily. The Start of Everything (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Mainstream Fiction; Mystery; Thriller Wolitzer, Meg. The Ten Year Nap (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Woolley, Jackie. The Sound of Windmills (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction