Category Archives: Women’s Fiction

Review: Hystera by Leora Skolkin-Smith

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 194 pages Publisher: Fiction Std (November 16, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1936558181 Set in New York the 1970s, in the midst of the Patty Hearst kidnapping case, Hystera tells the story of one young woman’s battle with intimacy and … Continue reading →

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Review: The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels-A Love Story by Ree Drummond

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (February 14, 2012) ISBN-10: 006199717X Source: Publisher Many of us know The Pioneer Woman from her popular blog and cookbooks full of delectable recipes. How many of us, however, know the … Continue reading →

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Review: Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Kensington Books (February 28, 2012) ISBN-10: 0758246854 Source: Author Maddie Kern is a young violinist living in Los Angeles in 1941. She and her brother, TJ, have been on their own since their mother died. Their … Continue reading →

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Review: What Happened to Hannah by Mary Kay McComas

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (February 7, 2012) ISBN-10: 006208478X Source: Publisher Twenty years ago, Hannah ran away from her home in a rural Virginia town in order to protect herself. She has a new life … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday Review: The Chalk Girl by Carol O’Connell

Posted on January 20, 2012 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 and join in! This week’s Frightful Friday book is The Chalk Girl  by … Continue reading →

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Review: More than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (December 20, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062041193 Source: Publisher When Chelsea’s grandmother passed away she was devastated.  She was incredibly close to Gran and can’t seem to fathom how she and her mother are going to … Continue reading →

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Review: The Bungalow by Sarah Jio

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:320 pages Publisher:Plume; 1 edition (December 27, 2011) ISBN-10: 0452297672 Source: Publisher The summer of 1942, young Anne Calloway sets off to the Pacific island of Bora-Bora to serve as a nurse for the Army Nurse Corps.  She’s engaged to … Continue reading →

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Review: The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (November 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 006195876X Source: Publisher Classic literature is rich with female  characters deserving of the term “heroine.” From Jane Eyre to Anne Shirley, each of these characters overcame some sort of loss … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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