Category Archives: General Fiction

Review: Everything Was Good-bye by Gurjinder Basran

Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Pintail; Reprint edition (December 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0143186817 Source: Publisher Meena is the youngest of six daughters raised by a widowed mother. Her family, native of India, continues to hold on to many of their culture’s customs. A young woman … Continue reading

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Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books (December 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0670026603 Source: Publisher To put it frankly, Louisa Clark is an incredibly dull, normal girl. She has a steady boyfriend and still lives with her mom and dad in the same village in … Continue reading

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Review: Man in the Blue Moon by Michael Morris

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Tyndale House Books (August 15, 2012) ISBN-10: 1414368429 Source: Publisher Eighteen years ago, Ella Wallace married a man whom her aunt warned her about, a man who would prevent her from fulfilling her dreams of art … Continue reading

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Review: Those We Love the Most by Lee Woodruff

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Voice (September 11, 2012) ISBN-10: 1401341780 Source: Publisher A split-second distraction forever changed the Corrigan family.  Maura and her husband Pete live a happy life in a Chicago suburb with their three young children. That happiness … Continue reading

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Review: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (September 11, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316219363 Source: Publisher In this wholly unique first-hand experience of the Iraq war, readers follow the path of private John Bartle on his first tour of duty. Told … Continue reading

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Review: One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper

Preorder Now! Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult (August 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 0525952365 Source: Publisher Drew Silver, once the drummer for a one-hit wonder of a band, now makes his living playing at weddings. Middle aged, he lives in an … Continue reading

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Review: Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (July 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 1250007070 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) Maxon and Sunny met as children (or, as Maxon would state, at seven years, four months, and eighteen-days old).  Two very unique individuals, outcasts … Continue reading

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Review: What Happened to My Sister by Elizabeth Flock

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 7, 2012) ISBN-10: 0345524438 Source: Publisher In the follow up to Flock’s Me & Emma, nine-year-old Carrie and her mother are now transients, attempting to start anew, escaping a life of abuse and … Continue reading

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Review: A Simple Thing by Kathleen McCleary

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (July 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062106236 Source: Publisher Susannah Delaney, her husband Matt and two children Katie and Quinn, live a hectic life in busy suburban Virginia. Katie, a teenager, is showing … Continue reading

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Review: Saving Ruth by Zoe Fishman

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 1, 2012) ISBN-10: 006205984X Source: Publisher Ruth Wasserman is a young, curly haired Jewish girl living in a small town in Alabama.  All her life, she wanted to be everything … Continue reading

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