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Books reviewed by Beverly Melven at BookBrowse.

Beverly Melven

Beverly believes that a day without reading is like a day without sunshine. She holds a B.A. in English, with an eye to acquiring a Ph.D. in Literary Theory. She also spent a year at Alaska magazine & The MILEPOST, proofing and writing the occasional article. She babbles about all of the books she reads at www.bevyofbooks.com.

Books reviewed by Beverly Melven

The Book of Jonas (09/05/12)
My First Coup d'Etat (08/08/12)
Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain (07/25/12)
Home (05/30/12)
Monstress (02/15/12)
Thinking, Fast and Slow (01/11/12)
Bright and Distant Shores (11/17/11)
The Cat's Table (10/05/11)
Embassytown (07/13/11)
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away (06/15/11)
Tiger, Tiger (04/20/11)
Home Fires (03/09/11)
Annabel (01/13/11)
Sunset Park (11/03/10)
A Secret Kept (09/22/10)
Father of the Rain (08/04/10)
Best European Fiction 2010 (05/05/10)
The Solitude of Prime Numbers (03/17/10)
Map of the Invisible World (01/13/10)
Half the Sky (11/19/09)
The Children's Book (10/21/09)

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