Author Archives: Jenn

Review: Overseas by Beatriz Williams

Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (May 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 0399157646 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) Kate Wilson is a twenty-something Wall Street analyst, trying to make a name for herself. At an important client meeting, she’s banished to her cubicle, expected to sit … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: The Haunted by Bentley Little

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 The Haunted by Bentley Little: Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Signet; 1st edition … Continue reading

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Going to BEA/BEA Blogger Convention? Let’s Meet Up!

It’s less than a month away: the event book bloggers, authors, & publishers all look forward to! Book Expo America! One of the most important things about BEA is not the free galleys but the networking!  I’ve made some great … Continue reading

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Review: The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Unbridled Books (May 1, 2012) ISBN-10: 1609530799 Source: Publisher Gavin Sasaki is a young journalist working in New York City. The economic decline has an adverse effect on the print publishing industry and in an attempt … Continue reading

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Review: So Far Away by Meg Mitchell Moore

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books (May 29, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316097691 Source: Publisher Kathleen Lynch is a widow working as an archivist in a library. She lost her husband early in life, her daughter was a mere toddler. Years … Continue reading

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Reliving Morrison: My Path Down Memory Lane

Today, May 8th has been deemed Toni Morrison day to celebrate the publication of Morrison’s newest book, Home. After reading a review copy of home Home, I knew there was no way I could possibly review a novel by this incredibly talented … Continue reading

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Zombie Mondays: Audiobook Review-Zombiestan by Mainak Dhar

Listening Length: 6 hours and 25 minutes Program Type: Audiobook Version: Unabridged Publisher: Tantor Audio Source: Publisher Taliban soldiers, while surveying the remnants of an air strike on a secret Al-Qaeda meeting, are infected by a virus. They each embark on different travel routes following their … 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: A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of A Murder by Karen Spears Zacharias

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 actually a memoir, somehow making it even more chilling: A Silence of Mockingbirds: The … Continue reading

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A Month in Review: April 2012

Books Reviewed   Carpathia by Matt Forbeck Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth The Iguana Tree by Michel Stone White Horse by … Continue reading

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