Adult Fiction
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Review: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
Review: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery #1) by Denise Grover Swank Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Expected publication: August 11, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV is bad even before she has a vision of herself dead. Read more
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Review: The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon
Review: The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon Source: ARC courtesy of Random House of Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Expected publication: August 4, 2015 by Doubleday Verdict: Good Book Description: Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only in the memories of Amy, Piper, and Read more
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Review: How to Write A Novel by Melanie Sumner
Review: How to Write a Novel by Melanie Sumner Source: Digital galley courtesy of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group/Vintage via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected publication: August 4, 2015 by Vintage Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Aristotle “Aris” Thibodeau, age 12.5, is writing the Great American Novel. According to Write a Novel in Thirty Days! it shouldn’t Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Recently Acquired Books
I used to join in on the fun Top Ten Tuesday meme on my old site, and thought it might be good to give it a whirl again here! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week: the last ten books acquired! The titles listed can Read more
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Review: Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor
Review: Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor Source: Digital galley courtesy of Penguin Canada via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected publication: July 14, 2015 by Penguin Canada Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Ada Concannon’s first day in America is a success. She’s the new maid for the respected but eccentric Dickinson family of Amherst, Massachusetts. Despite the Read more
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Review: The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig
Review: The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig Source: Digital galley courtesy of St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected publication: July 21, 2015 by St. Martin’s Press Verdict: Okay/Good Book Description: Raised in a poor yet genteel household, Rachel Woodley is working in France as a governess when she receives news that her mother Read more
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Review: Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
Review: Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave Source: Digital Galley courtesy of Simon & Schuster via NetGalley. Thank you! Published: June 2, 2015 by Simon & Schuster Verdict: Okay/Good Book Description: There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide… Growing up on her family’s Sonoma vineyard, Georgia Ford learned some important secrets. The secret Read more
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Must Read Monday (7): Kate Beaton
Welcome to the seventh edition of Must Read Monday! On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week I am featuring upcoming titles from Canadian author/artist/illustrator Read more
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Reviews: The Girl on the Train & Where They Found Her
Two mysteries on the review docket! Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Source: Paperback Published: January 6, 2015 by Doubleday Canada Verdict: Okay You can’t get too far in a bookstore or on online book sites without noticing Hawkins’ debut mystery novel being promoted and pushed. In the case of Gillian Flynn’s Read more
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Must Read Monday (6): Judy Blume & Deborah Install
I hope fellow Canadians are enjoying their Victoria Day weekend- and everyone else had a great weekend! Welcome to the sixth edition of Must Read Monday! On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books Read more
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