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Monthly Archives: May 2013
BEA Bound: The Best of Jenn’s Bookshelves
Tuesday I will be heading to New York City for Book Expo America, the biggest publishing conference/exposition in North America. Wednesday, I will be participating in BEA Bloggers Conference. Specifically, I will be on a panel discussing how blogging, a … Continue reading
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Frightful Friday: The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E. B. Hudspeth
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 title is The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E. B. Hudspeth: Hardcover: … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Quirk Books
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My Experience: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (May 21, 2013) ISBN-10: 159463176X Source: Publisher In a rural village in Afghanistan in the 1940s, a father tells his two young children, a boy and a girl, a folk story. The essence of … Continue reading
Posted in Riverhead Books
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Review: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0061950726 Source: Publisher Molly Ayer is in foster care, about to “age out” of the system. When she steals a book from the library, she’s forced to do community … Continue reading
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
Review: Zombie, Illinois by Scott Kenemore
Paperback: 392 pages Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing (October 1, 2012) ISBN-10: 1616088850 Source: Personal copy When the dead begin to rise, the most unlikely of coalitions form between a pastor from Chicago’s rough South Side, a young reporter, and a female musician. As if … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. The featured title this week is Red Moon by Benjamin Percy: Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; First … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Grand Central Publishing, Horror, Review
Tagged lycanthropes, werewolves
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Review: The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne
Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Gotham (May 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 1592407870 Source: Publisher Josh Hanagarne was only six years old when he started exhibiting symptoms of Tourette Syndrome. It wasn’t until he was in high school that he was officially diagnosed. … Continue reading
Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (February 26, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250012570 Source: Library copy The year is 1986 in Omaha, Nebraska. Park is a sixteen-year-old part Asian boy living in a mostly white community. He’s not an outcast but … Continue reading
Posted in Review, St. Martin's Griffin, YA
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Mini-Review: Poppet by Mo Hayder
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press (May 14, 2013) ISBN-10: 0802121071 Source: Publisher AJ is a head nurse at Beechway, a high-level psychiatric hospital. Rather than focusing on the crimes that each of his patients have committed, AJ treats … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic Monthly Press, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller
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