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Monthly Archives: May 2012
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Sheila from One Person’s … Continue reading
TSS: The Power of Women
Last week I noticed a trend in the books I read; each and every one of them included a main character who rebelled against what was expected of her by society and instead sought out their own wants & desires. … Continue reading
Posted in The Sunday Salon
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Review: In My Father’s Country by Saima Wahab
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Crown (April 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0307884945 Source: Publisher Saima Wahab was just three years old when her father was arrested by the KGB at their home in Kabul, Afghanistan. This was the last time she would … Continue reading
Posted in Crown Books, Memoir, Review
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Review: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Hogarth (May 8, 2012) ISBN-10: 0307984737 Source: Publisher In Transylvania in 1939, Josef is just five years old when he witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of the Romanian Iron Guard. He is … Continue reading
Review: The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (May 15, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062130803 Source: Publisher Set in the near future, terrorists have unleashed a deadly virus known as Maternal Death Syndrome (MDS ) affecting pregnant women, preventing their bodies from … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian fiction, Harper Perennial, Review
Tagged dystopian fiction, right to choose, terrorism, virus
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Zombie Mondays: The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse by Steven C. Schlozman
Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 0446564656 Source: Personal Copy Two-thirds of humankind have been infected with ataxic neurodegenerative satiety deficiency syndrome (ANSD), the virus that causes individuals to lose all evidence of humanity, lurch … Continue reading
Posted in Grand Central Publishing, Horror, Review
Tagged apocalypse, autopsies, research, virus, zombies
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Sheila from One Person’s … Continue reading
TSS: Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all you Moms out there! Happy Sunday to everyone else! I’m enjoying a nice breakfast in bed as we speak, thanks to my lovely husband & children. Not sure how the rest of the day will … Continue reading
Posted in The Sunday Salon
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Review: Overseas by Beatriz Williams
Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (May 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 0399157646 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) Kate Wilson is a twenty-something Wall Street analyst, trying to make a name for herself. At an important client meeting, she’s banished to her cubicle, expected to sit … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Putnam, Review, Romance
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Frightful Friday: The Haunted by Bentley Little
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is The Haunted by Bentley Little: Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Signet; 1st edition … Continue reading
