Short reviews of A Grown Up Kind of Pretty, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, How To Be A Woman, and The Casual Vacancy.
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Book reviews: Devil in The White City; After The Quake; Gang Leader for A Day; Dear American Airlines; and Heft.
Read more →A review of The Human Bobby by Gabe Rotter. Sooooo good!
Read more →A review of The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty.
Read more →Three mini book reviews of The Happiness Project, What the Dog Saw and Born Standing Up
Read more →Reviews of Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown, Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
Read more →A book review of Darin Strauss's powerful memoir, Half A Life.
Read more →A book review of "Heads You Lose" by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward, a collaborative comedic murder mystery that has been described as "Weeds crossed with Adaptation." I adored it.
Read more →Book reviews of "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, "Fool" by Christopher Moore and "The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001 by Sue Townsend
Read more →A review of Jodi Picoul's novel, House Rules.
Read more →A review of Emily Giffin's book, Heart of the Matter.
Read more →A review of Sloane Crosley's book of essays "How Did You Get This Number?"
Read more →A meme concept by That’s A Novel Idea 1 book I read: “The Host” by Stephenie Meyer 2 words that describe the book: Sci-fi lite 3 settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: Planet Earth (mostly in and around Arizona), sometime in the future Wanderer is a “soul,” a type of...
Read more →A review of The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors by Michele Young-Stone.
Read more →A review of Andrew Martin's comic guide for housekeeping for men, How To Get Things Really Flat.
Read more →How I Became A Famous NovelistSteve HelyGrove Press, Black Cat, 2009ISBN: 978-0802170606224 PagesGenre: Fiction, HumorMy Rating: 4 stars The Set-Up To impress his former girlfriend at her upcoming wedding, Pete Tarslaw decides to become a famous novelist. Figuring it couldn’t be all that hard, he spends an afternoon at a bookstore studying bestselling books....
Read more →Reviews of three dystopic tales, The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and In A Perfect World by Laura Kasischke.
Read more →A meme concept by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read and/or reviewed: HeartSick by Chelsea Cain 2 Words that describe the book: Serial killer thriller3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: Portland, OR, present day Archie Sheridan—a damaged, painkiller-addicted ex-cop who returns to the force to catch a...
Read more →Title: Her Fearful Symmetry Author: Audrey Niffenegger ISBN: 978-1439165393 Publishing Info: Scribner, 2009 Number of Pages: 416 Book Category: Fiction A draft for a review of this book has been sitting in my drafts folder for AGES!!! I downloaded and read the book on my Kindle almost immediately upon its release. I was breathless...
Read more →Title: The Handy Answer Book for Kids (And Parents): Second Edition Author: Gina MisirogluISBN: 978-1-57859-219-7Publishing Info: Visible Ink Press, October 2009Number of Pages: 292Book Category: Non-Fiction, Parenting Book Overview Kids ask a lot of questions, and sometimes adults don’t know all the answers. (Shocking, I know!) So this book provides answers to 800 questions...
Read more →My Favorite Reads is hosted byAlyce at At Home With Books.The idea is to write about some favorite booksthat you read before you started blogging! In the spirit of the Halloween season, I thought I would share one of my favorite scary books with you. The thing is, this book is scary because it...
Read more →Title: The Hour I First BelievedAuthor: Wally LambISBN: 978-0060393496Published By: Harper, November 11, 2008Book Specs: 752 pages (I read the Kindle edition!)Book Category: Fiction Story Overview This is the story of Caelum Quirk — a middle-aged teacher who is trying to come to terms with his present, his past and his troubled marriage. Married...
Read more →A collection of short reviews for Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, Wallflower At the Orgy by Nora Ephron, The Sister by Poppy Adams, Obedience by Will Lavender, and Memoirs of A Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux.
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