Category Archives: Plume

Review: The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Plume (May 28, 2013) ISBN-10: 0452298393 Source: Publisher The beginning of the Second World War is eminent. Flora, an amateur botanist, works in her family’s bakery in New York City. Times are tough; her father is … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Plume, Review | 4 Comments

Review: The Lion Is in by Delia Ephron

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Plume; Reprint edition (January 29, 2013) ISBN-10: 0452298938 Source: Publisher Three women are on the run. Tracee is a kleptomaniac, running from a life spiraling out of control. Her best friend, Lana, is alcoholic who just … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Plume, Review, Women's Fiction | 3 Comments

Mx3 Review: The Coffee Table Book of Doom by Steven Appleby & Art Lester

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Jenn

Reading level: Ages 18 and up Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Plume; Original edition (September 25, 2012) ISBN-10: 0452298660 Source: Publisher Perhaps by the time you read this book some of the Doom scenarios included will no longer be global threats. … 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 →

Posted in General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Penguin, Plume, Review, Women's Fiction | 11 Comments

Review: The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Plume (April 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 9780452297036 Source: Publisher   At one point in her life, Emily Wilson had everything she wanted: a bestselling novel, a handsome and wonderful husband, a bright outlook on her future.  Ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Plume, Review, Women's Fiction | 17 Comments