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December 13, 2011 reading

Shelf Awareness Book Talk: One Hundred And One Nights, by Benjamin Buchholz

One Hundred and One Nights: A NovelBenjamin BuchholzBack Bay Books (2011), Paperback original (ISBN 0316133779 / 9780316133777)Fiction, 368 pages Portions of this review were originally published in Shelf Awareness for Readers (12/9/11), which supplied an Advance Reader Copy (furnished by the publisher) and payment. All opinions expressed are my own. Abu Saheed–”Father Truth”–is the ironically-chosen pseudonym of the narrator of Benjamin Buchholz’ debut novel, One Hundred and One Nights. The site of his new shop […]

December 1, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Betsy-Tacy Treasury, by Maud Hart Lovelace (TLC Book Tour)

The Betsy-Tacy Treasury: The First Four Betsy-Tacy Books Maud Hart Lovelace Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2011), Trade Paperback (ISBN 0062095870 / 9780062095879) Fiction (children’s), 736 pages Source: Publisher Reason for reading: TLC Book Tour Book description, from the publisher’s website: There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy’s age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she […]

November 17, 2011 reading

Shelf Awareness Book Talk: The Daughter She Used to Be, by Rosalind Noonan

The Daughter She Used to Be Rosalind Noonan Kensington (2011), Paperback original (ISBN 0758241682 / 9780758241689) Fiction, 352 pages Portions of this review were originally published in Shelf Awareness for Readers (11/4/11), which supplied an Advance Reader Copy (furnished by the publisher) and payment. All opinions expressed are my own. The blood of the Sullivan family has run NYPD blue for two generations. Those who didn’t become cops married them or, in the case of […]

November 3, 2011 reading

BlogHer Book (Club) Talk: Theodora, by Stella Duffy

Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore: A Novel Stella Duffy (Twitter) (Twitter as Theodora) Penguin (Non-Classics) (2011), Paperback (ISBN 0143119877 / 9780143119876) Fiction (historical), 352 pages Source: Publisher Reason for Reading/Disclosure: BlogHer Book Club review and discussions (This is a paid review for BlogHer Book Club, but the opinions expressed are my own.) Opening lines: “…The girl tried to lift her head. She knew if she could only see her older sister, Comito would confirm the answer, but the […]

October 27, 2011 reading

Book Talk: You Are My Only, by Beth Kephart

You Are My Only Beth Kephart EgmontUSA (2011), Hardcover (ISBN 1606842722 / 9781606842720) Fiction (YA), 256 pages Source: ARC from publisher at BEA 2011 (pub date October 25, 2011) Reason for reading: favorite author Opening lines: “My house is a storybook house. A huff-and-a-puff-and-they’ll-blow it down house. The roof is soft; it’s tumbled. There are bushes growing tall past the sills. A single sprouted tree leans in from high above the cracked slate path, torpedoing […]

October 24, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson

The Family Fang: A Novel Kevin Wilson (blog) Ecco (a HarperCollins imprint), 2011, Hardcover (ISBN 0061579033 / 9780061579035) Fiction, 320 pages Source: ARC from publisher (pub date August 2011) Reason for reading: Review copy Opening lines: “Mr. and Mrs. Fang called it art. “Their children called it mischief. “‘You make a mess and then you walk away from it,’ their daughter, Annie, told them. ‘It’s a lot more complicated than that, honey,’ Mrs. Fang said […]

October 11, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Fathermucker, by Greg Olear (TLC Book Tour)

Fathermucker: A Novel Greg Olear (Facebook) (Twitter) (tie-in blog) Harper Paperbacks (2011), Edition: Original, Paperback (ISBN 0062059718 / 9780062059710) Fiction, 320 pages Source: Publisher provided Reason for Reading: TLC Book Tour Opening lines: “Fatherhood is fear. Fatherhood is disappointment. Fatherhood is anger and envy and lust. And the surest guarantee of fatherly success is a Spock-like mastery of those base emotions. Mister Spock, not Doctor. “Good fathers conquer fear. They become One with their phobias. Like […]

October 6, 2011 reading

BlogHer Book (Club) Talk: How to Be an American Housewife

How to Be an American Housewife Margaret Dilloway (Facebook) (Twitter)Berkley Trade (2011), Edition: Reprint, Paperback (ISBN 0425241297 / 9780425241295)Fiction, 352 pagesSource: PublisherReason for reading: Selection for the BlogHer Book Club (Review, promotion, and discussion participation compensated by BlogHer.com) Opening lines: “I had always been a disobedient girl. “When I was four, we lived in a grand house with a courtyard and a koi ﬁshpond. My father worked as a lawyer and we were still rich, […]

September 26, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Forbidden, by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee (Faith & Fiction Roundtable)

Forbidden (The Books of Mortals) Ted Dekker (Facebook) (Twitter) and Tosca Lee (Facebook) (Twitter) Center Street (2011), Hardcover (ISBN 1599953544 / 9781599953540) Fiction, 384 pages Source: ARC received from publisher at BEA 2011 Reason for reading: Faith & Fiction Roundtable discusssion Opening lines: “There was never a body. “Not even at a funeral. Mourners sat angled to one another in the stiff pews to avoid looking directly at the empty casket and the destiny hanging […]

September 12, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood

Book Blogger Appreciation Week programming will be joined in progress tomorrow. When I scheduled the wrap-up for the group read of The Handmaid’s Tale for this week…well, I kind of forgot that it would conflict with BBAW. Oops! The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood (Twitter) (Facebook) Anchor (1998), Trade Paperback reprint (ISBN 9780385490818) (original publication date 1986) Fiction (speculative), 320 pages Source: personal copy (Note: This is the publication info for my original copy of the […]

August 31, 2011 reading

Joined in Progress: The Handmaid’s Tale Group Read

We’re just about halfway through the designated time frame for the group read of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Today, participants have been asked to weigh in with some sort of “progress post” – non-spoilery discussion, response to a particular theme, thoughts on Atwood’s writing, etc. – on their reading. I’m hosting this read, but I was probably one of the last to actually start the book. We kicked off on August 21, which was […]

August 25, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Bite Me: A Love Story, by Christopher Moore

Bite Me: A Love Story Christopher Moore (Twitter) (Facebook) (blog) Read by Susan Bennett William Morrow (2010), Edition: 1, Hardcover (ISBN 0061779725 / 9780061779725) (Audible Audiobook ASIN B003DQVEBM) Fiction, 320 pages Source: purchased audiobook Reason for reading: personal, favorite author Opening lines: “‘The city of San Francisco is being stalked by a huge shaved vampyre cat named Chet, and only I, Abby Normal, emergency backup mistress of the Greater Bay Area night, and my manga-haired […]

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