Bury Your Dead
Looking For Me
Cottage at Glass BeachAuthor: Ann B. Ross Publisher: Viking Books, 2008 Genre: My Rating: C- One of the people who works at the library, not my favorite librarian, handed me this book. She said, “This book is wildly popular among the older ladies.” That was my first clue. I thought I read only books I picked myself. I [...]
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Author: John Grisham Publisher: Doubleday, 2008 Genre: Legal Thriller My Rating: A I set a goal for myself for 2013. I promised myself I would try to write my own summary of every book I review this year. When it came to this book, The Appeal, I really did try. The plot is very complicated [...] Author: T.C. Boyle Publisher: Viking, 1995 Genre: Literary Fiction My Rating: A You are going to find me conflicted on this book. On one hand I loved the book and am so glad I read it. On the other hand, I disliked all the people in it and found them to be almost cartoonish in [...] Author: John Sandford Publisher: Putnam, 2007 Genre: Mystery/Detective Fiction Format: Audiobook, Read by Eric Conger My Rating: B+ While my husband and I were on our road-trip we listened to Stolen Prey (Lucas Davenport series) and Mad River (Virgil Flowers series). This was our first introduction to John Sandford’s stories. We really liked both series [...] Author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips Publisher: William Morrow, 2009 Format: Audiobook, Read by Julia Gibson Genre: Romance My Rating: B Back in the 90s I read a lot of Susan Elizabeth Phillip’s romantic stories. I liked them because the characters were so real and the dialogue was always so sharp. The plots seemed to be based [...] Author: Carole King Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, April 2012 Format: Audiobook, Read by the author Genre: Memoir My Rating: A Summary from the publisher: Carole King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the world’s most acclaimed songwriting and performing talents of all time. A NATURAL WOMAN [...] Author: Joshilyn Jackson Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2012 Format: Audioobook, Read by the author Genre: Southern Fiction My Rating: A I have just spent twelve and a half hours with Joshilyn Jackson and, I swear, I am now a full-fledged Mississippian. I loved every minute of my visit. She is not just the author of [...] Author: Geraldine Brooks Publisher: Viking, 2011 Genre: Historical Fiction My Rating: B+ One of my friends is a super-fan of Geraldine Brooks. She’s read all of her books at least once, and urges everyone she knows to read her too. When it was my friend’s turn to host our book club, she picked thislatest [...] Author: Sandra Brown Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, Sept. 2011 Genre: Romantic Suspense My Rating: B Romantic Suspense is a genre I read when I’m super-tired, sick, or burnt-out. It doesn’t require a lot of brain power or emotional involvement. I am not putting this genre down as it has provided me with many hours of [...] |
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