Category: review
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Book Review: Saving Max
Title: “Saving Max” Author: Antoinette van Heugten Publisher: Mira Books/Harlequin Web: www.MIRABooks.com Date of Publication: October 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2963-3 Format: Trade Paper Pages: 384 Category: Fiction/Suspense Synopsis: Max Parkman—autistic and whip-smart, emotionally fragile and aggressive—is perfect in his mother’s eyes. Until he’s accused of murder. Attorney Danielle Parkman knows her teenage son Max’s behavior…
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BLOG TOUR: The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall (and giveaway)
Hardcover: 208 PagesPublisher: WaterBrook PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 978-0-307-44653-4 Blog Tour: October 12-16 Summary: Beth Hertzler works alongside her beloved Aunt Lizzy in their dry goods store, and serving as contact of sorts between Amish craftsmen and Englischers who want to sell the Plain people’s wares. But remorse and loneliness still echo in her heart everyday as…
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BLOG TOUR: The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall
Paperback: 352 pagesPublisher: WaterBrook Press (August 11, 2009)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1400073960 Blog Tour: August 3-11, 2009 Summary: Raised in foster care and now the widowed mother of a little girl, Cara Moore struggles against poverty, fear, and a relentless stalker. When a trail of memories leads Cara and Lori out of New York City toward an…
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Review: The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha
Title: The Crying TreeAuthor: Naseem RakhaPages: 353 pagesPublisher: Broadway; First Edition edition (July 7, 2009)ISBN-10: 0767931408 Book Description from Book: Irene and Nate Stanley are living a quiet and contented life with their two children, Bliss and Shep, on their family farm in southern Illinois when Nate suddenly announces he’s been offered a job as…
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Review: In The Kitchen by Monica Ali
Title: In the KitchenAuthor: Monica AliPages: 448 pagesPublisher: Scribner (June 16, 2009)ISBN-10: 141657168X I was so excited. The cover of the book had me thinking immediately that I would love this book!! This book appealed to me due to many of my loves, such as my love of cooking, British Authors, Hell’s Kitchen and all…
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Review: The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Title: The Hour I First BelievedAuthor: Wally LambPages: 752 pagesPublisher: Harper (November 11, 2008)ISBN-10: 0060393491 Caelum Quirk narrates Wally Lamb’s newest book, The Hour I First Believed. Caelum is a high school English teacher struggling to maintain his third marriage. Caelum and his wife, Maureen moved to Littleton, Colorado to start a new life after…
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Review: Across A Hundred Mountains by Renya Grande
Title: Across a Hundred MountainsAuthor: Reyna GrandePages: 259Publisher: Atria (June 20, 2006)ISBN-10: 0743269578 This is the story of migration, love and loss as two women (Adelina and Juana) find the path of their lives crossing. Juana’s family suffers a tragedy which greatly affects Juana’s relationship with her mother. Juana’s father, Miguel leaves to go to…
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Review: The Girl She Used To Bo
Title: The Girl She Used To BeAuthor: David CristofanoPages: 256 pagesPublisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition (March 19, 2009)ISBN-10: 0446582220 When Melody Grace McCartney was 6 years old she and her parents accidently witness a horribly brutal act of violence committed by an influential mafia figure, Tony Bovaro. Melody and her family go into the…
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Review: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Title: The Story of Edgar SawtelleAuthor: David Wroblewski Pages: 576 pagesPublisher: Ecco; 1ST edition (September 19, 2008)ISBN-10: 0061768065 Edgar Sawtelle is the much desired child of Gar and Trudy Sawtelle. The Sawtelle family was known in Wisconsin for their breeding and training of dogs. When their son, Edgar was born without the ability to speak,…
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Review: The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
Title: The Kindness of Strangers Author: Katrina Kittle Pages: 400 pages (paperback) Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 2, 2007) ISBN-10: 0060564784 From Publishers WeeklyMaster caterer Sarah Laden is barely holding her life together as a widow with two difficult sons—recalcitrant teen Nate and troubled fifth-grader Danny—when the unthinkable happens. Her best friend and neighbor, Courtney Kendrick,…