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Review: Bullied by Carrie Goldman
Click to view on Amazon Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear by Carrie Goldman Nonfiction HarperOne; August 14, 2012 Hardcover 368 pages From the...
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Review: The Bookie’s Son by Andrew Goldstein
Click to view on Amazon The Bookie’s Son by Andrew Goldstein Fiction — (Adult) (sixoneseven) books, May 2012 Paperback 246 pages From the back cover: The year is 1960 and the place is the Bronx. All...
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Reading Wrap-Up: September 2012
Yes, I’m just now writing this and it’s already October 17th. Some cold weather settled in here, and with it came my first bit of seasonal depression. I’m not ready to be cold, and I’m certainly not...
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October 2012 Reading Plans
I’m going to make this short and sweet because I have some reviews to catch up on, and I’d really rather be reading. The Literary Others: An LGBT Reading Event is being hosted by Adam of Roof Beam...
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An Introduction: Out of True by Amy Durant
Click to view on Amazon Out of True by Amy Durant Poetry Luna Station Press; August 1, 2012 Paperback 91 pages This is not going to be a formal review for two reasons: 1. Amy Durant of Lucy’s Football...
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Poetry Inspiration: A Mysterious Death
Welcome to the Out of True blog tour, put together by Susie of Insatiable Booksluts. Last night I posted some informal thoughts about Out of True, Amy Durant’s first published book of poetry. I asked...
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Review: Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos
Click to view on Amazon Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos Fiction William Morrow Paperbacks; October 2, 2012 (reprint) Paperback 384 pages From the back cover: It’s been six years since Pen...
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Reading Wrap-Up: October 2012
I read SO MANY good books in October. So many. I participated in this really great reading project hosted by Adam of Roof Beam Reader–The Literary Others (#OthersLitLGBT)–in honor of LGBT History...
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Review: A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead
Click to view on Amazon A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France by Caroline Moorehead Nonfiction Harper Perennial (reprint); October 23, 2012...
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Review: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Click to view on Amazon The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe Nonfiction — Memoir Knopf; October 2, 2012 Hardcover 352 pages Will Schwalbe’s mother, Mary Anne, came home from a humanitarian...
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Reading Wrap-Up: November 2012
It’s the last month of the year! Time sure flies, doesn’t it? I still haven’t felt like sitting in front of a computer screen to blog, but the computer screen just got more interesting at our house… I...
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Between the Covers with Gillian Flynn: My Thoughts on Sharp Objects, Dark...
Click to view on Amazon Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Fiction — Suspense/Thriller Broadway, 2007 (reprint) Paperback 254 pages From Amazon: Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s...
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Review: Malmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin
Click to view on Amazon Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin Fiction — Classic Lit / Gothic Oxford University Press, USA; 2008 Paperback 592 pages Melmoth the Wanderer is about Melmoth, a man...
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Review: Kindred by Octavia Butler
Click to view on Amazon Kindred by Octavia Butler Fiction — Historical / Fantasy Beacon Press, 2004 (25th Anniversary Edition) Paperback 287 pages From the back cover: Dana, a modern black woman, is...
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Reading Wrap-Up: December 2012
Happy New Year, friends! This is going to be short and sweet because I have another post coming a little later that outlines my plans for 2013. I can’t WAIT for you to see it. Essjay and I are doing...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you…the Year of Reading Whatever the F*ck...
That’s right, folks! 2013 is officially the Year of Reading Whatever the F*ck I Want! No challenges (with just a few small exceptions)! No heartache! No failure! JUST READING…whatever I want…whenever...
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Review: My Thoughts on The Passage and The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Click to view on Amazon The Passage by Justin Cronin Fiction — Horror / Science Fiction Ballantine Books, July 2012 Mass Market Paperback 912 pages From Amazon: An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe...
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Review: Carrie by Stephen King
Click to view on Amazon Carrie by Stephen King Fiction — Horror Anchor, 2008 Kindle edition 194 pages This is Stephen King’s first novel, originally published in 1974. The book is about Carrie, a...
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Review: ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Click to view on Amazon ‘Salem’s Lot (Illustrated Edition) by Stephen King Fiction — Horror Anchor, 2008 Kindle edition 674 pages **This post has potential spoilers sprinkled all over the place, so if...
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Review: The Tell by Hester Kaplan
Click to view on Amazon The Tell by Hester Kaplan Fiction Harper Perennial; January 8, 2013 Paperback 352 pages From the back cover: Trouble is simmering just below the surface of Mira and Owen’s...
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