Category Archives: Simon & Schuster

Review: Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 20, 2015) ISBN: 9781476755670 Source: Publisher When Otto awakens one morning, he finds the following note from Etta, his eighty-three year old wife: I’ve gone. I’ve never seen the water, so I’ve gone … Continue reading →

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Review: Compulsion by Martina Boone

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Jenn

Series: Heirs of Watson Island Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Simon Pulse (October 28, 2014) ISBN: 9781481411226 Source: Personal copy After her mother passes away, Barrie Watson is sent to live with her aunt at to her mother’s childhood home at an old … Continue reading →

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Review: A Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson & Jeff Rovin

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Simon451 (October 7, 2014) ISBN: 9781476776521 Source: Publisher When Maanik, the daughter of India’s ambassador to the United Nations, starts experiencing fits of screaming and terror, child psychologist Caitlin O’Hara is called in for consultation. Maanik … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Jenn

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; Unabridged edition (June 3, 2014) Listening Time:14 hrs and 22 mins Narrator: Will Patton ISBN: 9781442371347 Source: Personal copy Hundreds of unemployed, desperate for job placement, line-up in the predawn hours for a job fair.  … Continue reading →

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Review: Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Simon Pulse (September 23, 2014) ISBN: 9781481422345 Source: Publisher   Darcy Patel is a teenage girl won’t be heading off to college like most of her peers. Instead, thanks to the success of a book she … Continue reading →

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Mx3 Review: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Audiobook)

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Jenn

Listening Length: 18 hours and 35 minutes Version: Unabridged Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio, September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher We’re all familiar with Danny Torrance, the young boy who, with his mother, barely survived a horrific experience at the Overlook Hotel.  Now an … Continue reading →

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TSS: Review: Rivers by Michael Farris Smith

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 10, 2013) ISBN-10: 1451699425 Source: Publisher After years of debilitating and destructive hurricanes in the Gulf coast, the United States government, unable to sustain or assist the depleted region, has drawn new boundary lines.  The new … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book. This week’s featured title is the audiobook production of The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper: Listening Length: 9 hours and 15 minutes Version: Unabridged Publisher: Simon & … Continue reading →

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Review: Death of the Demon by Anne Holt

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Scribner; Reprint edition (June 18, 2013) ISBN-10: 1451634803 Source: Publisher Twelve-year-old Olav is the newest ward in a foster home outside of Oslo. It isn’t long before the staff realizes something isn’t quite right with Olav, … Continue reading →

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Review: These Girls by Sarah Pekkanen

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Washington Square Press; Original edition (April 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451612540 Source: Publisher Three young women, Cate, Renee, and Abby, have come from vary different backgrounds. They all wind up in New York, each escaping and old … Continue reading →

Posted in Review, Simon & Schuster, Washington Square Press, Women's Fiction | 6 Comments