Book Review: A Place of Forgetting by Carolyn J. Rose
A Place of Forgetting Carolyn J. Rose Carolyn J. Rose, September 2011 Ebook Also available in trade paperback This novel could be classified as Young Adult in that the protagonist is just nineteen, I certainly remember the 1960’s as a teenager, but it’s meaty enough to also be classified as literary women’s fiction. Nothing seems [...]
February 1, 2012
Tags: ebook, general fiction, MIA, Self-published, Vietnam War Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews 
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Book Review: Sex and the Kitty by Nancy the Cat
Sex and the Kitty Nancy the Cat Plume Books, September 2011 ISBN 978-0452-29742-5 Trade Paperback (e-ARC) Nancy’s first memoir—she’ll certainly need more as she gets older and, as she says, she’s leaving the door open for possible sequels—sets the record straight on her birth and early life in a small town as she awaits her [...]
December 7, 2011
Tags: autobiography, cats, England, general fiction, humor Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: If This Is Paradise, I Want My Money Back by Claudia Carroll
If This Is Paradise, I Want My Money Back Claudia Carroll William Morrow, October 2011 ISBN 978-0-06-204515-7 Trade Paperback Charlotte lies in a hospital bed, trapped by a coma, listening to the conversations around her. Most are directed at her in attempts to bring her back to consciousness and she appreciates the efforts, really she [...]
November 28, 2011
Tags: angels, general fiction, guardian angel, humor, relationships, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Reviews: The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill, The Dog Sox by Russell Hill and Negative Image by Vicki Delany
The Woodcutter Reginald Hill Harper, August2011 ISBN No. 978-0062060747 Hardcover Wilford Hadda began life as the son of a Cumbrian woodcutter on the Ulphingstone estate. Sir Leon Ulphingstone gave him the nickname of Wolf. At one stage in his life, Wolf Hadda held the title Sir Wilford Hadda. Reginald Hill takes the reader through the [...]
November 2, 2011
Tags: baseball, British Columbia, Caravel Books, England, general fiction, Harper, Mounties, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, psychological thriller, stalker Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly
The Little Women Letters Gabrielle Donnelly Touchstone, June 2011 ISBN 978-1-4516-1718-4 Hardcover In this cleverly written novel, the author weaves letters from a fictional Louisa May Alcott character, Jo March, between the pages of a contemporary story that involves her great-great granddaughters, Emma, Sophie and Lulu. The entire family is blissfully happy, being born from [...]
November 1, 2011
Tags: contemporary, family, general fiction, historical, Touchstone Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
A Dog’s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron Read by George K. Wilson Tantor Audio, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4001-1645-4 Unabridged Audio Book Also available as a Forge trade paperback A puppy plays in the woods with his mom and his siblings but this is not an entirely idyllic scene. The puppy and his family are feral and the [...]
October 22, 2011
Tags: animals, autobiography, Forge, general fiction, humor, reincarnation, Tantor Audio Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 3 Comments
Book Review: Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott—and a Contest Winner!
Imperfect Birds Anne Lamott Riverhead Books, 2011 ISBN 978-1-59448-504-6 Trade Paperback Anne Lamott can be counted on to deliver an honest, engaging read. Imperfect Birds starts as a clumsy and inauthentic tale, but stumbles along, until it reaches a believable, loping and smooth gait. I continued to read past my initial judgment and ennui, only [...]
September 22, 2011
Tags: addictions, California, family relationships, general fiction, Riverhead Books, troubled teen Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Years of Red Dust by Qiu Xiaolong
Years of Red Dust Qiu Xiaolong St. Martin’s Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-62809-3 Hardcover The author of the Inspector Chen series, which usually portrayed incisive pictures of Chinese culture and politics, turns his attention to another form of literature:  these short stories which mirror the changes in the country from 1949 and the beginning of the [...]
July 3, 2011
Tags: general fiction, Shanghai, short stories, St. Martin's Press Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
A Ted Feit Book Review Trio
Portobello Ruth Rendell Scribner, 2010 ISBN: 978-4391-4851-8 Hardcover This is not an easy book to read. Â Nor is it a mystery. Â It is a somewhat disjointed story of some disparate characters joined only by the Portobello, a winding street in London filled with stalls and shops where one can find almost anything at any price. [...]
May 30, 2011
Tags: Antigua, England, espionage, general fiction, Harvill Secker, Iceland, mystery, Russian mob, Scribner, Viking, WWII & contemporary Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: 13, rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro
13, rue Thérèse Elena Mauli Shapiro Reagan Arthur Books, February 2011 ISBN 9780316083287 Hardcover These gloves haunt you. But let us not be bothered with that now. Let us not slip onto our own body these accoutrements of the dead. Such a gesture would be a bit strange, a bit unsettling. Such a gesture is [...]
April 30, 2011
Tags: contemporary, France, general fiction, historical, Reagan Arthur Books, WWI and later Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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