Monthly Archives: June 2014

Review: A Long Time Gone by Karen White

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: NAL Hardcover (June 3, 2014) ISBN: 978-0451240460 Source: Publisher Nine years ago, Vivian Walker left her home in Mississippi, swearing never to return, following the lead of so many Walker women before. When her life takes … Continue reading →

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Review: The Death of Lucy Kyte by Nicola Upson

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Jenn

Series: Josephine Tey Mysteries Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Bourbon Street Books (June 10, 2014) ISBN-13: 978-0062195456 Source: Publisher Josephine Tey, a well known British mystery author, learns she has inherited a cottage from a godmother she knew very little about. … Continue reading →

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Review: The Ways of the Dead by Neely Tucker

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (June 12, 2014) ISBN-10: 0670016586 Source: Publisher Washington D.C. reporter Sully Carter has seen his share of brutality. A stint in war-torn Bosnia left him wounded, his body full of shrapnel, leaving him an … Continue reading →

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TSS: A Week in Review (June 8)

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Jenn

This post is going live far later than I had anticipated! I guess that’s what happens when you forget to hit “publish!”  Oh well, it gives me a chance to add a few things! My ankle is slowly healing from … Continue reading →

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Review: Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Doubleday (June 10, 2014) ISBN-10: 0385537093 Source: Publisher In Robopocalypse, humankind was at war with robots. The world as we know it is destroyed, a pathetic wreckage of what once existed. Once Archos, a “super” robot is destroyed, … Continue reading →

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Review: A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Harper (June 3, 2014) ISBN-10: 0062287877 Source: Publisher Slava Gelman is a lapsed Jew working for Century, an esteemed magazine in Manhattan. He’s exiled himself from his family in an attempt to shed the history and … Continue reading →

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Review: Suspicion by Joseph Finder

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult; First Edition edition (May 27, 2014) ISBN-10: 0525954600 Source: Publisher Danny Goodman is a struggling writer and single father, working to raise his daughter alone after his ex-wife dies of cancer. His daughter, Abby, … Continue reading →

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TSS: A Month in Review: May 2014

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Jenn

Books Reviewed The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams Closed Doors by Lisa O’Donnell Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie The Three by Sarah Lotz Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston The Hollow Ground by Natalie … Continue reading →

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