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		<title>Review: Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was one of the lucky people who got a look at Kenya Wright’s Fire Baptized before it was published. On the surface, it may seem distasteful: the Supernaturals have been exiled to a ghetto built out of a literal cage near Miami, Florida. This ghetto, though, is reminiscent of a shetl of Eastern European [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2012/01/17/review-fire-baptized-by-kenya-wright/</link>
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		<title>Review: A Karma Girl Christmas by Jennifer Estep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always nice to revisit old friends and Jennifer Estep&#8217;s e-story, A Karma Girl Christmas, is no exception. Part of Estep&#8217;s Bigtime series, this short takes place after the final book in the trilogy, Jinx, and features all our favorite characters &#8212; and some new ubervillains. Befitting a story, the conflict is simple: Karma Girl [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2012/01/10/review-a-karma-girl-christmas-by-jennifer-estep/</link>
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		<title>Review: Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was my mother, of all people, who told me to take Meg Cabot&#8217;s Size 12 Is Not Fat out of my TBR mountains and read it. The lead character, Heather Wells, is a former pop star turned amateur sleuth. Doesn&#8217;t that qualify for Rock Fiction? Well, yes and no. Cabot&#8217;s former pop star is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2012/01/05/review-size-12-is-not-fat-by-meg-cabot/</link>
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		<title>Go Now by Richard Hell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The nice thing about my continued growth as an expert in Rock Fiction is that people send me books. Go Now, Richard Hell&#8217;s 1996 novel (novella? I didn&#8217;t count the words) is one of those books that showed up with a Random Act of BookCrossing Kindness. I picked it up the other day because I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2011/11/27/go-now-by-richard-hell/</link>
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		<title>Review: Kiss the Sky by Farai Chideya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t remember where I first heard of Farai Chideya&#8217;s Kiss the Sky. I do know I had really high hopes for this story, of a woman struggling with herself and her music career. Sophie is the sort of character you initially want to root for: she&#8217;s divorced from her music partner, but they&#8217;ve found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2011/10/25/review-kiss-the-sky-by-farai-chideya/</link>
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		<title>Review: All that Glitters by Ruth Ryan Langan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love used book sales. I&#8217;m such a fan of them, though, that I&#8217;ve had to institute a few rules. 1. I&#8217;m only allowed to buy it if I know for certain it&#8217;s on my wishlist. &#8220;For certain&#8221; is key; there are over 2300 books on my wishlist. Yes, I&#8217;ve bought the same book more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2011/10/20/review-all-that-glitters-by-ruth-ryan-langan/</link>
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		<title>The Rock and Roll Queen of Bedlam by Marilee Brothers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a title like The Rock and Roll Queen of Bedlam, you&#8217;d expect the book to be a work of Rock Fiction, right? Add in a mention on the back blurb of the fact that our heroine, Allegra, has a thing for karaoke &#8212; and hello? That name!! &#8212; and yeah. You&#8217;d expect a rock [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2011/10/15/the-rock-and-roll-queen-of-bedlam-by-marilee-brothers/</link>
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		<title>Review: The Unexpected Salami by Laurie Gwen Shapiro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My book club read Laurie Gwen Shapiro&#8217;s The Matzo Ball Heiress. We loved it; it was a great romp through a fun story, and one most of us in my book club could relate to … in one way or another. Then I picked up The Anglophile, her follow-up. I didn&#8217;t love it. I may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2011/10/09/review-the-unexpected-salami-by-laurie-gwen-shapiro/</link>
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		<title>Review: Last Night at Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure I knew Last Night at Chateau Marmont fell squarely into the category of Rock and Roll Fiction until a copy arrived from BookMooch and I read the cover flap. It&#8217;s the story of Brooke Alter and what happens to her when her husband lands a recording deal and becomes music&#8217;s new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2011/10/05/review-last-night-at-chateau-marmont-by-lauren-weisberger/</link>
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		<title>Deader than Disco by David Hiltbrand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember when I first heard of David Hiltbrand. He&#8217;s a rock journalist and feature reporter for those cross-state folk at the Philadelphia Inquirer. No, not THAT Inquirer. Sheesh. Anyway, I picked up Hiltbrand&#8217;s first novel, Killer Solo. Even dropped the man a friendly e-mail because, hey, us rock and roll authors ought to stick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rockread.westofmars.com/2011/10/01/deader-than-disco-by-david-hiltbrand/</link>
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