Category Archives: General Fiction

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

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Review: The Whole Golden World by Kristina Riggle

Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (November 5, 2013) ISBN-13: 978-0062206459 Source: Publisher Rain and her husband, TJ, a popular high school teacher, are struggling with infertility.  Each month Rain if faced with defeat at the news she isn’t … Continue reading

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Review: Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow (July 9, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062224840 Source: Publisher Holly is a thirty-two year old widow. After her husband’s death, food was her only source of comfort. She didn’t plan on getting as large but without … Continue reading

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Review: The Exiles by Allison Lynn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Little A / New Harvest (July 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 054410210X Source: Publisher After realizing their Manhattan lifestyle was far more than they could afford, Nate Bedecker, Emily Latham, and their ten-month-old son Trevor, leave the city … Continue reading

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Review: Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall

Hardcover: 320 pgs. Publisher: Gallery Books (July 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 1476707723 Source: Publisher My daddy says that when you do somethin’ to distract you from your worstest fears, it’s like whistlin’ past the graveyard. You know, making a racket to … Continue reading

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Review: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

Hardcover: 382 pages Publisher: Harper (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 006222543X Source: Publisher Kate is a single mother working long hours as a partner at a law firm. Her teen daughter, Amelia has a bright future ahead of her, a well-respected … Continue reading

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Review: When She Was Gone by Gwendolen Gross

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Gallery Books; Original edition (March 19, 2013) ISBN-10: 1451684746 Source: Publisher Linsey Hart is supposed to head to Cornell, embarking upon her new life in college, in a week. When she goes missing her mother, Abigail, … Continue reading

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Review: The Truth about Love and Lightning by Susan McBride

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (February 12, 2013) ISBN-10: 006202728X Source: Publisher When a tornado tears through Gretchen Brink’s land, the impact is not only structural but emotional. Gretchen and her twin sisters discover the body … Continue reading

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Review: The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley

Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (February 5, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062194178 Source: Publisher Matt and Elle have known each other all their lives, growing up right next door to one another. Matt was two-years-old when he held … Continue reading

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Review: The Tell by Hester Kaplan

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (January 8, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062184024 Source: Publisher Mira and Owen live in Providence, Rhode Island, in Mira’s family home. Surrounded by her past, unable to get rid of any remnants of her deceased parents, causes a … Continue reading

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