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Category Archives: Viking
Review: The Trespasser by Tana French
This is the sixth book in the Dublin Murder Squad series. I adore each and every one of these, for Antoinette’s character is one I truly enjoy. She’s tough, rough around the edges, just wanting to advance in her career, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime Fiction, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review, Viking
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Review: First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen by Charlie Lovett
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Viking Adult; 1ST edition (October 16, 2014) ISBN: 9780525427247 Source: Publisher Sophie Collingwood inherits a London home after her Uncle Bertram passes away. Both were avid book lovers, Sophie recalls time spent in his library discussing their love … Continue reading
Review: The Secret Place by Tana French
Series: Dublin Murder Squad Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (September 2, 2014) ISBN: 9780670026326 Source: Publisher One year ago, a boy was found murdered on the grounds of St. Kilda’s School, a girl’s boarding school outside of Dublin. Until … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, Viking
Tagged boarding school, cliques, murder
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Review: Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (July 31, 2014) ISBN: 9780670016389 Source: Publisher Ten years ago, Janie Jenkins was convicted for the death of her murder. Now, released on a technicality, Janie alters her appearance and goes on a rouge … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Thriller, Viking
Tagged family secrets, murder, small town, South Dakota
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Review: The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy #3) by Deborah Harkness
Series: All Souls Trilogy (Book 3) Hardcover: 576 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (July 15, 2014) ISBN: 9780670025596 Source: Publisher It started with The Discovery of Witches and traveled through time in Shadow of Night. Now, in The Book of Life, witch … Continue reading
Posted in Paranormal Fiction, Review, Supernatural, Viking
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Review: Broken Harbor by Tana French
Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (July 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0670023655 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) In a half-developed neighborhood of McMansions, the bodies of Patrick Spain, his wife Jenny, and their two children are found. Patrick and the children are beyond resuscitation, but Jenny … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, Viking
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Review: The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman
Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 0670023647 Source: Publisher It’s the seventeenth century in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (present day Manhattan). Orphans are disappearing, only to be found later severely mutilated. The colonists, a … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Review, Thriller, Viking
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Review: Mice by Gordon Reece
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (August 18, 2011) ISBN-10: 0670022845 Source: Publisher Shelley has been forced to deal with more than the average teen should: her parents’ humiliating divorce and a near-deadly bullying attack. Shelley and her mother now seek reprieve in the … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, Viking
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Review: The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Hardcover:416 pages Publisher:Viking Adult (August 9, 2011) ISBN-10: 0670022314 Source: Publisher Immediately following the series of events that takes place in The Magicians, Quentin, Eliot, Janet, and Julia are now the High Kings and Queens of Fillory. Quentin isn’t impressed … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasty, Review, Viking
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Review: War and Watermelon by Rich Wallace
Reading level: Ages 9-12 (Jenn’s opinion: 12 & up) Hardcover: 184 pages Publisher: Viking Juvenile; 1 edition (June 9, 2011) Source: Publisher It’s the summer of 1969 (yes, Bryan Adam’s song definitely comes to mind). Twelve year old Brody is … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Viking, YA
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