Author Archives: Jenn

Spring Book Preview: March 2014, Part II

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Jenn

Earlier this week, I shared the first half of the March book releases I’m really excited about. As if you need any more recommendations, below please find the remaining titles on my most anticipated list of March book releases! As … Continue reading →

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Review: Fallen Beauty by Erika Robuck

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Jenn

Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: NAL Trade (March 4, 2014) ISBN-10: 0451418905 Source: Publisher Laura Kelly is a young seamstress living in 1928 upstate New York. After her father’s death and her own “fall from grace” (becoming pregnant out of wedlock),   the only way … Continue reading →

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Spring Book Preview: March 2014, Part I

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Jenn

I know it’s hard to believe based on the current weather conditions, but spring is right around the corner.  With it comes some fresh new faces  and the reappearance of old favorites. I seem to say this each month, but … Continue reading →

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TSS: A Week in Review

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Jenn

  I’m baaack!! My insane travel season is over and I’m finally getting back in to my reading groove!  It’s definitely a gradual thing; I have discovered that since I haven’t had a lot of time to read, I’ve definitely … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: Snowblind by Christopher Golden

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Jenn

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 title is Snowblind by Christopher Golden: Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; First Edition edition (January 21, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Doubleday (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0385538499 Source: Publisher West Hall, Vermont has a centuries-old history of strange disappearances and activity tracked back to old, family legends.  The most infamous is that of Sara Harrison Shea, found … Continue reading →

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Review: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Jenn

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 →

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Review: The Martian by Andy Weir

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Jenn

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 →

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Book Club Discussion: Labor Day by Joyce Maynard

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Jenn

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

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Jenn

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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