Author Archives: Jenn

Review: The Tell by Hester Kaplan

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (January 8, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062184024 Source: Publisher Mira and Owen live in Providence, Rhode Island, in Mira’s family home. Surrounded by her past, unable to get rid of any remnants of her deceased parents, causes a … 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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Frightful Friday: Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa

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 Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa: Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Picador; First Edition … Continue reading

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Review: Royal Street by Suzanne Johnson

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Tor Books; Original edition (April 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 076532779 Source: Library Drusilla (DJ) Jaco is the young junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans. The title sounds big, but it isn’t. Her boss and mentor,Gerald (Gerry) St. Simon, is the wizard in charge … Continue reading

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The Big Game’s On Read-a-thon, 2013 Edition!

It’s been a few years, but I thought it high-time to reincarnate the great Big Game’s On Read-a-thon! Following is the original announcement from 2011: It’s not rare for me to come up with excuses reasons to spend obscene  amounts … Continue reading

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Review: Suspect by Robert Crais

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (January 22, 2013) ISBN-10: 039916148 Source: Publisher Eight months ago, LAPD police officer Scott James lost his partner, Stephanie, in a brutal nighttime assault. Nearly killed himself, Scott is still recovering from the bullet … 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: Reading and Recovering!

A week after being diagnosed with the flu, I’m finally starting to see the light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. I still have a good deal of pain while breathing and still have a slight wheeze, but … Continue reading

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Review: Raylan by Elmore Leonard

Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (December 26, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062119478 Source: Publisher Raylan Givens certainly isn’t your typical U.S. Marshal. Sporting a Stetson, he’s a quiet, no-nonsense kind of guy.  Born in coal-country Kentucky, Givens is forced to return to … Continue reading

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Review: The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock

Paperback: 544 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (December 4, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062229311 Source: Publisher It is the summer of 1914 and Abingdon Pryory, home of the Greville family, has yet to be tainted by the war that rages through the rest of Europe. The … Continue reading

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