Category Archives: Literary Fiction

Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Random House (July 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0812993292 Source: Publisher Harold Fry is recently retired, living with his wife Maureen in a small English village. Their marriage, on the surface, is no longer one made of love … Continue reading →

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Review: The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harper; Reprint edition (July 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062206281 Source: Publisher Set in Barcelona in 1957, The Prisoner of Heaven  shares the story of Daniel Sempere, his wife, Bea, and their new son. It is nearly Christmas … Continue reading →

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Review: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Hogarth (May 8, 2012) ISBN-10: 0307984737 Source: Publisher In Transylvania in 1939, Josef is just five years old when he witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of the Romanian Iron Guard. He is … Continue reading →

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Review: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: William Morrow (April 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062088149 Source: Author Nine-year-old Jesse Hall and his older, mute brother Christopher “Stump” live in the small town of Marshall, North Carolina. Jesse is very protective of Stump, a child … Continue reading →

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Review: The Iguana Tree by Michel Stone

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 220 pages Publisher: Hub City Press (March 1, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 189188588X Hector, in an attempt to provide a better life for his wife, Lilia, and infant daughter, pays a coyote to transport him to the United States … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books; 1 edition (April 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316185906 Source: Publisher (Netgalley) It’s 1914. The Empress Alexandra, bound for New York, suffers a fire on deck and the passengers are forced to flee the ship, five days out … Continue reading →

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Review: Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Mulholland Books (March 27, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316188433 Source: Publisher (Netgalley) The body of May Lynn is found by her friends, a beautiful young girl with aspirations of going to Hollywood to become an actress.  She was found in the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Random House (February 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 1400066573 Source: Publisher In 1868 Boston, a new school opens up on a former wasteland: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  It promises to study science for the well-being of all, … 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: 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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