Category Archives: Putnam

Review: Helsinki White by James Thompson

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Jenn

Reading level: Ages 18 and up Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (March 15, 2012) ISBN-10: 0399158324 Source: Publisher In the third Inspector Vaara novel, Inspector Kari Vaara has recently learned he has a brain tumor. Experiencing debilitating headaches for … Continue reading →

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Review: A Good American by Alex George

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (February 7, 2012) ISBN-10: 039915759X Source: Publisher It’s 1904. Frederick, a junior clerk in a small bank, falls in love with Jette, the daughter a woman striving to use her daughter’s future husband as a means … Continue reading →

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Review: Taken by Robert Crais

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jenn

Reading level: Ages 18 and up Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Putnam Adult (January 24, 2012) Source: Publisher Krista is a first generation Hispanic-American.  When she goes off on a trip with her boyfriend and doesn’t return when planned, her mother doesn’t worry. … Continue reading →

Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Putnam, Review, Thriller | 6 Comments

Frightful Friday Review: The Chalk Girl by Carol O’Connell

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Jenn

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 and join in! This week’s Frightful Friday book is The Chalk Girl  by … Continue reading →

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Review: Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (April 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157409 Source: Publisher   Twenty-something siblings Lacy & Paul live together in a small rural town in Northern California.  They get by on a pretty substantial crop of marijuana growing … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: Lucifer’s Tears by James Thompson

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Jenn

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! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: The Winter Ghosts by Kate Moss

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Jenn

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! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Horror, Paranormal Fiction, Putnam, Review, Thriller | 14 Comments

Review: The Other Life by Ellen Meister

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (February 17, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157131 Source: Publisher What would you do if you had another chance to live the life you once had, experience the road not taken? Quinn Braverman left her neurotic, emotionally … Continue reading →

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In Response to Many…the Gushing Review of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Jenn

Today is the official release date of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.  To celebrate this wonderful day and, at the request of many, I’ve decided to publish my original, gushing, nonsensical review of the book. Since I’ve already published the … Continue reading →

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Review: You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157204 Source: Publisher At Fort Hood, TX dozens of women are awaiting the safe return of their husbands from war.  They form a close-knit community, linked together by the … Continue reading →

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