What She Left Behind
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By Ellen Marie Wiseman
Publisher: Kensington
Release Date: December 31, 2013

Ellen Marie Wiseman is a bestselling author whose 2nd novel, What She Left Behind, was published in 2013, and remained on Amazon’s top 200 list for years. I just formed a book club with some of my neighbors, and our 1st pick for the month of August was Wiseman’s story of two young women, one from the 1920s and one from the 1990s, who become connected when modern Izzy finds the diary of Clara in an old suitcase left in a shuttered asylum. While Izzy contends with the horrors of high school, coupled with a very troubled past, she feels compelled to follow Clara’s story, who was forced into a mental institution by her father because she refused to marry a man chosen for her. After all, she was already in love.

One Of Us: A Novel
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By Craig DiLouie
Publisher: Orbit | Hachette Book Group
Release date: July 17, 2018

It is 1984 and the world is a strange one. A germ spread in the 1970s, causing genetic mutations in some of the children. Not harelips or six fingers or webbed toes, but fur and blobs, and upside down faces. These children are getting older and were put in a home, treated like slaves, unwanted and unloved. In a sleepy Georgia town, Enoch — or Dog, as he is called — just wants to belong, but hate and fear of the unknown will always keep him from being “One of Us.” When someone is murdered, it’s human (monster) against monster (human).

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The Gift Of Dark Hollow
Longburrow Book #2
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Sequel to Podkin One-Ear: Longburrow Book 1
By Kieran Larwood
Illustrated by David Wyatt
Publisher: Clarion House | HMH Books
Release Date: August 7, 2018

Podkin, Pook, and Paz survived the battle against the Gorm, and are now seemingly safe in Dark Hollow, a hidden warren. Curiosity, boredom, and a feeling of uselessness get the better of Podkin, and he stumbles upon another magical gift, one that can help them defeat the Gorm instead of hiding from them. Such is the opening premise of The Gift Of Dark Hollow, the second book in the Longburrow series by Kieran Larwood.

Hooked on Hollywood
Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom
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Written by Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Paladin Communications
Release date: July 2, 2018

One of America’s most famous film critics, Leonard Maltin, is an expert on the evolution of film, the grit and the glory, the ugly and the oh-so-beautiful. He has gotten to interview some of the most famous people in the world, and gotten them to open up in compelling ways. Not everyone can live and love their career, but Maltin has done so with his newest effort, and he draws you in along with him.

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To Another Abyss!
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Written by Zach Bartlett
Publisher: Spaceboy Books
Release date: May 25, 2018

Greg Withers runs an art gallery, one his parents gave to him to since it not only gives Greg something to do, it also fits with their lifestyle and image. He really does want it to be something real, and has his eccentric punk friend Decca help him give a grant to an eager artist. Unfortunately, things don’t go quite as he envisions when a douchey filmmaker hoodwinks him into giving him the grant, and doing the opposite of what Greg, Decca, and anybody with any sense of art would do. Just as this seems to be the biggest problem, a globby alien appears through a broken painting aka portal and wants the attention it deserves for its superiority. What will Greg, Decca, douchey Ian, and their real artist friend Myra do?

Find out when you read To Another Abyss! by Zach Bartlett.

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