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Category Archives: Literary Fiction
Review: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (May 17, 2011) ISBN-10: 0060594675 Source: Publisher “M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, humpback, humback, I” -How southern children are taught to spell Mississippi Twenty-five … Continue reading
Review: Faith by Jennifer Haigh
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Harper (May 10, 2011) ISBN-10: 0060755806 Source: Publisher
Posted in General Fiction, Harper Books, Literary Fiction, Review
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Review: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Atria (April 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 1439192316 Source: Publisher “R”, as the reader knows him, is a young man with a bit of an identity problem. You see, he’s dead. Or technically, undead. A zombie. Wait, … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Fiction, Review, Thriller, Uncategorized
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Review: The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Crown (April 12, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307717968 Source: Publisher Milly and Twiss are two spinster sisters who live in the small Wisconsin town of Spring Green, Wisconsin. They are known by locals as “the bird sisters” due … Continue reading
Posted in Crown Publishers, Literary Fiction, Review, Women's Fiction
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In Response to Many…the Gushing Review of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Today is the official release date of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. To celebrate this wonderful day and, at the request of many, I’ve decided to publish my original, gushing, nonsensical review of the book. Since I’ve already published the … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Putnam, Review, Women's Fiction
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Review: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher:Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157220 Source: Publisher When their mother is stricken ill with breast cancer, three sisters reunite in the college town of Barnwell, OH where they were raised. Not that … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Review, Women's Fiction
Tagged coming-of-age, Eleanor Brown, independence, Shakespeare
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Review: You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157204 Source: Publisher At Fort Hood, TX dozens of women are awaiting the safe return of their husbands from war. They form a close-knit community, linked together by the … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Putnam
Tagged army, military, Siobhan Fallon, survival, War
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Review: The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel by Paulo Coelho
Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: HarperOne (November 23, 2010) ISBN-10: 0062024329 Source: Publisher Santiago is a Spanish shepherd boy who sells his herd of sheep to pursue a dream of discovering treasure in the pyramids of Egypt. He leaves everything he … Continue reading
Posted in graphic novel, Literary Fiction, Review
Tagged alchemist, Paulo Coelho, spiritual journey
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Review: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Audio CD Publisher: Hachette Audio (September 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1600248616 Source: Library In Amsterdam in 1972, a teenage girl discovers an ancient book and papers in her father’s office. The pages of the book are empty except … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Review, Thriller
Tagged Dracula, Elizabeth Kostova, Vlad the Impaler
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