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Monthly Archives: August 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
Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Random House (July 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0812993292 Source: Publisher Harold Fry is recently retired, living with his wife Maureen in a small English village. Their marriage, on the surface, is no longer one made of love … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Fiction, Random House, Review
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Review: The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; First Edition edition (August 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 0312625510 Source: Publisher Nate Overbay is outside the eleventh story of a bank, standing on the ledge, preparing to end his life. Suffering from PTSD, separated … Continue reading
Posted in Review, St. Martin's Press, Thriller
Tagged ALS, bank robbery, Los Angeles, PTSD
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Review: Miss Me When I’m Gone by Emily Arsenault
Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062103105 Source: Publisher After her divorce, Gretchen Waters traveled the south, writing a book about her failed marriage and the lives of country music icons like Tammy … Continue reading
Review: Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (July 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 1250007070 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) Maxon and Sunny met as children (or, as Maxon would state, at seven years, four months, and eighteen-days old). Two very unique individuals, outcasts … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Review, St. Martin's Press
Tagged autism, family, robots, space
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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
Review: Dare Me by Megan Abbott
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books; First Edition edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316097772 Source: Publisher (via BEA) Addy Hanlon and Beth Cassidy, it seems, have always been a duo, a force to be reckoned with. They are revered, … Continue reading
Posted in Reagan Arthur Books, Review, Thriller
Tagged alcoholism, cheerleading, eating disorders, high school
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Review: The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover
Hardcover: 356 pages Publisher: Thomas & Mercer; First Edition edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 1612183506 Source: Publisher In all his years as an investigator for the Vatican’s Office of the Devil’s Advocate, over 700 cases, Daniel Byrne has yet to … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Thomas & Mercer, Thriller
Tagged faith, New Orleans, religion, televangelism
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Review: What Happened to My Sister by Elizabeth Flock
Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 7, 2012) ISBN-10: 0345524438 Source: Publisher In the follow up to Flock’s Me & Emma, nine-year-old Carrie and her mother are now transients, attempting to start anew, escaping a life of abuse and … Continue reading
Posted in Ballantine Books, General Fiction, Review
Tagged abuse, loss, neglect, rebirth, recovery
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Review: City of Women by David R. Gillham
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (August 7, 2012) ISBN-10: 039915776X Source: Publisher Set in 1943 Berlin, the midst of World War II, the majority of the men have been sent to the battlefront. Berlin has essentially become a … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Einhorn Books, Historical Fiction, Putnam, Review
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