{"id":17778,"date":"2016-03-18T00:31:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T04:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=17778"},"modified":"2016-03-18T00:31:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T04:31:45","slug":"national-book-critics-circle-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2016\/03\/18\/national-book-critics-circle-awards-2\/","title":{"rendered":"National Book Critics Circle Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Book Critics Circle announced their winners for books published in 2015 (you can see the finalists <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2016\/01\/19\/national-book-critics-circle-finalists-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2016\/03\/18\/national-book-critics-circle-awards-2\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17778 gallery-columns-6 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