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2014-07-02 12:00
Synopsis: An innocent black teenager is accused of murder in this provocative and compassionate thriller that skillfully probes issues of race, class, crime, and injustice and offers a… Read More
2014-06-03 12:00
Synopsis: Tom Alison has it all within his reach. He’s smart, handsome, and about to graduate from a prestigious East Coast boarding school. After that it’s off to the Ivy… Read More
2014-06-02 12:00
London Mailbox (image source)Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring… Read More
2014-06-01 21:18
Synopsis: Billie Breslin has traveled far from her California home to take a job at Delicious, the most iconic food magazine in New York and, thus, the world. When the publication is s… Read More
2014-05-29 12:00
Synopsis: Just months after Rebekah Roberts was born, her mother, an Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn, abandoned her Christian boyfriend and newborn baby to return to her religion. Neither Re… Read More
2014-05-28 12:00
Synopsis: Jenna James’s life has been smooth sailing since she left the high-powered law firm of Marbury Marfan. She’s happily ensconced as a professor at a prestigiou… Read More
2014-05-27 12:00
Synopsis: A haunting and beautifully written debut novel by an exciting new talent. When Betty Gardiner dies, leaving behind an unkempt country home, her grandson and his young wi… Read More
2014-05-13 12:00
Synopsis: Sadie Jones, the award winning, bestselling author of The Uninvited Guests and The Outcast, explores the theater of love, the politics of theater, and the love of writing in… Read More
2014-05-08 12:00
Synopsis: Recently widowed and rendered penniless by her Ponzi-scheming husband, Julia Bishop is eager to start anew. So when a stranger appears on her doorstep with a job offer, she f… Read More
2014-05-07 12:00
FSynopsis: Terror stalks a small Virginia town.FBI rising star, criminal profiler Evelyn Baine, knows how to think like a serial killer. But she's never chased anyone like the Bakersvi… Read More
2014-05-06 12:00
Synopsis: Unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven by science. She and her sister Alice are still grieving for their dead mot… Read More
2014-05-04 18:46
Synopsis: From the acclaimed and award-winning author: a beguiling new novel about an eavesdropping boy working to discover the obscure mysteries of his unraveling family. He uncovers… Read More
2014-05-04 18:42
I am pleased to announce the winner of the copy of Casebook by Mona Simpson - a wonderful book you should read whether you won the free copy or not. The winner is:Carl ScottStay t… Read More
2014-04-26 12:00
I wanted to write a love story and also the chronicle of a deep, cold danger, but I couldn't seem to find my way in. This book really started for me with the boy’s vantage. I thought o… Read More
2014-04-24 12:00
Synopsis: SOMEONE KNOWS LANA’S SECRET—AND HE’S DYING TO TELL.Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is th… Read More
2014-04-23 12:00
Synopsis: The worlds of art, politics and passion collide in John L’Heureux’s masterful new novel, The Medici Boy. With rich composition, L’Heureux ingeniously t… Read More
2014-04-22 12:00
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Miz B of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:Grab your current readOpen to a random pageShare two (2) rand… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Synopsis: In the bestselling tradition of Defending Jacob, this taut legal thriller follows the trail of a man determined to protect his community—and his family—at any cos… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Synopsis: The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Old Vermont Cocktail (image source)I'm reading Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian. It's pretty wonderful and set in Vermont and, although cocktails do not play a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Synopsis: Who knows better than your best friends what will break you?One game. Six students. Five survivors.In the intimidating surroundings of Oxford University a group of six friend… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Miz B of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:Grab your current readOpen to a random pageShare two (2) rand… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Talking Mailbox - Bristol (image source)Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Synopsis: West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in… Read More
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