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Review: The Lion Is in by Delia Ephron
Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Plume; Reprint edition (January 29, 2013) ISBN-10: 0452298938 Source: Publisher Three women are on the run. Tracee is a kleptomaniac, running from a life spiraling out of control. Her best friend, Lana, is alcoholic who just … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Plume, Review, Women's Fiction
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Review: A Future Arrived by Phillip Rock
Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (February 5, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062229354 Source: Publisher The final installment of the Passing Bells trilogy begins in the 1930s, the Jazz era ending and a period of uncertainty as the younger … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Review, William Morrow
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Review: Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (February 12, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250014522 Source: Publisher Isabelle McAllister is a feisty eighty-nine year old woman. Over the years, she’s formed quite a friendship with her hairdresser, Dorrie Curtis, a single-black woman in her thirties. She’s followed Dorrie around as … Continue reading
Posted in Review, SheReads Book Club, St. Martin's Press
Tagged 1930s, friendship, interracial marriage, racism
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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
Mini-Review: The Good Daughter by Jane Porter
Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Berkley Trade; 1 edition (February 5, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425253422 Source: Publisher Kit Brennan has always been a good girl, the good daughter, as far as her family is concerned. She’s teacher at a Catholic school, attends Mass every weekend, and … Continue reading
Posted in Berkley Trade, Review, Women's Fiction
Tagged abuse, adoption, cancer, parenthood
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Frightful Friday: Domino Falls by Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due
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: Domino Falls by Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due. Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Atria Books; … Continue reading
Review: Devil’s Wake by Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due
Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Atria Books; Original edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451617003 Source: Personal copy Kendra and her parents are on their way to the hospital in Portland for a flu shot when it happens: an infection consumes innocent … Continue reading
Review: The Truth about Love and Lightning by Susan McBride
Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (February 12, 2013) ISBN-10: 006202728X Source: Publisher When a tornado tears through Gretchen Brink’s land, the impact is not only structural but emotional. Gretchen and her twin sisters discover the body … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Review, William Morrow
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Review: Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Gallery Books (February 12, 2013) ISBN-10: 1451685033 Source: Publisher Over a year ago, Jason Getty killed a man, burying his body in his own back yard.Jason spends every waking moment thinking about the body and its … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review
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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
