Book Review: The Master of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche

The Master of Jalna Mazo de la Roche Pan Books, Ltd., 1954 (first published in 1933) ISBN 0330202626 Mass Market Also available as a trade paperback re-issue from XYZ Publishing The Master of Jalna is the fourth by publication date, tenth by story chronology, of 16 novels spanning a hundred years from 1854 to 1954.  [...]

August 16, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie

The Toughest Indian in the World Sherman Alexie Grove Press, 2001 ISBN 0802138004 Trade Paperback “Are you an Indian?” he asked me. Of course I was. (Jesus, my black hair hung down past my ass and I was dark as a pecan!) I’d grown up on my reservation with my tribe. I understood most of [...]

August 11, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  4 Comments

Book Review: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm

Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm Random House Books for Young Readers, May 2010 ISBN 0375836888 Hardcover Times are tough in Depression-Era America. Eleven-year-old Turtle’s Mom keeps losing housekeeper jobs and getting her heart broken by no-good men. When her Mom gets a job with an old lady who doesn’t like children, she has no [...]

July 25, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: To the Bright and Shining Sun

To the Bright and Shining Sun James Lee Burke Hyperion, October 2000. Originally published by Scribner’s, 1970. 9780786889686 Mass Market For a moment he thought of forgetting the bus depot. He had almost fifty dollars in his wallet, and that would be enough until he could find some type of job. [...] There was no [...]

May 23, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Greyhound by Steffan Piper

Greyhound Steffan Piper AmazonEncore, April 2010 ISBN 0982555091 Trade Paperback “Greyhound” opens in the darkest hours of the night. Sebastien can’t sleep and soon, he’ll be leaving. His Mother’s getting married for the umpteenth time and he’s not even invited to this ceremony. Dick, the groom du jour, doesn’t like kids and it’s apparent from [...]

May 19, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Full Reviews  2 Comments

Book Review: Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher

Th1rteen  R3asons Why Jay Asher Razorbill, 2007 ISBN 1595141715 Hardcover Imagine you’ve come home and a surprise package is waiting for you.  You’re a high school boy, no money to order anything and it’s not your birthday.  You’re excited opening the book only to discover seven cassette tapes inside. Cassette tapes — nothing in the [...]

May 12, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  2 Comments

Book Review: Then Came the Evening by Brian Hart

Then Came the Evening Brian Hart Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009 9781608190140 ARC from Goodreads‘ First Reads giveaway Sleep would not come easy this time and he knew it as soon as he blinked and opened his eyes and there was no difference between the two. He began and suffered through an inventory of the reasons why [...]

May 5, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Full Reviews  5 Comments

Review: The Hearts of Horses

The Hearts of Horses Molly Gloss Mariner Books ISBN 0547085753 Trade Paperback, 2008 Younger me had a herd of Breyers and read every horse book I could have laid my hands on.  Molly Gloss’s “The Hearts of Horses” has the same feel as the great classics I read back as a child. Based on oral [...]

February 8, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: A Country Affair

A Country Affair Rebecca Shaw Three Rivers Press, 2006 ISBN 1400098203 Trade Paperback I’m an addict when it comes to the heartwarming sort of small town story, the kind that involves a large cast of characters living unremarkable lives but you can’t help wanting to know what’s going to happen next.  You know the kind [...]

November 24, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments