Category Archives: General Fiction

Review: First You Try Everything by Jane McCafferty

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover:304 pages Publisher:Harper (January 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 0066210623 Source: Publisher Evvie and Ben married relatively young after a pretty idealistic romance. They traveled the country, sleeping under the stars. Life seemed so much simpler then.  Things have changed over the … Continue reading →

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Review: More than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (December 20, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062041193 Source: Publisher When Chelsea’s grandmother passed away she was devastated.  She was incredibly close to Gran and can’t seem to fathom how she and her mother are going to … Continue reading →

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Review: The Bungalow by Sarah Jio

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:320 pages Publisher:Plume; 1 edition (December 27, 2011) ISBN-10: 0452297672 Source: Publisher The summer of 1942, young Anne Calloway sets off to the Pacific island of Bora-Bora to serve as a nurse for the Army Nurse Corps.  She’s engaged to … Continue reading →

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Review: The Call by Yannick Murphy

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:240 pages Publisher:Harper Perennial; Original edition (August 2, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062023144 Source: Purchased David Appleton is a small-town veterinarian in a rural New England town. His family is struggling economically, people are unable to pay to have their animals treated. … Continue reading →

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Review: Me Again by Keith Cronin

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 322 pages Publisher: Five Star (August 17, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1432825038 Thirty four year old Jonathan Hooper awakens. Not from a brief nap but a stroke-induced, six-year long coma. The stroke has removed most of his memory. Additionally, he has to learn … Continue reading →

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Review: The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (September 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 1594488053 Source:  Publisher Fifty-seven hours after he was born, John & Ricky’s infant son died, a victim of anencephaly, a neural tube defect.  He was born with just a portion … Continue reading →

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Review: The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:448 pages Publisher:Random House Trade Paperbacks (August 16, 2011) ISBN-10: 0812973224 Source: Publisher In 1964, an infant orphan arrives at an all-girls Wilton College. Named Henry, the infant is to serve as a “practice baby” for young women enrolled in the … Continue reading →

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Review: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Algonquin Books (May 24, 2011) ISBN-10: 1565129903 Source: Publisher Dana Lynn Yarboro and Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon are both teen girls, growing up in 1980s Atlanta.  They are also half-sisters, both daughters of a bigamist, James Witherspoon.  Only Dana and … Continue reading →

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Review: Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (June 28, 2011)   ISBN-10: 0061963089 Source: Publisher It’s 1969.  Atlanta-native Frances Ellerby is in Miami for a college-friend’s wedding.  She meets Marse Heiger, a free-spirited Miami-native.  Marse has her eyes on the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Art of Saying Goodbye by Ellyn Bache

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (June 7, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062033689 Source: Publisher The women of Brightwood Trace are all vastly different, yet despite these differences they have quite the close friendship.  When Paisley, their “leader” becomes … Continue reading →

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