Category Archives: General Fiction

Review: The Other Life by Ellen Meister

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (February 17, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157131 Source: Publisher What would you do if you had another chance to live the life you once had, experience the road not taken? Quinn Braverman left her neurotic, emotionally … Continue reading →

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Review: The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Broadway; 1 Reprint edition (July 6, 201 ISBN-10: 0767931742 Source: Terra Communications When Deputy Sheriff Nate Stanley is offered a deputy post in Oregon, he doesn’t hesitate to pack up his wife, Irene, and his children … Continue reading →

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In Response to Many…the Gushing Review of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Jenn

Today is the official release date of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.  To celebrate this wonderful day and, at the request of many, I’ve decided to publish my original, gushing, nonsensical review of the book. Since I’ve already published the … Continue reading →

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Review: The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher:Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157220 Source: Publisher   When their mother is stricken ill with breast cancer, three sisters reunite in the college town of Barnwell, OH where they were raised.  Not that … Continue reading →

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Review: You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157204 Source: Publisher At Fort Hood, TX dozens of women are awaiting the safe return of their husbands from war.  They form a close-knit community, linked together by the … Continue reading →

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Review: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Jenn

  Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (November 30, 2010) ISBN-10: 0812981227 Source: Publisher   Major Ernest Pettigrew is mourning the recent passing of his brother, Bertie.  This pain is exacerbated due to a battle Major … Continue reading →

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Review: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jenn

  Audio CD Publisher: Hachette Audio (September 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1600248616 Source: Library In Amsterdam in 1972, a teenage girl discovers an ancient book and papers in her father’s office. The pages of the book are empty except … Continue reading →

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Review: The Snow Globe by Sheila Roberts

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Jenn

Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (October 26, 2010) ISBN-10: 0312594488 Source: Author Kylie Gray is browsing in an antique store when she comes across a snow globe. The store owner explains the story behind the globe: the original owner … Continue reading →

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Review: Room by Emma Donoghue

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition (September 13, 2010) ISBN-10: 0316098337 Source: BEA Jack is a five-year-old boy who enjoys doing everything a boy of that age does: color, watch his favorite shows on … Continue reading →

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Review: Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Jenn

Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1 edition (June 22, 2010) ISBN-10: 0061914711 Source: Publisher Marie spent six years in jail, charged with aiding and abetting after her boyfriend robbed a bank, killing one individual. She was convicted on the … Continue reading →

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