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Review & Giveaway: A Place for Fish by Melissa Stewart
Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Peachtree Publishers (March 1, 2011) Source: Publisher Fish make our world a better place. But sometimes people do things that make it hard for them to live and grow. In A Place … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: The Silenced by Brett Battles
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
Review: Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Berkley (June 1, 2010) ISBN-10: 9780425235218 Source: Publicist Grace Wheaton is the assistant curator of Marshfield Manor, part hotel, part museum. After dealing with a particularly unruly guest in the tea room, the entire staff is … Continue reading
Review: Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (April 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157409 Source: Publisher Twenty-something siblings Lacy & Paul live together in a small rural town in Northern California. They get by on a pretty substantial crop of marijuana growing … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Mystery/Suspense, Putnam, Review
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Review: The Raising by Laura Kasischke
Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (March 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062004786 Source: Publisher One year earlier, a tragic car accident takes the life of Nicole, a beautiful, straight-A sorority student at a midwestern university. Her boyfriend, Craig, … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Perennial, Mystery/Suspense, Paranormal Fiction, Review, Thriller
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Review: The Four Ms. Bradwells by Meg Waite Clayton
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 22, 2011) ISBN-10: 0345517083 Source: Publisher Mia, Lainey, Betts, and Ginger met and became best friends at law school in the late 70s at the high point of the women’s liberation movement. They earned their nicknames … Continue reading
Posted in Ballantine Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Women's Fiction
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Review: Inkblot by Margaret Peot
Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 56 pages Publisher: Boyds Mills Pr (March 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 159078720X Source: Publisher As a student of Psychology, I’m familiar with the use of inkblots to study an individual’s personality characteristics and emotional functioning using … Continue reading
Posted in Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Review
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Review: A Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer
Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; First Edition edition (February 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 9780312587529 Source: Author James Allaire, President of the United States, is just about to start the State of the Union Address when a viral agent is … Continue reading
Review: Blood Work-A Tale of Medicine & Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (March 21, 2011) ISBN-10: 0393070557 Source: Publisher In 1667 Jean Denis, a physician, transfused animal blood into the body of Antoine Mauroy, a mentally ill man. Not once, but several times. Days … Continue reading
Review: Horns by Joe Hill
Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (March 8, 2011) ISBN-10: 9780061147968 Source: Publisher Ig Parrish wakes up one morning with a huge hangover…and horns growing out of the top of his head. The horns also give Ig special … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Paranormal Fiction, Review
Tagged Harper Paperbacks, Joe Hill
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