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Category Archives: Review
Review: Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank
Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (April 23, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062211765 Source: Publisher While Jackie McMullen is serving her country overseas as a military nurse her husband Jimmy, a fireman, is killed when the floor in a … Continue reading
Posted in Review, William Morrow, Women's Fiction
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Review: Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Harper (April 23, 2013) ISBN-10: 9780062105622 Source: Publisher Nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in Berkley, living with her grandparents after being deserted by her mother and all but forgotten by her father. Her grandmother, Nidia, … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured title is NOS4A2 by Joe Hill: Hardcover: 704 pages Publisher: William Morrow (April 30, 2013) ISBN-10: … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Horror, Review, William Morrow
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Review: We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Peachtree Publishers (February 1, 2012) ISBN-10: 1561456276 Source: Publisher Many of us have basic details about the Birmingham Children’s March in 1963 in which 4,000 students boycotted school in a march to protest segregation. Yet never … Continue reading
Posted in Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Peachtree Publishers, Review
Tagged segregation
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Review: Stolen by Daniel Palmer
Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Kensington House Pub Ltd; First Edition edition (April 30, 2013) ISBN-10: 0758246668 Source: Publisher/Author John and Ruby are leading a happy life. John’s online gaming business is growing, allowing Ruby to go back to school to … Continue reading
Posted in Kensington, Review, Thriller
Tagged medical fraud, serial killer, techno-thriller
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Mini-Review: The Killing Hour by Paul Cleave
Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Atria Books (April 23, 2013) ISBN-10: 1451677812 Source: Publisher They come for me as I sleep. Their pale faces stare at me, their soft voices tell me to wake, to wake. They come dressed in the … Continue reading
Posted in Atria, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller
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Review: The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope by Rhonda Riley
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
Posted in Harper Collins Publishers, Literary Fiction, Review
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Frightful Friday: Lovecraft Middle School-Professor Gargoyle & The Slither Sisters by Charles Gilman
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week, I’m pleased to welcome my oldest son, John-John, for a special review of the first two books … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Quirk Books, Review
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Review: And Then I Found You by Patti Callahan Henry
Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (April 9, 2013) ISBN-10: 0312610769 Source: Publisher Kate Vaughan has a successful life: a caring family, a wonderfully devoted boyfriend and a thriving boutique. Yet when she imagines her life before her, she … Continue reading
Posted in Review, St. Martin's Press, Women's Fiction
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