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Review: Close Your Eyes by Amanda Eyre Ward
Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Random House (July 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 0345494482 Source: Publisher Lauren Mahdian, (age six) and her brother, Alex (age nine) awake from a night spent in their treehouse to learn their mother is dead, their father arrested for her … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Random House, Review
Tagged family secrets, literary mystery
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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 reading, and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Sheila from One Person’s … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: Shock Value by Jason Zinoman
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! The featured book this week is:Shock Value: How a Few … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Horror, Non-Fiction, Penguin, Review
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Review: Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Knopf (June 14, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307595129 Source: Personal Copy The Kelleher women are an extremely strong-minded set of women. Alice is the matriarch; she spends all her time at Mass or enjoying a cigarette and a manhattan on … Continue reading
Posted in Knopf, Literary Fiction, Review, Women's Fiction
Tagged family drama, Maine, summer read
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Literary Road Trip: June/July Link Round Up!
The Literary Road Trip is a project in which bloggers are volunteering to showcase local authors. This showcase can be anything you want to make of it – book reviews, author interviews, giveaways – as long as you’re working with … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Road Trip
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Review: The Reservoir by John Milliken Thompson
Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Other Press (June 21, 2011) ISBN-10: 1590514440 Source: Publisher One spring morning in 1885, the body of a young pregnant woman is found floating in Richmond’s city reservoir. At first glance, her death appears to … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Other Press, Review
Tagged Richmond, Southern Gothic Fiction, Virginia
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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 reading, and the books to be finish this week. It was created by J.Kaye’s Book Blog, … Continue reading
Guest Post: John Milliken Thompson, Author of The Reservoir
Today I’m excited to welcome John Milliken Thompson, author of The Reservoir! Since learning about this book at BEA (Book Expo America) I’ve been shouting about it from the rooftops. It has everything I love in a thriller, plus it’s … Continue reading
Review: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Algonquin Books (May 24, 2011) ISBN-10: 1565129903 Source: Publisher Dana Lynn Yarboro and Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon are both teen girls, growing up in 1980s Atlanta. They are also half-sisters, both daughters of a bigamist, James Witherspoon. Only Dana and … Continue reading
Review: The Summer We Came to Life by Deborah Cloyed
Paperback:320 pages Publisher:Mira; Original edition (May 31, 2011) ISBN-10: 0778312917 Source: Planned Television Arts Childhood friends Samantha, Isabel, Kendra and Mina get together every summer at some luxurious vacation spot, joined by their parents. This year, however, the clan is … Continue reading
Posted in Mira Books, Review, Women's Fiction
Tagged after-life, death, friendship, loss, recovery
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