Category Archives: fiction

The Late, Lamented Molly Marx – Quickie Review

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow Published:  2009 by Ballantine Books Source:  Purchased Reading Challenge:  2013 TBR Pile Challenge  Molly Marx died far too young under mysterious circumstances — was it really an accident or did she take … Continue reading →

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TLC Book Tour – The Uninvited Guests

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones Published:  2012 by Harper Perennial Source:  Received from the publisher for review  In 1912 at a run-down English estate, the “man of the house”, Edward Swift, departs for Manchester to make a last-ditch effort … Continue reading →

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TLC Book Tour – An Uncommon Education

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

An Uncommon Education by Elizabeth Percer Published:  2012 by Harper Perennial Source:  Received from publisher for review   An Uncommon Education starts out well enough – we meet Naomi Feinstein, a young girl with fragile parents – mother, emotionally; father … Continue reading →

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TLC Book Tour: Lunch with Buddha and Giveaway!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Lunch with Buddha by Roland Merullo Published:  2012 by AJAR Contemporaries Source:  Received from the publisher for review   Let me tell you a story:  About two months ago I received an e-mail from Lisa, one of the TLC Book … Continue reading →

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A Book About a 100 Year-Old Man…..

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, (translated by Rod Bradbury) Published:  2012 by Harper Collins Source:  Purchased   So the other weekend I was in Toronto,  and I managed to sneak in a … Continue reading →

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Book Club: A Lesson Before Dying

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines Published:  1993 by Vintage Contemporaries Source:  Purchased   I don’t know how many more books – fiction or non-fiction – I will need to read to even attempt to understand what black … Continue reading →

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The Shades of Gray Book You Should be Reading

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Published:  2011 by Speak (an Imprint of Penguin Group USA) Source:  Purchased   It is so unfortunate that this book has been overshadowed by that other book with Shades of Gray in the title.  … Continue reading →

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The Middlesteins

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg Published:  2012 by Grand Central Publishing Source:  Borrowed from the Library   The Middlesteins is a novel about a dysfunctional family, centered on the matriarch, Edie, who is essentially eating herself to death.  This has … Continue reading →

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Annexed

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Annexed by Sharon Dogar Published:  2010 by Houghton Mifflin Source:  Purchased Reading Challenge:  A-Z Book Challenge   It takes a lot of guts to write a novel based on a historical figure.  It takes even more guts to write a … Continue reading →

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Quickie Reviews – Fiction and Non-Fiction

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

I have been a bad blogger lately and I keep meaning to make it right but life has just been getting in the way.  And frankly, many of the books I’ve read lately haven’t “wowed” me enough to get me to my … Continue reading →

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