Category Archives: Random House

Review: Huck by Janet Elder

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (October 4, 2011) ISBN-10: 0767931351 Source: Publisher Michael was a preschooler when the pleas for a  dog began.  He went as far as creating a PowerPoint presentation covering the reasons why he needed a dog.  Despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, Non-Fiction, Random House | 4 Comments

Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Jenn

Format: Audiobook Listening Length: 15 hour(s) and 46 min. Publisher: Random House Audio (August 16, 2011) Source: Personal Copy In the not to distant future, the world is a pretty horrible place.  Many of the planet’s natural resources have been depleted, no … Continue reading →

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Review: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Random House (July 12, 2011) ISBN-10: 0385344082 Source: Publisher Every summer, the first Sunday in June, the Moses family gathers for a family reunion on the family’s hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. To Willadee Moses, it is a chance … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Fiction, Random House, Review | 9 Comments

Review: The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:448 pages Publisher:Random House Trade Paperbacks (August 16, 2011) ISBN-10: 0812973224 Source: Publisher In 1964, an infant orphan arrives at an all-girls Wilton College. Named Henry, the infant is to serve as a “practice baby” for young women enrolled in the … Continue reading →

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Review: Close Your Eyes by Amanda Eyre Ward

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Random House (July 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 0345494482 Source: Publisher Lauren Mahdian, (age six) and her brother, Alex (age nine) awake from a night spent in their treehouse to learn their mother is dead, their father arrested for her … Continue reading →

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Review: The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merrill Block

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Random House (June 21, 2011) ISBN-10: 1400069459 Source: Publisher The Storm at the Door is Stefan Merrill Block’s fictionalized version of his grandparents’ life, written as a means to comprehend his grandfather’s  mental illness and the … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: The Silenced by Brett Battles

Posted on April 8, 2011 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 & join in! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

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Review: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Jenn

  Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (November 30, 2010) ISBN-10: 0812981227 Source: Publisher   Major Ernest Pettigrew is mourning the recent passing of his brother, Bertie.  This pain is exacerbated due to a battle Major … Continue reading →

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