Category: review
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Book review: The Making of Us by Lisa Jewell
Title: The Making of Us Author: Lisa Jewell Publisher: Atria Books; Original edition (August 14, 2012) ISBN 10: 1451609116 Pages: 416 pages Format: Galley from Netgalley.com About the Book: (From Goodreads.com) From the internationally bestselling author of After the Party comes a delightfully funny, brilliantly poignant novel about three strangers who are brought together by…
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Book Review: Such a Pretty Face by Cathy Lamb
Title: Such A Pretty Face Author: Cathy Lamb Publisher: Kensington; 1 edition (August 1, 2010) ISBN 10: 0758229550 Pages: 352 pages Format: Paperback – borrowed from the library About the Book: In this warm, funny, thoroughly candid novel, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb introduces an unforgettable heroine who’s half the woman she used to be, and…
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Book Review: Heading Out to Wonderful – Robert Goolrick
Title: Heading Out to Wonderful Author: Robert Goolrick Publisher: Algonquin Books; First Edition edition (June 12, 2012) ISBN 10: 1565129237 Pages: 304 pages Format: Hard Cover (Library Copy) About the Book: “Let me tell you something, son. When you’re young, and you head out to wonderful, everything is fresh and bright as a brand-new penny,…
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Book Review: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Title: The Fault in Our Stars Author: John Green (Author Website) Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; First Edition edition (January 10, 2012) ISBN 10: 0525478817 Pages: 336 pages Format: Hardcover (Library Loan) About the Book: Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumors…
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Book Review: Dead End Deal–Allen Wyler
Title: Dead End Deal Author: Allen Wyler (Author Website) Publisher: Astor + Blue Editions (May 10, 2012) ASIN: B00822N2G2 Pages: 402 pages Format: Digital File from Publisher About the Book: World renowned neurosurgeon Jon Ritter is on the verge of a medical breakthrough that will change the world. His groundbreaking surgical treatment, using transplanted non-human…
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Book Review: The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
Title: The Violets of March Author: Sarah Jio (Author Website) Publisher: Plume (April 26, 2011) ISBN 10: 0452297036 Pages: 304 pages Format: Paperback – from public Library. About the Book: A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2011 A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author. In her…
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Book Review: Home Front by Kristin Hannah
Title: Home Front Author: Kristin Hannah (Author Website) Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (January 31, 2012) ISBN 10 :0312577206 Pages: 388 pages Format: Library Book About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) In her bestselling novels Kristin Hannah has plumbed the depths of friendship, the loyalty of sisters, and the secrets mothers keep. Now, in her most emotionally…
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Book Review: The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
Title: The Snowman Author: Jo Nesbo (Author Website) Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (April 17, 2012) ISBN 10: 0307742997 Pages: 512 pages Format: Kindle Edition/Audio Book About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) Internationally acclaimed crime writer Jo Nesbø’s antihero police investigator, Harry Hole, is back: in a bone-chilling thriller that will take Hole to the brink of…
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Book Review: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Title: Empire Falls Author: Richard Russo Publisher: Vintage (April 12, 2002) ISBN 10: 0375726403 Pages: 496 pages Format: Audio Book About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) Richard Russo—from his first novel, Mohawk—has demonstrated a peerless affinity for the human tragicomedy, and with this stunning new novel he extends even further his claims on the small-town,…
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Book Review: The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum
Title: The Stormchasers Author: Jenna Blum Publisher: Dutton Adult (May 27, 2010) Web: http://www.jennablum.com/ ISBN-10: 0525951555 Pages: 384 pages Format: Audio About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) As a teenager, Karena Jorge had always been the one to look out for her twin brother Charles, who suffers from bipolar disorder. But as Charles begins to…