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We're looking for a few good reviewers. Do you have what it takes? The love of reading, a knack for writing,  and a mind to let others know how you appreciated (or didn't) an author's work?

Send us an original sample of a book review you have written and we'll consider adding you to our roster of literary enthusiasts. 300 - 500 words. Please include the title, author, publisher, page count and price of the book, as well as a one-line bio of yourself. Submissions can not have been published elsewhere and will become the property of The Roanoke Times. Email to: books@roanoke.com

Following are top purchases at Ram’s Head Book Shop at Tower’s Shopping Center, according to co-owner Lolly Rosemond:

FICTION

1. “THE WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD,” by Matt Bondurant

2. “NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH: The Year’s Best 2008.” Selected by Z.Z. Packer and Kathy Pories

3. “THE LEGAL LIMIT,” by Martin Clark

CHILDREN’S

1. “BEE-WIGGED,” by CeCe Bell

NONFICTION

1. “GRAZING ALONG THE CROOKED ROAD: Recipes and Stories — Past and Present,” by Betty Skeens and Libby Bondurant

2. “VIRGINIA AT WAR 1863.” Edited by William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr.

3. “LEE’S LAST CASUALTY: The Life and Letters of Sgt. Robert W. Parker, Second Virginia Cavalry.” Edited by Catherine M. Wright

4. “BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY: Simply Beautiful.” Photography by Pat and Chuck Blackley, text by Cara Ellen Modisett

5. “Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912 — Magic City of the New South,” by Rand Dotson