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Posted in Book Reviews on Aug 28th, 2010
A trembling scared girl, a little girl, works her way across town in a bus, scared that someone will see her fleeing. At the end of the line, she hurries out of the bus, unsure of what to do next. She know her destination in name only, not how to get there. The girl climbs [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Aug 21st, 2010
I love satire. I love novels. I must love Carl Hiaasen.
Cherry Pye is a 22 year old no talent singing superstar, whose life is out of control. Spending her time wasted or in rehabs, she has likeness to some real life famous for being out of control celebs. As Hiaasen says in his FAQ “You [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jul 30th, 2010
From Paris to Stalingrad, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities. But the first and most valuable treasures they looted were the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. In Hitler’s Holy Relics, bestselling author Sidney Kirkpatrick tells the riveting and never-before-told true story of how an American [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jul 30th, 2010
In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950—and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, New Release Books on Jul 5th, 2010
Concentration. It just declines during these few hot months. It’s perfectly natural and cannot be helped. Dank humidity and specious outdoorsy activity hamper our typically more ambitious natures, and what begins as motions toward self-improvement and deep, recharging relaxation fizzle into mosquito bites, sunburn and profound afternoon napping. Summer reading, too, becomes dominated by read-it-once [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 1st, 2010
One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they find the victim of a savage murder lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, looking for witnesses, they [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, New Release Books on May 21st, 2010
From NY Times best selling Author Susan Richards, author of Chosen By a Horse comes the heart wrenching prequel, Saddled
In Sadddled, readers travel back to the time when Susan was at her worst, a time when she woke up and realized she was an alcoholic. That knowledge came hard – and inside Susan was [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, New Arrivals, New Release Books on May 15th, 2010
New at the ‘zoo May 11
I am Nujood, Age 10 an Divorced by Nujood Ali
Nujood’s childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three time her age. Nujood tells of the abuse at her husbands hands and her daring escape in defiance of [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, New Arrivals on Apr 29th, 2010
Twenty-four hours after completing A Reliable Wife, I don’t know what think. It was amazing. A novel filled with rage, fear, pain, redemption and forgiveness. So much emotion poured into one book, so much to reflect upon.
Catherine Lands answers an ad: Country Businessman seeks reliable wife. Compelled by practical, not romantic reasons. Reply by letter. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 20th, 2010
The Book: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
How Long It Took Me to Read It Since Publication: A Year