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Review: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Harper (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 006228553X Source: Publisher Bartholomew Neil has cared for his mother for the entire thirty-eight years of his life. When she passes away from cancer, he’s left with an emptiness in his … Continue reading
Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Crown (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0804139024 Source: Publisher Mark Watney is one of several astronauts making up the crew of the Ares 3 mission to Mars. Just days into their mission, the Acidalia region is hit … Continue reading
Posted in Crown Publishers, Literary Fiction, Review, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Book Club Discussion: Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
Yesterday evening, I led the fiction book club at One More Page books in our discussion of Labor Day by Joyce Maynard. To start off the meeting, we enjoyed a delicious pie baked by Tiffany, one of the book club … Continue reading
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A Month in Review: January 2014
Books Reviewed Ripper by Isabel Allende Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) by Kerry Greenwood Stumptown Volume 1 by Greg Rucka Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough What I Had Before I Had You by Sarah … Continue reading
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Review: Ripper by Isabel Allende
Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Harper (January 28, 2014) ISBN-10: 0062291408 Source: Publisher Amanda Jackson has always been interested in the evil side of human nature. It started at a relatively young age and has progressed so dramatically that she, along with her grandfather, take … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Books, Review
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Review: Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) by Kerry Greenwood
Program Type: Audiobook Listening Length: 5 hours and 50 minutes Version: Unabridged Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd (August 29, 2010) Phryne (pronounced Fry-knee) Fisher lives a life of wealth and luxury in 1920s England. Bored of this high-society life, she goes to Melbourne, Australia … Continue reading
Review: Stumptown Volume 1 by Greg Rucka
Hardcover: 144 pages Publisher: Oni Press (April 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 1934964379 Source: Personal copy Dex is a private investigator in a bit of a slump. Not only is business slow, but she in debt with the Confederated Tribes of the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime Fiction, graphic novel, Oni Press, Review
Tagged Portland, private investigator
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Review: Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books; Reprint edition (December 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250039770 Source: Publisher Eleven years ago, then twenty-year-old Tobias Sartorius was convicted of killing two seventeen-year-old girls based on circumstantial evidence alone and sentenced to ten years in … Continue reading
Posted in Minotaur Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller
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Winter Book Preview: February 2014, Part II
Yesterday, I shared the first half of the books I’m most anticipating in February. Following is the second, slightly longer, list of books I’m looking forward to! Once again, I’ve included the publisher’s summary. Click on the image to preorder … Continue reading
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TSS: Winter Book Preview: February 2014, Part I
I know I said that January was an awesome month for books, but February is looking pretty outstanding as well! So outstanding that, once again, I must break it up into two lists! Following is Part 1 of February books … Continue reading
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