Category Archives: Review

Review: The Beach Trees by Karen White

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; 1 edition (May 3, 2011) ISBN-10: 9780451233073 Source: Publisher When Julie was just twelve years old, her sister disappeared, never to be found. Her once perfect family started to crumble. Her mother became obsessed … Continue reading →

Posted in General Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, NAL, Penguin, Review, Women's Fiction | 14 Comments

Review: Come and Find Me by Hallie Ephron

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (March 22, 2011) ISBN-10: 0061857521 Source: Publisher In the two years since her husband’s death in a climbing accident, computer security expert Diana Banks has become a bit of a recluse, holed … Continue reading →

Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, William Morrow | 5 Comments

Frightful Friday: Graveminder by Melissa Marr

Posted on May 20, 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. This week’s featured book is Graveminder by Melissa Marr: Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow (May 17, 2011) ISBN-10: … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Horror, Paranormal Fiction, Review | 10 Comments

Review: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (May 17, 2011) ISBN-10: 0060594675 Source: Publisher “M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, humpback, humback, I” -How southern children are taught to spell Mississippi Twenty-five … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Harper Perennial, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 15 Comments

Review: A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Mulholland Books (May 12, 2011) ISBN-10: 0316127337 Source: Publisher Matthew Scudder is sitting at a bar, nursing a club soda, reflecting back on a case he worked nearly twenty-five years ago… Recently forced out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Mulholland Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 6 Comments

Frightful Friday: The White Devil by Justin Evans

Posted on May 13, 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 White Devil by Justin … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Harper Books, Horror, Paranormal Fiction, Review, Thriller | 15 Comments

Review: Faith by Jennifer Haigh

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Harper (May 10, 2011) ISBN-10: 0060755806 Source: Publisher

Posted in General Fiction, Harper Books, Literary Fiction, Review | 14 Comments

Review: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Atria (April 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 1439192316 Source: Publisher “R”, as the reader knows him, is a young man with a bit of an identity problem. You see, he’s dead. Or technically, undead. A zombie. Wait, … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Fiction, Review, Thriller, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Frightful Friday: They’re Watching by Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on May 6, 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! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

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

Review: Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Algonquin Books (January 25, 2011) ISBN-10: 1565126319 Source: Publisher One foggy night, two women both running from unhappy marriages, are quite literally brought together when their cars collide. April, mother of Sam, a severely asthmatic boy, … Continue reading →