Category Archives: Review

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 Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; First Edition edition (August 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 0312625510 Source: Publisher Nate Overbay is outside the eleventh story of a bank, standing on the ledge, preparing to end his life. Suffering from PTSD, separated … Continue reading →

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Review: Miss Me When I’m Gone by Emily Arsenault

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062103105 Source: Publisher After her divorce, Gretchen Waters traveled the south, writing a book about her failed marriage and the lives of country music icons like Tammy … Continue reading →

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Review: Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (July 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 1250007070 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) Maxon and Sunny met as children (or, as Maxon would state, at seven years, four months, and eighteen-days old).  Two very unique individuals, outcasts … Continue reading →

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Review: Dare Me by Megan Abbott

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books; First Edition edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316097772 Source: Publisher (via BEA) Addy Hanlon and Beth Cassidy, it seems, have always been a duo, a force to be reckoned with. They are revered, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 356 pages Publisher: Thomas & Mercer; First Edition edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 1612183506 Source: Publisher In all his years as an investigator for the Vatican’s Office of the Devil’s Advocate, over 700 cases, Daniel Byrne has yet to … Continue reading →

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Review: What Happened to My Sister by Elizabeth Flock

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 7, 2012) ISBN-10: 0345524438 Source: Publisher In the follow up to Flock’s Me & Emma, nine-year-old Carrie and her mother are now transients, attempting to start anew, escaping a life of abuse and … Continue reading →

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Review: City of Women by David R. Gillham

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (August 7, 2012) ISBN-10: 039915776X Source: Publisher Set in 1943 Berlin, the midst of World War II, the majority of the men have been sent to the battlefront. Berlin has essentially become a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amy Einhorn Books, Historical Fiction, Putnam, Review | 9 Comments

Review: Broken Harbor by Tana French

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (July 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0670023655 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) In a half-developed neighborhood of McMansions, the bodies of Patrick Spain, his wife Jenny, and their two children are found. Patrick and the children are beyond resuscitation, but Jenny … Continue reading →

Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, Viking | 5 Comments

Frightful Friday: Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Jenn

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 book is Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain: Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition … Continue reading →

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