Monthly Archives: February 2014
Review: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Doubleday (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0385538499 Source: Publisher West Hall, Vermont has a centuries-old history of strange disappearances and activity tracked back to old, family legends. The most infamous is that of Sara Harrison Shea, found … Continue reading
Review: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Harper (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 006228553X Source: Publisher Bartholomew Neil has cared for his mother for the entire thirty-eight years of his life. When she passes away from cancer, he’s left with an emptiness in his … Continue reading
Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Crown (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0804139024 Source: Publisher Mark Watney is one of several astronauts making up the crew of the Ares 3 mission to Mars. Just days into their mission, the Acidalia region is hit … Continue reading
Book Club Discussion: Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
Yesterday evening, I led the fiction book club at One More Page books in our discussion of Labor Day by Joyce Maynard. To start off the meeting, we enjoyed a delicious pie baked by Tiffany, one of the book club … Continue reading
A Month in Review: January 2014
Books Reviewed Ripper by Isabel Allende Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) by Kerry Greenwood Stumptown Volume 1 by Greg Rucka Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough What I Had Before I Had You by Sarah … Continue reading