Category Archives: Review

Frightful Friday: Shock Value by Jason Zinoman

Posted on July 22, 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! The featured book this week is:Shock Value: How a Few … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Horror, Non-Fiction, Penguin, Review | 2 Comments

Review: Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Knopf (June 14, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307595129 Source: Personal Copy The Kelleher women are an extremely strong-minded set of women.  Alice is the matriarch; she spends all her time at Mass or enjoying a cigarette and a manhattan on … Continue reading →

Posted in Knopf, Literary Fiction, Review, Women's Fiction | Tagged , , | 14 Comments

Review: The Reservoir by John Milliken Thompson

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Jenn

  Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Other Press (June 21, 2011) ISBN-10: 1590514440 Source: Publisher One spring morning in 1885, the body of a young pregnant woman is found floating in Richmond’s city reservoir. At first glance, her death appears to … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Other Press, Review | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Review: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Algonquin Books (May 24, 2011) ISBN-10: 1565129903 Source: Publisher Dana Lynn Yarboro and Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon are both teen girls, growing up in 1980s Atlanta.  They are also half-sisters, both daughters of a bigamist, James Witherspoon.  Only Dana and … Continue reading →

Posted in Algonquin Books, General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Review, Women's Fiction | 11 Comments

Review: The Summer We Came to Life by Deborah Cloyed

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:320 pages Publisher:Mira; Original edition (May 31, 2011) ISBN-10: 0778312917 Source: Planned Television Arts Childhood friends Samantha, Isabel, Kendra and Mina get together every summer at some luxurious vacation spot, joined by their parents. This year, however, the clan is … Continue reading →

Posted in Mira Books, Review, Women's Fiction | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Frightful Friday: The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

Posted on July 8, 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 The Last Werewolf … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Horror, Knopf, Literary Fiction, Review | 7 Comments

Review: The End of Everything by Megan Abbott

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:256 pages Publisher:Reagan Arthur Books (July 7, 2011) ISBN-10: 0316097799 Source: Publisher Lizzie Hood & Evie Verner, thirteen years old, are neighbors and best friends, inseparable.  Lizzie adores Evie’s family, including her father & older sister, Dusty.  One day Evie … Continue reading →

Posted in Little, Brown & Company, Reagan Arthur Books, Review, Thriller | 6 Comments

Review: Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (June 28, 2011)   ISBN-10: 0061963089 Source: Publisher It’s 1969.  Atlanta-native Frances Ellerby is in Miami for a college-friend’s wedding.  She meets Marse Heiger, a free-spirited Miami-native.  Marse has her eyes on the … Continue reading →

Posted in General Fiction, Harper Perennial, Review, Women's Fiction | 7 Comments

Review: You’re Next by Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; First Edition edition (July 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 0312534914 Source: Publisher Then: Michael Wingate was abandoned at the age of four by his father.  His only memories consist of seeing his father covered in … Continue reading →

Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, St. Martin's Press, Thriller | 4 Comments

Frightful Friday: Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

Posted on July 1, 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 read is Robopocalypse by Daniel H. … Continue reading →

Posted in Doubleday, Frightful Friday, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Science Fiction, Thriller | 9 Comments