Category Archives: Review

Review: After the Falls by Catherine Gildiner

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (October 28, 2010) ISBN-10: 0670022055 Source: Publisher At the age of twelve, Cathy & her family are uprooted from their Niagara Falls home and move to the suburbs of Buffalo, NY.  Her father states … Continue reading →

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Review: I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Jenn

  Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (March 30, 2010) ISBN-10: 0765327821 Source: I bought it! John Wayne Cleaver is a teen boy with his own share of issues.  His mother and aunt run the family mortuary.  … Continue reading →

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Review: Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Jenn

Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint. edition (October 16, 2001) ISBN-10: 0060959037 Source: Publisher Described as “a hymn to wilderness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself,” Prodigal Summer details the story of three … Continue reading →

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Review: The Ice Cradle by Mary Ann Winkowski & Maureen Foley

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Jenn

  Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Original edition (October 5, 2010) ISBN-10: 0307452468 Source: Publisher In 1907 the Larchmont, a steamer ship, collided with a schooner off the coast of Block Island, near Providence, RI.  Nearly all of … Continue reading →

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Guest Review: Gallows Hill by Lois Duncan

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Jenn

Today’s guest post comes from the ever-amazing Nicole from Linus’s Blanket. I met two years ago at my first BEA (Book Expo America) and let me tell you…she’s one busy lady!  Nicole is a Manhattan based book blogger, born and raised … Continue reading →

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Review: The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Jenn

Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (September 7, 2010) ISBN-10: 0061961086 Source: Publisher Aldwyn is a rough & tough alley cat on the run from a bounty hunter.  He’s able to sneak into a shop … Continue reading →

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The Familiars Halloween Scavenger Hunt!

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Jenn

I’m super excited to be participating in The Familiars Halloween blog tour! Today’s post includes a special tour of haunted Hollywood by Andrew Jacobson, one of the co-authors of THE FAMILIARS! My review will post tomorrow, but I wanted to kick … Continue reading →

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Review: The Faithful by Jonathan Weyer

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Jenn

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Brio Press (October 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0982668708 Source: Author Aiden is an assistant pastor at a Presbyterian church in Columbus, OH.  So many of his parishioners rely on him for his strength & faith, … Continue reading →

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Guest Review: Pet Semetary by Stephen King

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Jenn

I’m happy to welcome Little Appletree from The Secret Insights of My Bookshelf as a guest reviewer today. Little Appletree is a twenty-something German blogger living in London.  She reads all genres, ranging from historical novels to crime stories. Little … Continue reading →

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Review: Draculas by Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn, F. Paul Wilson, Jeff Strand

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Jenn

  A humanoid skull with long, sharp teeth is found in a field on a Romanian farm.  Mortimer Moorecook, dying of cancer, pays an obsene amount of money for the skull to add to his collection.  When the package arrives, … Continue reading →

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