The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel Brady Udall W. W. Norton & Company (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0393062627 / 9780393062625) Fiction, 608 pages Source: ARC received from publisher (via review program) – pub date May 2010 Reason for Reading: Review for LibraryThing Early Reviewers Opening Lines: “To put it as simply as possible: this is the story of a polygamist who has an affair. But there is much more to it than that, of course; the life […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 received for the new paperback edition of this book review from the publisher, via TLC Book Tours. *I am an IndieBound Affiliate and Amazon Associate. Purchasing links in this post are provided by Indiebound.org and Amazon.com and will generate a small referral fee if used.* Lit: A Memoir Mary Karr Harper Perennial (2010), Paperback (ISBN 0060596996 / 9780060596996) Nonfiction/Memoir, 432 pages Opening lines: “Any way I tell this story is a lie, so […]
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 […]
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in order to participate in a planned From Left to Write Book Club discussion scheduled for July 21. *I am an Amazon Associate. Use of the purchasing links in this review will generate a small referral fee for me. This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness Laura Munson Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0399156658 / 9780399156656) […]
