Category Archives: Literary Fiction

Review: The Exiles by Allison Lynn

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Jenn

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: Tampa by Alissa Nutting

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 272 Pages Publisher: Ecco (July 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062280546 Source: Publisher Celeste Price is a middle-school teacher in Tampa, FL.  She chose this career so she could have what she desired most right at her fingertips: young boys in … Continue reading →

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Review: The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Harper; First Edition edition (June 11, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062112244 Source: Publisher In Simon Van Booy’s most recent masterpiece, he explores how characters that are seemingly unrelated are tied together, responsible for one another’s fate.The one thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Harper Books, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Review | 11 Comments

Review: The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Ecco (June 25, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062213784 Source: Publisher When Greta’s twin brother passes away and a long-term relationship ends, Greta Wella is inconsolable, in a severe state of depression. Her doctor suggests a treatment involving electroshock … Continue reading →

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Review: A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (May 30, 2013) ISBN-10: 039916216X Source: Publisher It’s Memorial Day weekend in 1938. Following family tradition, Lily Dane has left her life in New York and returned with her family to the oceanfront community of … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Putnam, Review, Romance | 5 Comments

Review: The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope by Rhonda Riley

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: Ecco (April 23, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062099442 Source: Publisher Seventeen-year-old Evelyn Roe has been given the duty of managing her aunt’s family farm in rural North Carolina. WWII is raging and the family needs to use all … Continue reading →

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Review: The Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Blue Rider Press; First Edition edition (February 7, 2013) ISBN-10: 0399160876 Source: Publisher Brewster, Rhode Island is your average small town. The majority of the residents were born there and will likely die there, their roots … Continue reading →

Posted in Blue Rider Press, Horror, Literary Fiction, Review, Thriller | 3 Comments

Review: The Tell by Hester Kaplan

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Jenn

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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Review: The Devil in Silver by Victor Lavalle

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (August 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 1400069866 Source: Publisher Pepper is the newest guest in a mental institution, New Hyde Hospital, in Queens, NY. He isn’t mentally ill, instead the police decided to admit him … Continue reading →

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Review: The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover:288 pages Publisher:Algonquin Books (August 28, 2012) ISBN-10: 1616200391 Source: Publisher At thirty-nine, Benjamin Benjamin has nothing. He lost his wife and his children after a horrible tragedy. Desperate for a job, he enrolls in a night class called The Fundamentals … Continue reading →

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