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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Review: Ripper by Isabel Allende
Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Harper (January 28, 2014) ISBN-10: 0062291408 Source: Publisher Amanda Jackson has always been interested in the evil side of human nature. It started at a relatively young age and has progressed so dramatically that she, along with her grandfather, take … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Books, Review
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Review: Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) by Kerry Greenwood
Program Type: Audiobook Listening Length: 5 hours and 50 minutes Version: Unabridged Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd (August 29, 2010) Phryne (pronounced Fry-knee) Fisher lives a life of wealth and luxury in 1920s England. Bored of this high-society life, she goes to Melbourne, Australia … Continue reading
Review: Stumptown Volume 1 by Greg Rucka
Hardcover: 144 pages Publisher: Oni Press (April 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 1934964379 Source: Personal copy Dex is a private investigator in a bit of a slump. Not only is business slow, but she in debt with the Confederated Tribes of the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime Fiction, graphic novel, Oni Press, Review
Tagged Portland, private investigator
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Review: Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books; Reprint edition (December 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250039770 Source: Publisher Eleven years ago, then twenty-year-old Tobias Sartorius was convicted of killing two seventeen-year-old girls based on circumstantial evidence alone and sentenced to ten years in … Continue reading
Posted in Minotaur Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller
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Winter Book Preview: February 2014, Part II
Yesterday, I shared the first half of the books I’m most anticipating in February. Following is the second, slightly longer, list of books I’m looking forward to! Once again, I’ve included the publisher’s summary. Click on the image to preorder … Continue reading
Posted in Bookish Chatter
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TSS: Winter Book Preview: February 2014, Part I
I know I said that January was an awesome month for books, but February is looking pretty outstanding as well! So outstanding that, once again, I must break it up into two lists! Following is Part 1 of February books … Continue reading
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Frightful Friday: Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough
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 title is Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough: Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books (January 14, 2014) … Continue reading
Review: What I Had Before I Had You by Sarah Cornwell
Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harper (January 7, 2014) ISBN-10: 0062237845 Source: Publisher Olivia Reed didn’t have the most stable of childhoods. Her older sisters, twins, were stillborns who died a year before Olivia was born and are forever memorialized by … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Books, Literary Fiction, Review
Tagged bipolar disorder, forgiveness, guilt, mother-daughter relationships
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Mini-Review: Ex-Purgatory by Peter Clines
Series: Ex Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Broadway Books (January 14, 2014) ISBN-10: 0804136610 Source: Publisher George Bailey is your average, everyday kind of guy. During the day, he works as a handyman at a local community college. His nights, however, … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway Books, Horror, Review, Science Fiction
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Book Club Discussion: Favorite Books of 2013
In addition to blogging, working full-time and raising a family, I am also the fiction book club leader at One More Page Books. Each January we have a unique way of celebrating the first meeting of the year. Held right … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club Discussion
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