Red Hook Road Ayelet Waldman Doubleday (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0385517866 / 9780385517867) Fiction, 352 pages Source: ARC (Advance Reader’s Copy) provided by the publisher – pub date June 2010 Reason for reading: review, a favorite author Opening Lines: “The flower girl had lost her basket of rose petals and could not bear to have the photograph taken without it. Altogether she had been somewhat of a disappointment in her role. She had forgotten to sprinkle […]
Dangerous Neighbors Beth Kephart EgmontUSA (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 1606840800 / 9781606840801) Fiction (YA, historical), 192 pages Source: ARC from publisher, via Winsome Media Communications – pub date August 2010 Reason for reading: review, a favorite author Opening Lines: “From up here, everything seems to spill from itself. Everything is shadowed. The cool at the base of the trees. The swollen lip of river. The dark beneath the cliff stones at Rockland, where Katherine had gone […]
Presenting a young-adult take on a young-adult novel: this is a guest post from my almost-16-year-old stepdaughter, Katie (Caitlin). Two people in my house read Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay last week, and we had rather different responses to it, which basically makes my house a microcosm of the novel’s readership. Having already posted my own reaction, I invited Katie to share hers here – she had some venting to do! Katie says: I read Mockingjay by […]
Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) Suzanne Collins Scholastic Press (2010), Hardcover (0439023513 / 9780439023511) Fiction (YA, dystopian), 400 pages Source: Personal copy Reason for reading: Mandatory, after reading the first two book in the series Opening Lines: “I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on the worn leather. This is where the bed I shared with my sister, Prim, stood. Over there was the […]
Children of God Mary Doria Russell Ballantine Books (1999), Paperback (ISBN 044900483X / 9780449004838) Fiction (speculative/SF), 464 pages Source: personal copy Reason for Reading: Re-read as co-host of a Read-Along with Heather J., following the March 2010 Read-Along of The Sparrow Opening Lines: “Sweating and nauseated, Emilio Sandoz sat on the edge of his bed with his head in what was left of his hands. “Many things had turned out to be more difficult than […]
It’s been many weeks since I’ve been a Weekly Geek, but this week’s theme from Wendy appealed to me: (This week’s) Weekly Geeks is about examining a book (or books) which were published in your birth decade. Tell us about a book that came out in the decade you were born which you either loved or hated. Is is relevant to today? Is it a classic, or could it be? Give us a mini-review, or […]
A Fierce Radiance: A Novel Lauren Belfer Harper (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0061252514 / 9780061252518) Fiction, 544 pages Source: ARC (Advance Reader’s Copy) received from publicist Jocelyn Kelley of Kelley & Hall Book Publicity and Promotion. The novel was published in June 2010 and is now available in stores. Opening Lines: “Claire Shipley was no doctor, but even she could see that the man on the stretcher was dying. His lips were blue from lack of […]
Disclosure: I purchased this as an e-book to read on my Amazon Kindle. *I am an Amazon Associate and an IndieBound Affiliate. Purchasing links are provided by Amazon.com and IndieBound.org, and will generate a small referral fee for me.* The Day the Falls Stood Still Cathy Marie Buchanan Voice (2009), Hardcover (ISBN 1401340970 / 9781401340971) (E-book 9781401394752) Fiction (historical), 320 pages Opening Lines: “The stone walls of Loretto Academy are so thick I can sit […]
Disclosure: I received a copy of the new paperback edition of this novel from the publisher, via Trish at TLC Book Tours. *I am an Amazon Associate and an IndieBound Affiliate. Purchasing links are provided by Amazon.com and IndieBound.org and will generate a small referral fee for me.* Labor Day: A Novel Joyce Maynard (Facebook page) Harper Perennial (2010), Paperback (ISBN 0061843415 / 9780061843419) Fiction, 272 pages Opening Lines: “It was just the two of […]
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in hardcover in Summer 2009 from publicists Engelman & Co., but have been seriously delinquent in my reading/reviewing obligation – the book was released in paperback in Spring 2010. *I am an Amazon Associate and an IndieBound Affiliate; purchasing links are provided by Amazon.com and IndieBound.org and will generate a small referral fee for me. Announcement: Come back tomorrow for my report on Jennifer Weiner’s appearance at […]
Disclosure: I purchased this book in e-book format to read on my Amazon Kindle. *I am an Amazon Associate. Use of purchasing links in this review will generate a small referral fee for me. Every Last One: A Novel Anna Quindlen Random House (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 1400065747 / 9781400065745; eISBN 9780679603726) Fiction, 299 pages Opening lines: “This is my life: The alarm goes off at five-thirty with the murmuring of a public-radio announcer, telling me […]
Disclosure: I received this book for review from the publisher, via Trish at TLC Book Tours. *I am an Amazon Associate; purchasing links are provided by Amazon.com and will generate a small referral fee if used. Bird in Hand: A Novel Christina Baker Kline Harper Paperbacks (2010), Reprint, Paperback (ISBN 0060798904 / 9780060798901) Fiction, 288 pages Opening Lines: “For Alison, these things will always be connected: the moment that cleaved her life into two sections […]
