Author Archives: Jenn

Teaser Tuesday: At Witt’s End by Beth Solheim

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Jenn

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jenn

  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 … Continue reading →

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Review: Pieces of Happily Ever After by Irene Zutell

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (September 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 0312540094 Source: SheKnows Alice Kirshall has a storybook life, or so it seems.  Her husband, Alex, a Hollywood entertainment lawyer signs on with a new client, actress Rose Maris. … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Parenting: Adolescent Love

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Jenn

Since the premiere post for Adventures in Parenting featured my youngest son,  I thought I’d be fair and focus on my oldest son, John (affectionately called John-John), for this episode. One night last week as we were all getting settled … Continue reading →

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Review: Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Jenn

Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (March 30, 2010) ISBN-10: 0312581580 Source: Publisher Lily Woodward and the other citizens of Toccoa, Georgia are eagerly awaiting the return of the town’s soldiers from World War II.  To celebrate their return, … Continue reading →

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Iron Man Super Hero Super Giveaway!

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Jenn

To get everyone ready for the release of Iron Man 2, Hachette Books is hosting an awesome giveaway of Iron Man books! Normally, I don’t host this sort of review, but my boys and I are HUGE fans of Iron … Continue reading →

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Mini-Review: The Cold Room by J.T. Ellison

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Jenn

Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Mira Books; Original edition (March 1, 2010) ISBN-10: 0778327140 Source: Planned Television Arts Homicide detective Taylor Jackson has seen her share of disturbing murders during her career in Nashville.  She’s met her match with … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller | 7 Comments

Teaser Tuesday: Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Jenn

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Jenn

         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 … Continue reading →

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Introducing: Adventures in Parenting!

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Jenn

  Adventures in Parenting will be a new weekly feature here at Jenn’s Bookshelves.  The idea was formulated on Twitter (of course!) by Rebecca from The Book Lady’s Blog after she read my tweets about yet another fiasco one of my … Continue reading →

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