Category Archives: Review

Review: American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Jenn

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Mira (February 22, 2011) ISBN-10: 0778328783 Source: Netgalley Graf, on his way to a party hosted by his vampire sire Sophia, gets lost and finds himself trapped in the small town of Penance, OH. … Continue reading →

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Review: The Other Life by Ellen Meister

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (February 17, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157131 Source: Publisher What would you do if you had another chance to live the life you once had, experience the road not taken? Quinn Braverman left her neurotic, emotionally … Continue reading →

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Review: Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher:SilverOak (January 4, 2011) ISBN-10: 1402785925 Source: Publisher Piet Hoffman, a former criminal,  is an undercover police informant who has worked hard to attain his high ranking in the Polish Mafia.  After witnessing a murder that took … Continue reading →

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Review: Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: William Morrow (January 25, 2011) ISBN-10: 0061930059 Source: Publisher For ten years, from 1996-2006, Nepal suffered through a horrendous civil war. Young children were taken from their parents and forced to serve the Maoist rebels.  Child … Continue reading →

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Review: Delirious by Daniel Palmer

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher:Kensington; 1 edition (February 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0758246641 Source:  Author Charlie Giles seems to have it all.  The new digital-entertainment system for automobiles he invented is bought out by a large company.  He ousted his business partner for … Continue reading →

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Review: The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbø

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (February 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0061133981 Source: Publisher Harry Hole, Oslo police detective, is called in to investigate the murder of a young woman.  Her finger was amputated and a red diamond is … Continue reading →

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Review: The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Broadway; 1 Reprint edition (July 6, 201 ISBN-10: 0767931742 Source: Terra Communications When Deputy Sheriff Nate Stanley is offered a deputy post in Oregon, he doesn’t hesitate to pack up his wife, Irene, and his children … Continue reading →

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Tales of a (Formerly) Reluctant Reader: Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Rat Brain Fiasco by Julie Gardner Berry

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Jenn

  Tales of a (Formerly) Reluctant Reader is a feature in which my eleven-year-old son, John, reviews books geared toward reluctant readers.  Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (August 12, 2010) ISBN-10: 0448453592 Source: Publisher … Continue reading →

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Review: Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (September 28, 2010) ISBN-10: 0312377045 Source: Get Red PR It’s been six months since the case in the previous book The Brutal Telling was solved.  Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is still … Continue reading →

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In Response to Many…the Gushing Review of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Jenn

Today is the official release date of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.  To celebrate this wonderful day and, at the request of many, I’ve decided to publish my original, gushing, nonsensical review of the book. Since I’ve already published the … Continue reading →

Posted in General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Putnam, Review, Women's Fiction | 9 Comments