Author Archives: Jenn

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: Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough

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 Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough: Reading level: Ages 12 and up Hardcover: 464 pages … Continue reading

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Review: This Dark Earth by John Hornor Jacobs

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Gallery Books; Original edition (July 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451666667 Source: Publisher Dr. Lucy Ingersol first notices something is amiss when people walk into her hospital with strange symptoms, including seizures and Tourette-like verbal outbursts. The number … Continue reading

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Review: Saving Ruth by Zoe Fishman

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 1, 2012) ISBN-10: 006205984X Source: Publisher Ruth Wasserman is a young, curly haired Jewish girl living in a small town in Alabama.  All her life, she wanted to be everything … Continue reading

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Review: Jack 1939 by Francine Mathews

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (July 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1594487197 Source: Publisher The potential for war with Europe is every present. Without an intelligence agency, President Franklin Roosevelt, planning to run for a third term, has no way of … 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: Getting Back to Normal

A week ago Friday, the DC area was hit with a horrid thunderstorm with winds of 80+ MPH. Millions were left without power, we were one of them.  Luckily, we found a hotel early and didn’t have to suffer in … Continue reading

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A Month in Review: June 2012

Books Reviewed One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauff The Girl Below by Bianca Zander The Unseen by Katherine Webb The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn * The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman The Reckoning by Alma … Continue reading

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Review: Playing Dead by Julia Heaberlin

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books; Original edition (May 29, 2012) ISBN-10: 0345527011 Source: Publisher Tommie McCloud returns to her small hometown in Texas when her father passes away. Ponder was like many small towns, everyone knew one another’s business, … Continue reading

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Love is Murder Blog Tour, Featuring Lee Child!

Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Mira (May 29, 2012) ISBN-10: 0778313441 Source: Publisher To celebrate the release of Love Is Murder, an anthology including works by 30 of the hottest authors writing romantic suspense today, featured bloggers will “host” one of … Continue reading

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