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Review: Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Harper (June 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062197258 Source: Publisher Catherine Bailey is a young, attractive, single woman. When she sees Lee, a bouncer at a local club, she’s instantly attracted. He’s breathtakingly gorgeous and when they begin … Continue reading
Zombie Mondays: The Zombie Tarot: An Oracle of the Undead by Stacey Graham
Cards: 96 pages Publisher: Quirk Books; Crds edition (June 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1594745692 Source: Publisher We’ve all seen tarot cards, whether in person or on screen. Imagine those tarot cards…zombiefied. This 78-card deck, along with a 96 page instruction … Continue reading
Review: In My Father’s Country by Saima Wahab
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Crown (April 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0307884945 Source: Publisher Saima Wahab was just three years old when her father was arrested by the KGB at their home in Kabul, Afghanistan. This was the last time she would … Continue reading
Posted in Crown Books, Memoir, Review
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Review: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
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
Review: The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (May 15, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062130803 Source: Publisher Set in the near future, terrorists have unleashed a deadly virus known as Maternal Death Syndrome (MDS ) affecting pregnant women, preventing their bodies from … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian fiction, Harper Perennial, Review
Tagged dystopian fiction, right to choose, terrorism, virus
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Zombie Mondays: The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse by Steven C. Schlozman
Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 0446564656 Source: Personal Copy Two-thirds of humankind have been infected with ataxic neurodegenerative satiety deficiency syndrome (ANSD), the virus that causes individuals to lose all evidence of humanity, lurch … Continue reading
Posted in Grand Central Publishing, Horror, Review
Tagged apocalypse, autopsies, research, virus, zombies
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Review: Overseas by Beatriz Williams
Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (May 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 0399157646 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) Kate Wilson is a twenty-something Wall Street analyst, trying to make a name for herself. At an important client meeting, she’s banished to her cubicle, expected to sit … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Putnam, Review, Romance
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Frightful Friday: The Haunted by Bentley Little
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 The Haunted by Bentley Little: Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Signet; 1st edition … Continue reading
Review: The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Unbridled Books (May 1, 2012) ISBN-10: 1609530799 Source: Publisher Gavin Sasaki is a young journalist working in New York City. The economic decline has an adverse effect on the print publishing industry and in an attempt … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Review, Unbridled Books
Tagged Florida, housing decline, jazz music
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