Review: You Know When The Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
In Fort Hood housing, like all army housing, you get used to hearing through the walls... You learn too much. And you learn to move quietly through your own small domain. You also know when the... [[...
View ArticleTheme Thursday- Action
Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event hosted by Reading Between the Pages that will be open from one Thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple: A theme will be posted......
View ArticleFriday Blog Hop: New Books
In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop, hosted by Crazy-For-Books is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word! ... [[ This...
View ArticleReview: Releasing Gillian's Wolves by Tara Woolpy
Releasing Gillian's Wolves is the story of a political wife forced to finally do something about her faltering marriage. We frequently see women standing by their Senator/Congressman/Religious... [[...
View ArticleTop Ten Tuesday: Good and Bad Trends
This week's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish asks which trends we'd like to see more or less of. Mine is a combination of the two. 1. More- Dystopian I've just been really... [[...
View ArticleReview: The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
Lulu and Merry’s childhood was never ideal, but on the day before Lulu’s tenth birthday their father drives them into a nightmare. He’s always hungered for the love of the girl’s self-obsessed... [[...
View ArticleReview: Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
This enthralling confection of a novel, the first in a new trilogy, follows the transformation of a coddled Austrian archduchess into the reckless, powerful, beautiful queen Marie Antoinette. Why... [[...
View ArticleReview: The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak
It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . . Narrated by Death,... [[...
View ArticleReview: Wither by Lauren DeStefano
What if you knew exactly when you would die? Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb — males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age......
View ArticleReview: The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle
Anyone who’s had something truly crappy happen to them will tell you: It’s all about Before and After. What I’m talking about here is the ka-pow,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
View ArticleReview: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions: honeysuckle for devotion, azaleas for passion, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it has been more useful in... [[ This is a...
View ArticleReview: Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Daniel H. Wilson, the author of this book, has a doctorate in robotics from prestigious Carnegie Mellon and his writing credits include the nonfiction How to Survive A Robot Uprising and How to... [[...
View ArticleReview: The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams
Goodreads Summary The papers have called me a monster. You’ve either concluded that I am a braggart as well as a sadist or that I have a deep and driving need to be caught and punished. In the... [[...
View ArticleReview: The Legacy by Katherine Webb
A fresh and exciting new voice in contemporary fiction, Katherine Webb debuts with a haunting novel about a secret family history. Already a sensation in the United Kingdom, Webb’s The Legacy is a......
View ArticleReview: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Goodreads Summary What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: the world's most... [[ This...
View ArticleReview: The Winters in Bloom by Lisa Tucker
Kyra and David Winter are happier than they ever thought they could be. They have a comfortable home, stable careers, and a young son, Michael, whom they love more than anything. Yet because of... [[...
View ArticleReview: Juliet by Anne Fortier
Goodreads Summary Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved Aunt Rose. But the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been like a mother......
View ArticleReview: Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey
When her boyfriend, Danny, is killed in a car accident, Wren can’t imagine living without him. Wild with grief, she uses the untamed powers she’s inherited to bring him back. But the Danny who... [[...
View ArticleReview: Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Goodreads Summary Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by... [[ This is...
View ArticleReview: The Traitor's Wife by Kathleen Kent
Goodreads Summary In the harsh wilderness of colonial Massachusetts, Martha Allen works as a servant in her cousin's household, taking charge and locking wills with everyone. Thomas Carrier... [[ This...
View ArticleReview: All These Things That I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Goodreads Summary In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the......
View ArticleReview: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Goodreads Summary Over five years in the writing, Alice Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel ever, a triumph of imagination and research set in ancient Israel. The author of such... [[ This...
View ArticleReview: A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival...
Goodreads Summary “I love socialism, and I’m willing to die to bring it about, but if I did, I’d take a thousand with me.” —Jim Jones, September 6, 1975 In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jones opened a... [[...
View ArticleReview: Everything We Ever Wanted By Sara Shepard
Goodreads Summary Sara Shepard, the bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, delivers a powerful novel of family dreams, lies, and delusions. Everything We Ever Wanted begins with a phone call... [[...
View ArticleDead Laptops, Graduation, Holidays and Other Blogging Interferences
Long time no see! Over the last 3 or 4 months it's become apparent that when life gets busy, the busy quit blogging. Quick update. I finished my last quarter of culinary school in December. Yay! It......
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