Monthly Archives: June 2012
Frightful Friday: One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauff
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 One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauff: Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harlequin MIRA; Original edition (June 26, 2012) … Continue reading
Review: The Girl Below by Bianca Zander
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062108166 Source: Publisher After living a decade in New Zealand, twenty-eight year old Suki Piper returns to her native London. She struggles to reconnect with the London … Continue reading
Review: The Unseen by Katherine Webb
Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 22, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062077880 Source: Publisher Reverend Albert Canning and his wife, Hester, live in a quiet Berkshire village in 1911. Both are young, Hester is already dreaming of filling … Continue reading
Audiobook Review: The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
Audio CD Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (February 14, 2012) Listening Length: 17 hours and 19 minutes ISBN-10: 0307877221 Source: Personal copy Reuben Golding is a young reporter on assignment with the San Francisco Observer, sent to Mendocino County to write … Continue reading
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: Celebrating My Birthday…With Books!
Tomorrow (Monday) is my birthday so I opted to celebrate my birthday…with books. Treating myself to a three-day weekend, I plan on catching up on a great deal of reading. This weekend is surrounded by several author events. Thursday, I … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Crown (June 5, 2012) ISBN-10: … Continue reading
Review: The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman
Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 0670023647 Source: Publisher It’s the seventeenth century in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (present day Manhattan). Orphans are disappearing, only to be found later severely mutilated. The colonists, a … Continue reading
Review: The Reckoning by Alma Katsu
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Gallery Books (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451651805 Source: Author It’s been two hundred years since Lanore entombed the horribly wicked Adair behind a wall of stone and brick. She now lives in London with her new … Continue reading
Author Event: Daniel Kalla Visits One More Page Books
Earlier today, I reviewed Daniel Kalla’s stunning historical thriller, The Far Side of the Sky. Last week, I had the privilege of meeting Daniel when he visited my favorite independent book store, One More Page. Following is a short write-up … Continue reading