Category Archives: Literary Fiction

Review: The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (November 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 006195876X Source: Publisher Classic literature is rich with female  characters deserving of the term “heroine.” From Jane Eyre to Anne Shirley, each of these characters overcame some sort of loss … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Harper Books, Literary Fiction, Review, Women's Fiction | 22 Comments

Frightful Friday: Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto by Maile Chapman

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s featured book is Your Presence Is Requested at … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Graywolf Press, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 4 Comments

Review: Solitaria by Genni Gunn

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:256 pages Publisher:Signature Editions (September 1, 2010) ISBN-10: 1897109431 Source: Publisher When a work crew at an abandoned villa in a small Italian town uncovers a body, an investigation begins to determine the identity. It is revealed that the body … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 8 Comments

Review: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Random House (July 12, 2011) ISBN-10: 0385344082 Source: Publisher Every summer, the first Sunday in June, the Moses family gathers for a family reunion on the family’s hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. To Willadee Moses, it is a chance … Continue reading →

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Review: Close Your Eyes by Amanda Eyre Ward

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Random House (July 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 0345494482 Source: Publisher Lauren Mahdian, (age six) and her brother, Alex (age nine) awake from a night spent in their treehouse to learn their mother is dead, their father arrested for her … Continue reading →

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Review: Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Knopf (June 14, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307595129 Source: Personal Copy The Kelleher women are an extremely strong-minded set of women.  Alice is the matriarch; she spends all her time at Mass or enjoying a cigarette and a manhattan on … Continue reading →

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Review: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Algonquin Books (May 24, 2011) ISBN-10: 1565129903 Source: Publisher Dana Lynn Yarboro and Bunny Chaurisse Witherspoon are both teen girls, growing up in 1980s Atlanta.  They are also half-sisters, both daughters of a bigamist, James Witherspoon.  Only Dana and … Continue reading →

Posted in Algonquin Books, General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Review, Women's Fiction | 11 Comments

Frightful Friday: The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s Frightful Friday featured book is The Last Werewolf … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Horror, Knopf, Literary Fiction, Review | 7 Comments

Review: Centuries of June by Keith Donohue

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Crown (May 31, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307450287 Source: Publisher   Jack awakens on his bathroom floor, amid all the grit and grime found on the average bathroom floor.  Unsure of how he got there, he soon discovers … Continue reading →

Posted in Crown Publishers, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 6 Comments

Review: The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merrill Block

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Random House (June 21, 2011) ISBN-10: 1400069459 Source: Publisher The Storm at the Door is Stefan Merrill Block’s fictionalized version of his grandparents’ life, written as a means to comprehend his grandfather’s  mental illness and the … Continue reading →

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