Disclosure: I received a hardcover copy of this book for review from the publisher, via TLC Book Tours, as part of a tour to promote its publication in paperback (now available in stores). *Purchasing links in this review go through my Amazon Associates account. American Rust: A Novel Philipp Meyer Spiegel & Grau (2009), Hardcover (ISBN 0385527519 / 9780385527514) Fiction, 384 pages Opening Lines: “Isaac’s mother was dead five years but he hadn’t stopped thinking […]
Disclosure: This review is posted as part of a blog tour arranged by TLC Book Tours to promote the publication of the paperback edition of Shanghai Girls (February 2, 2010). However, I had purchased this novel as an e-book to read on my Amazon Kindle prior to joining the tour, and therefore I did not receive a review copy from the publisher. *Purchasing links in this review go through my Amazon Associates account. Shanghai Girls: […]
Disclosures: I purchased this as an e-book to read on my Amazon Kindle. *Purchasing links in this review go through my Amazon Associates account. When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present Gail Collins Little, Brown and Company (2009), Hardcover/E-book (ISBN 0316059544 / 9780316059541) Nonfiction (history/society), 480 pages Opening Lines (from the Introduction): “On a steamy morning in the summer of 1960, Lois Rabinowitz, a 28-year-old secretary for an […]
Up in the Air Drama, 2009 Rating: R Starring: George Clooney I do enjoy seeing a real “grown-up’s” movie every now and then. (The fact that this particular grown-up movie gives me an excuse to post a picture of George Clooney is just a nice bonus.) It seems to me that Up in the Air was one of those movies that sometimes come in at the end of the year, under the radar – no […]
Disclosures: I purchased this book for my personal library. *This review includes purchasing links that go through my Amazon Associates account, which pays me a small percentage for purchases based on referrals through those links. Betsy and the Great World/Betsy’s Wedding Maud Hart Lovelace Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2009), Paperback (reissue) (ISBN 0061795135 / 9780061795138) Fiction/youth fiction, 688 pages Book description: This brand-new edition of Maud Hart Lovelace’s beloved works brings together the final two […]
Disclosures: I purchased these books for my personal library. *This review includes purchasing links that go through my Amazon Associates account, which pays me a small percentage for purchases based on referrals through those links. Heaven to Betsy/Betsy in Spite of Herself Betsy Was a Junior/Betsy and Joe both by Maud Hart Lovelace Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2009), Paperback (ISBN 0061794694 / 9780061794698) (ISBN 0061794724 / 9780061794728) Youth fiction, 704 pages/640 pages (each book is […]
Disclosures: My thanks to the author, Rebecca O’Connor, for sending me an ARC of this book to review. *The puchasing link at the end of the review goes through my Amazon Associates account. Lift Rebecca K. O’Connor Red Hen Press, 2009 (ISBN 9781597094603 / 1597094609) Memoir, 208 pages Opening Lines: “I should kill the duck. I know how to do it. A master falconer showed me with a deft hand.” Book description: Captivated by a […]
Disclosures: Thanks to Lisa at TLC Book Tours and the author for providing me with a signed copy of this book for review. *The purchasing link at the end of this review goes through my Amazon Associates account. When She Flew Jennie Shortridge NAL Trade (2009), Paperback (ISBN 0451227980 / 9780451227980) Fiction, 352 pages Opening Lines: “The baby clothes drew Jess first, even though her grandson was now turning three. She couldn’t walk past […]
Disclosures: I purchased this to read as an e-book on my Amazon Kindle. *The purchasing link at the end of this review goes through my Amazon Associates account. The Help Kathryn Stockett ISBN 0399155341 / 9780399155345 Fiction (historical/literary), 2009 Kindle e-book edition Opening Lines: “Mae Mobley was born on a early Sunday morning in August 1960. A church baby we like to call it. Taking care a white babies, that’s what I do, along with […]
Disclosures: I received this book for review from the publisher via TLC Book Tours; no additional compensation was offered to me, or accepted by me. *The purchasing link at the end of this review goes through my Amazon Affiliates account. The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir John Grogan (blog) Harper (2009), Paperback (ISBN 0061713309 / 9780061713309) Nonfiction/memoir, 352 pages Opening Lines: “The call came on a school night in the autumn of 2002. Jenny was […]
Disclosures: I purchased these books for my personal library. *The purchasing link at the end of the review goes through my Amazon Affiliates account. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Scholastic Press (2008), Hardcover (ISBN 0439023483 / 9780439023481) Fiction (fantasy/sci-fi/YA), 384 pages Catching Fire Suzanne Collins Scholastic Press (2009), Hardcover (ISBN 0439023491 / 9780439023498) Fiction (fantasy/sci-fi/YA), 384 pages Opening lines: “When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, […]
Disclosures: I bought this book for my personal library. *The purchasing link at the end of the review goes through my Amazon Affiliates account. Love the One You’re With Emily Giffin St. Martin’s Griffin (2009), Paperback (ISBN 0312348673 / 9780312348670) Fiction, 368 pages Opening Lines: “It happened exactly one hundred days after I married Andy, almost to the minute of our half-past-three-o’clock ceremony. I know this fact not so much because I was an overeager […]
