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Quickie: The Strain (Book 1 of The Stain Trilogy) by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan
I read this book in fits and starts during the end of my pregnancy and the first weeks after my daughter was born. That was over two months ago so the exact details of The Strain escape me, but I … Continue reading
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Review: Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong
Linda Hammerick grew up in small-town Boiling Springs, North Carolina, always knowing she was a little different from everyone else. To her, words have tastes. The sound of mother brings the flavor of chocolate milk to her mouth, even if her … Continue reading
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Review: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
This having been the first Ann Patchett novel I’ve read, I seriously wonder what has taken me so long. Her writing is refreshingly clean and free of embellishments, but the intricate plot of State of Wonder pulls you in from the first … Continue reading
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Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Slap-happy review here folks because if you are like me circa a month ago, you’re one of the few people who actually had no idea what this book was about until you picked up a copy from your home-town bookstore … Continue reading
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Review: The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman
Carol Goodman always has an unparalleled way of transforming a location in a book into a beautifully haunted atmosphere. Her descriptions jump from the page, and every time she sets her novel in a new location I know it’s going … Continue reading
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Review: One-Day by David Nicholls
I haven’t had any time to blog lately but it feels wrong not reviewing a book when I’ve finished one, no matter how busy I am these days. One-Day by David Nicholls. I received a reprint-advance-copy of this book last … Continue reading
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Review: The Looking Glass Wars (The Looking Glass Wars Trilogy, Book 1) by Frank Beddor
Princess Alyss Heart of Wonderland leads a charmed life at the young age of seven. Poised to begin her own training to be the future queen, with White Imagination skills ripe for development, Alyss doesn’t know how good she has … Continue reading
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Review: The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson & The Olympians, Book 3) by Rick Riordan
**WARNING** May contain spoilers if you haven’t read The Lightning Thief (review) and The Sea of Monsters (review). Once again Percy Jackson and his friends must save all of humanity (and the Gods) in the third entry of Rick Riordan’s … Continue reading
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Review: The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
Seledreorig…. The word came into my head like a whisper. Sadness for the lack of a hall. The Distant Hours – Kate Morton This is the first book by Kate Morton that I’ve had the pleasure of reading, and I … Continue reading
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Review: Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
When Noah and his sister were young children their lives were forever changed when their father’s ore ship burned and sunk in the tormented waters of Lake Superior. Though their father survived, much of him was left behind when the … Continue reading
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