Greg Barlin
The Best Book of 2020: Blacktop Wasteland
★★★★★ A “one last job” crime caper that ends up with a lot more depth and character development than expected. It's outstanding.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
The #2 Best Book of 2020: The Mountains Wild
★★★★★ Years after her cousin's disappearance, detective Maggie D'Arcy is asked to consult an a case with eerie similarities.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 13, 2021
- 1 min
The #3 Best Book of 2020: Race the Sands
★★★★★ Part Seabiscuit, part palace politics, part commentary on societal boundaries and castes -- this novel was great on multiple levels.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
The #4 Best Book of 2020: Nothing To See Here
★★★★★ An old friend desperatly needs Lillian's help caring for her kids. There's one catch, though: when the kids get upset, they catch fire
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
The #5 Best Book of 2020: Group
★★★★★ When author Christie Tate hits rock bottom, she decides to try a radical form of group therapy, where everything is NOT confidential.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
The #6 Best Book of 2020: Things in Jars
★★★★★ A private investigator in 1860s London looks into the disappearance of a young girl who may have special (and dangerous) powers.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 9, 2021
- 1 min
The #7 Best Book of 2020: The House in the Cerulean Sea
★★★★★ A lovely and cheeky queer story, this traces the evolution of a man as he comes to grips with his professional and sexual identity.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
The #8 Best Book of 2020: Long Bright River
★★★★★ When sex workers start to turn up murdered, a Philly cop investigates, hoping to stop the trend before her sister becomes a victim.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
The #9 Best Book of 2020: American Dirt
★★★★★ The journey of a mother and her son as they flee Acapulco for the United States after becoming targets of the local cartel.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 6, 2021
- 1 min
The #10 Best Book of 2020: Pretty Things
★★★★☆ Two women with a tangled past -- one a con artist, the other a wealthy influencer -- are reunited in this well-crafted yarn.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 5, 2021
- 1 min
The #11 Best Book of 2020: Dear Edward
★★★★☆ When a 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed 183, including his parents and brother, what happens next?
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
The #12 Best Book of 2020: The Once and Future Witches
★★★★☆ Three sisters join forces to influence the suffragist movement, but they must tap into old magic to level the playing field.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 3, 2021
- 1 min
The #13 Best Book of 2020: The Shadows
★★★★☆ 25 years ago, a small town was rocked by the grisly murder of a teenage boy, the main suspect never caught. Now it's happening again.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 2, 2021
- 2 min
The #14 Best Book of 2020: The Searcher
★★★★☆ An American ex-cop settles in a small Irish town to try to make a fresh start, but a local kid needs his help finding his brother.
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Greg Barlin
- Jan 1, 2021
- 1 min
The #15 Best Book of 2020: When We Were Vikings
★★★★☆ Zelda, a 20-year-old with mild developmental disabilities, channels her love of vikings and embarks on a “quest to become legendary".
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