Author: Jen C

  • Library Loot: January 25th, 2014

         Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Linda from Silly Little Mischief that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time…

  • Book Review: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

    Title:  Life After Life Author:  Kate Atkinson (Author Website) Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books; First Edition edition (April 2, 2013) Pages: 544 Format: Advance Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley.com About the Book: (from publisher) What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in…

  • Book Review: The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

    Title: The Aviator’s Wife (author Website) Author: Melanie Benjamin Publisher: Delacorte Press (January 15, 2013) Pages: 416 Format: Advance Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley.com About the Book: (from publisher) For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has stood in the shadows of those around…

  • Book Review: Heart Like Mine by Amy Hatvany

    Title: Heart Like Mine Author: Amy Hatvany (author website) Publisher: Washington Square Press Pages: 384 Format: Advance Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley.com Release Date: March 19, 2013 About the Book:  (from publisher) When a young mother dies under mysterious circumstances, those she leaves behind begin looking for answers in the past—and find a…

  • Book Review: Fever by Mary Beth Keane

    Title: Fever Author: Mary Beth Keane Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc. Pages: 320 Format: Advance Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley.com Release Date: March 12, 2013 About the Book:  (from publisher) Mary Mallon was a courageous, headstrong Irish immigrant woman who bravely came to America alone, fought hard to climb up from the lowest…

  • From Our Family to Yours……………..

    Merry Christmas!!! Jen C and Family

  • Happy Holidays!!!

    Wondering where I have disappeared to??   The holiday season is so busy and I have not been reading at all.  Can you believe that??    My family is participating in Lil Light O’Mine’s campaign to Light Em Up!   We are lighting up our community with Random Acts of Kindness.   So I will return in the New…

  • It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? October 15th Edition

    It’s Monday! What Are you Reading? is hosted by Shelia of Book Journey. It is a chance to share what you have read and what you plan on reading in the upcoming week. I enjoy seeing what everyone’s reading plans for the week. I always find some titles that I just *had to add to…

  • Book Review: Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

    Title: Wringer Author: Jerry Spinelli (Author Website) Publisher: HarperTeen (September 7, 2004) ISBN 10: 0060592826 Pages: 256 pages Age Level: 8 and up About the Book: Not all birthdays are welcome. In Palmer’s home town of Waymer, a boy’s tenth birthday is more than just another birthday — it is considered to be the biggest…

  • Book Review: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

    Title:  The Secret Keeper Author: Kate Morton (author website) Publisher: Atria Books (October 16, 2012) ISBN 10: 1439152802 Pages: 496 pages Format: Advance Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley.com About the Book:  (from publisher) The new novel from the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Distant Hours is a spellbinding mix…