Category Archives: Review

Cozy Mystery Week:How to Murder a Millionaire: A Blackbird Sisters Mystery by Nancy Martin

Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Signet (October 1, 2002) ISBN-10: 0451207246 Source: Personal copy When Nora Blackbird’s parents flee the country, evading tax-collectors, they leave Nora and her sisters with mounds of debt. Their property is divided among the three Blackbird sisters: Emma … Continue reading

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Review: Speak of the Devil by Allison Leotta

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Touchstone; First Edition edition (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 145164485X Source: Author D.C. sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis barely has time to celebrate her recent engagement before she’s called in to investigate a horrific crime.  A group of … Continue reading

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Review: Adé: A Love Story by Rebecca Walker

Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Little A / New Harvest (October 29, 2013) ISBN-10: 054414922X Source: Publisher A nineteen-year-old college student and her friend, Miriam,  embark on a trip to Africa. The unnamed narrator’s life is forever altered upon arriving in … Continue reading

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Review: Cut to the Bone: A Body Farm Novel by Jefferson Bass

Series: Body Farm Novel Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062262300 Source: Publisher It’s the summer of 1992.  Dr. Bill Brockton is the head of the University of Tennessee’s Anthropology Department.  After having his credibility tested … Continue reading

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Audiobook Review: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Age Range: 10 and up Publisher: HarperCollins; Unabridged edition (April 10, 2007) ISBN-10: 0061341045 Source: Personal copy Twelve-year-old Stephanie is confused when, after her eccentric uncle passes away, she is on the list to attend the reading of the will. … Continue reading

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Review: Rising Sun, Falling Shadow by Daniel Kalla

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Forge Books (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0765337649 Source: Publisher *Note: This is the sequel to The Far Side of the Sky. It is recommended that you read this book first. 1943 Shanghai: Over 20,000 Jewish refugees seeking safety in Shanghai … Continue reading

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Review: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Age Range: 12 and up/Grade 7 and up Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Delacorte Press; First Edition edition (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0385743564 Source: Publisher A decade ago Calamity came, a meteor that gave people extraordinary powers. Soon these individuals began … Continue reading

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Review: Death Overdue by Mary Lou Kirwin

Series: Librarian Mysteries Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Gallery Books; Original edition (November 5, 2013) ISBN-10: 145168466 Source: Publisher In this second book in the Librarian Mystery series, Minnesota librarian Karen Nash is in London helping Caldwell, her love interest, locate … 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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Guest Review: Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic by Mark Tatulli

Age Range: 7 – 12 years Series: Amp! Comics for Kids Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 1, 2013) ISBN-10: 1449435483 Source: Publisher Today, I’m excited to welcome my youngest son, Justin (8), for a guest review! He’s … Continue reading

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