Monthly Archives: June 2012

Frightful Friday: One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauff

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauff: Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harlequin MIRA; Original edition (June 26, 2012) … Continue reading

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Review: The Girl Below by Bianca Zander

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062108166 Source: Publisher After living a decade in New Zealand, twenty-eight year old Suki Piper returns to her native London. She struggles to reconnect with the London … Continue reading

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Review: The Unseen by Katherine Webb

Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 22, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062077880 Source: Publisher Reverend Albert Canning and his wife, Hester, live in a quiet Berkshire village in 1911. Both are young, Hester is already dreaming of filling … Continue reading

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Audiobook Review: The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice

Audio CD Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (February 14, 2012) Listening Length: 17 hours and 19 minutes ISBN-10: 0307877221 Source: Personal copy Reuben Golding is a young reporter on assignment with the San Francisco Observer, sent to Mendocino County to write … Continue reading

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Sheila from One Person’s … Continue reading

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TSS: Celebrating My Birthday…With Books!

Tomorrow (Monday) is my birthday so I opted to celebrate my birthday…with books. Treating myself to a three-day weekend, I plan on catching up on a great deal of reading. This weekend is surrounded by several author events. Thursday, I … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Crown (June 5, 2012) ISBN-10: … Continue reading

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Review: The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman

Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 0670023647 Source: Publisher It’s the seventeenth century in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (present day Manhattan).  Orphans are disappearing, only to be found later severely mutilated. The colonists, a … Continue reading

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Review: The Reckoning by Alma Katsu

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Gallery Books (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451651805 Source: Author It’s been two hundred years since Lanore entombed the horribly wicked Adair behind a wall of stone and brick. She now lives in London with her new … Continue reading

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Author Event: Daniel Kalla Visits One More Page Books

Earlier today, I reviewed Daniel Kalla’s stunning historical thriller, The Far Side of the Sky.  Last week, I had the privilege of meeting Daniel when he visited my favorite independent book store, One More Page. Following is a short write-up … Continue reading

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