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Book Picks - The Bookloft

By Joe Donahue
Published May 30, 2023 at 11:13 AM EDT

This week's Book Picks lists comes from Giovanni Boivin, Owner of The Bookloft in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

List:
BATTERY LIFE by Brennan Gilpatrick & Gregory Lang
WITCH KING by Martha Wells
THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVER by Mikki Brammer
MY MURDER by Katie Williams - Pub Date 6/6
EDISON’S GHOSTS by Katie Spalding
SMALL MERCIES by Dennis Lehane
CHLORINE by Jade Song

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