Short reviews of Broken Harbor, So Cold The River, I Am America (And So Can You), Losing Clementine, and I Hardly Ever Wash My Hands: The Other Side of OCD.
Read more →Mini Reviews of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, The Book of Joe and Everything Is Wrong With Me.
Read more →A review of S.J. Watson's novel Before I Go To Sleep.
Read more →A review of Aron Ralston's real-life survival story, Between A Rock and A Hard Place.
Read more →A review of the audiobook version of Mary Roach's book, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.
Read more →A review of the collection of Christmas-themed stories "BLUE CHRISTMAS: Holiday Stories for the Rest of Us."
Read more →A review of Amy Chua's controversial parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.
Read more →A review of Belinda Bauer's novel, Blacklands. A creepy book that features a cat and mouse game between a young boy and a pedophile/serial killer.
Read more →A book review of Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis.
Read more →Book reviews of books by two comediennes: Tina Fey's Bossypants and Chelsea Handler's My Horizontal Life.
Read more →Mini book reviews of three different books: The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson and Ten Degrees of Reckoning by Hester Rumberg.
Read more →Three mini book reviews of The Happiness Project, What the Dog Saw and Born Standing Up
Read more →A review of Jasper Fforde's witty and whimsical book "The Big Over Easy."
Read more →Book reviews of "Complications" by Atul Gawande, "Strangers at the Feast" by Jennifer Vanderbes, and "Backseat Saints" by Joshilyn Jackson
Read more →A review of the Young Adult (YA) novel, "Before I Fall," by Lauren Oliver, which I found to be memorable and notch above the other YA books I've read.
Read more →A review of Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan, an involving domestic drama with magical elements.
Read more →My final post in the epic readalong of The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I found the book to be overly long, rambling, and boring. I was thrilled to finish it.
Read more →A book review of The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. This is a rare and wondrous book.
Read more →A review of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind--an uplifting and inspiring story that warmed my heart.
Read more →Four mini book reviews of An American Family by Pam Spaulding, About Alice by Calvin Trillin, Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris, Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need by Dave Barry, and Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen.
Read more →A review of Bite Me by Christopher Moore.
Read more →A review of Marisa de los Santo's charming book, Belong To Me.
Read more →A review of Josh Bazell's Beat the Reaper.
Read more →A meme concept by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read: “Bloodsucking Fiends” by Christopher Moore 2 Words that describe the book: Vampire comedy 3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: Modern-day San Francisco Jody—A fledgling vampire who had her new lifestyle thrust upon her with no warning or...
Read more →Bad MotherAyelet WaldmanDoubleday, 2009ISBN: 978-0385527934224 pagesGenre: Non-Fiction Memoir, Parenting, EssaysMy rating: 4 stars Overview For the All in the Family part of the Take Another Chance Challenge, I had to read two books by writers who were related to each other in some way. I chose Michael Chabon (the husband) and Ayelet Waldman (the...
Read more →A meme concept by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read: Black Out by Lisa Unger 2 Words that describe the book: Amnesia thriller3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: Florida in the far past, the recent past and the present Annie Powers—a devoted but isolated mother whose past...
Read more →Bright Lights, Big AssJen LancasterNew American Library, 2007Memoir, HumorISBN: 978-0-451-22125-4382 pages This is my second Jen Lancaster book, and I enjoyed it even more than the first one (Bitter Is the New Black). A rollicking memoir by a very funny but bitchy lady, Bright Lights, Big Ass is a bit more free-wheeling than her...
Read more →Title: Bitter Is The New Black Author: Jen LancasterISBN: 0-451-21760-8Publishing Info: New American Library, March 2006Number of Pages: 398Book Category: Memoir, Humor, Non-Fiction Book Overview I usually don’t like to use the blurbs on the back of the book to do my story overviews, but the one on this book is just too good...
Read more →Title: Best IntentionsAuthor: Emily ListfieldISBN: 978-1-4165-7671-6 Publishing Info: Atria Books, May 2009Book Specs: 304 pagesBook Category: Fiction, Mystery Story Overview On the surface, Lisa Barkley seems to have it all — a husband who was her college sweetheart, two lovely daughters, a high-powered PR job, a residence in Manhattan, and a best friend she’s...
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