Category Archives: Review

Review: Cocktail Hour Under The Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:256 pages Publisher:Penguin Press HC, The (August 23, 2011) ISBN-10: 1594202990 Source: Publisher In the sequel to Fuller’s Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, which Fuller’s family refers to as “the Awful Book”, the author once again returns to … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, Penguin, Review | 10 Comments

Frightful Friday: The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s featured book is: The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson.   … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Harper Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 7 Comments

Review: The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:640 pages Publisher:Tor Books; First Edition edition (July 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 0765328887 Source: Library copy It’s been nearly a year since Gabe & Eve Caleigh lost their son, Cam.  He disappeared while playing on a playground; an exhausted Eve had … Continue reading →

Posted in Horror, Paranormal Fiction, Review, Tor Books | 6 Comments

Review: The Magician King by Lev Grossman

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:416 pages Publisher:Viking Adult (August 9, 2011) ISBN-10: 0670022314 Source: Publisher  Immediately following the series of events that takes place in The Magicians, Quentin, Eliot, Janet, and Julia are now the High Kings and Queens of Fillory.  Quentin isn’t impressed … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasty, Review, Viking | 13 Comments

Review: Creep by Jennifer Hillier

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:368 pages Publisher:Gallery; Original edition (July 5, 2011) Language:English ISBN-10: 1451625847 Dr. Sheila Tao is a psychology professor, an expert in human behavior. She also has a pretty difficult past, suffering from sex addiction.  She’s dating a wonderful man, Morris, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gallery Books, Review, Simon & Schuster, Thriller | 2 Comments

Review: Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Jenn

Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover:368 pages Publisher:Arthur A. Levine Books (August 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0545221307 Source: Publisher Cleopatra VIII Selene, Princess of Egypt, is the only daughter of Cleopatra VII and Marcus Antonius. She’s grown up in luxury in the regal … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Review, Scholastic, YA | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

Frightful Friday: We All Fall Down by Michael Harvey

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s Frightful Friday featured book is: We All Fall … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Knopf, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 2 Comments

Review: The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:368 pages Publisher:Harper Perennial; Original edition (July 19, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062065092 Source: Publisher Fifteen year old Cat Rozier, once a star pupil, is now a murderer. She admits it to the reader within the first few pages of the book: … Continue reading →

Posted in Harper Perennial, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 12 Comments

Guest Review: Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Jenn

I’m super excited to day to welcome a special guest reviewer to my blog today!  Jessica is my younger sister, and probably the second most avid reader in my family.  She’s been a fan of Janet Evanovich’s book since I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bantam, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 2 Comments

Review: Close Your Eyes by Amanda Eyre Ward

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Random House (July 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 0345494482 Source: Publisher Lauren Mahdian, (age six) and her brother, Alex (age nine) awake from a night spent in their treehouse to learn their mother is dead, their father arrested for her … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Random House, Review | Tagged , | 3 Comments