Maren Longbella
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When an elderly busybody/killer meets a young bad seed, ‘Havoc’ ensues
Fiction: Set in Egypt, Christopher Bollen’s novel finds evil meeting its match.
December 2, 2024
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Review: Soap opera-worthy book traces how a century-old feud over birth control affects us to this day
Nonfiction: “The Icon and the Idealist” is a portrait of two activists.
November 27, 2024
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A small rabbit carries the hopes of a grieving family in ‘The Burrow’
Fiction: Melanie Cheng’s novel nods to Kafka and bunny blockbuster “Watership Down.”
November 11, 2024
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What’s that thing in the attic? Oh, just an AI robot that will probably take over your life.
FICTION: Contemporary novel “William” takes inspiration from Mary Shelley’s classic “Frankenstein.”
September 3, 2024
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Horror comes to the suburbs in ‘We Came to Welcome You’
FICTION: ... but Vincent Tirado’s novel tells more than it shows.
August 27, 2024
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Selling your house? Just hope the would-be buyer in ‘The House Hunt’ doesn’t show up
FICTION: C.M. Ewan’s novel capitalizes on the paranoia of having to open our homes to strangers.
August 20, 2024
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There’s rom, com and more in Minnesota writer’s ‘Four Weekends and a Funeral’
LOCAL FICTION: Two people could fall in love while cleaning out a North Shore cabin in Ellie Palmer’s novel.
July 31, 2024
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She’s not even invited but ‘The Wedding People’ change her life, just the same
FICTION: Emerging from trauma, a woman finds a stranger’s celebration is just the ticket in Alison Espach’s novel.
July 24, 2024
Books
Horror comes to the suburbs in ‘We Came to Welcome You’
FICTION: ... but Vincent Tirado’s novel tells more than it shows.
August 27, 2024
Books
Selling your house? Just hope the would-be buyer in ‘The House Hunt’ doesn’t show up
FICTION: C.M. Ewan’s novel capitalizes on the paranoia of having to open our homes to strangers.
August 20, 2024
Books
There’s rom, com and more in Minnesota writer’s ‘Four Weekends and a Funeral’
LOCAL FICTION: Two people could fall in love while cleaning out a North Shore cabin in Ellie Palmer’s novel.
July 31, 2024
Books
She’s not even invited but ‘The Wedding People’ change her life, just the same
FICTION: Emerging from trauma, a woman finds a stranger’s celebration is just the ticket in Alison Espach’s novel.
July 24, 2024