Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Luckiest Girl Alive

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by Jessica Knoll Ani FaNelli has an enviable life: great job at a magazine, fancy clothes, and even a rich fiancé. Who could ask for any...

Perfect Little Ladies

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by Abby Drake “The housewives of Westchester County have a lot to hide!” Oh, if only! I find it hard to believe that Ms. Drake knows anyt...

What Alice Forgot

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by Liane Moriarty Alice falls off her bike at spin class and sustains a concussion. When she comes to, she has lost 10 years of memories....

Persuasion, Captain Wentworth and Cracklin' Cornbread

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by Mary Jane Hathaway This is another entry in the Jane Austen Takes the South series . Lucy Crawford is the Anne Elliot of our story. ...

Spring Remains

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by Mons Kallentoft Another Scandinavian mystery—my favorite! Our story takes place in Sweden and begins with an explosion and the death o...

Double Fudge Brownie Murder

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by Joanne Fluke Remember when Hannah accidentally hit (and killed) someone with her car? Well, that’s where our story begins. . . Hannah g...

Titus Andronicus

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by William Shakespeare Very, very bloody play. Shakespeare's first.                    4/28/15

How to Build a Girl

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by Caitlin Moran I should have known how filthy this book would be just by looking at its cover. Here is the blurb that should have warne...

A Reunion Of Ghosts

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by Judith Claire Mitchell This nearly 400 page suicide note of the Alter sisters is not just a suicide note—it is the history of their fam...

First Frost

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by Sarah Addison Allen In her latest novel, Sarah Addison Allen takes her readers back to Bascom, North Carolina and the Waverley sisters....

God on the Rocks

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by Jane Gardam Published in 1978, this is a coming of age story for Margaret Marsh. Margaret is eight years old and has been recently dis...

Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

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by Christopher Fowler Bryant and May are at it again, though this entry focuses a little more on Bryant and his individual sleuthing. Anyw...

Unimaginable Zero Summer: A Novel

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by Leslie Stella Leslie Stella does it again! Verity Presti has no desire to attend her 15-year high school reunion. Why would she? She’...

The Husband's Secret

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by Liane Moriarty This is women’s fiction at its best. Three women, two husbands, and one mind-blowing letter. Briefly: Cecilia, Rachel,...

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

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by Rachel Joyce In this companion to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry , readers learn the story of Queenie. Queenie, as you may remem...

Last Friends

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by Jane Gardam The third novel in the Old Filth trilogy is, of course, about Terry Veneering, the third player in the Old Filth love trian...

Old Filth

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by Jane Gardam The first novel in the Old Filth trilogy. Eddie Feathers is the real name of the famed lawyer known as Old Filth (Failed i...

How to Be an American Housewife

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by Margaret Dilloway Shoko and Sue are mother and daughter. Shoko is a traditional Japanese woman; Sue is a typical American woman. In t...

The Sisters Brothers

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by Patrick deWitt Oregon City, 1851. Charlie and Eli Sisters have a new assignment: travel to Sacramento and kill Hermann Kermit Warm. ...

The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy

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by Julia Quinn Sir Richard Kenworthy must find a bride, and he has less than a month to do so. How will he ever find someone so quickly? ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Trans-Sister Radio

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by Chris Bohjalian I’ve been wanting to read this novel for a while. The recent news of Bruce Jenner’s transition led me to finally rea...

Wildwood

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by Colin Meloy Confession #1: I chose this book because of its lovely cover. Confession #2: I’ve never heard of Colin Meloy or his band,...

The Program

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by Suzanne Young Imagine a future where teen suicide is an epidemic, and the cure for the illness can cost you your memory. . . Yes, this ...

Return to Oakpine

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by Ron Carlson Oakpine, Wyoming. 1999. Jimmy Brand has returned to his hometown after leaving 30 years ago. He has come home to die. Ji...

The Man in the Wooden Hat

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by Jane Gardam This is book 2 in the trilogy that starts with Old Filth . Unfortunately, Old Filth was not on the shelf at my library. T...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas

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by Marie-Helene Bertino I really wanted to love this novel. But I didn’t. In a nutshell, there are three stories being told and three mai...

An Age of License: A Travelogue

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by Lucy Knisley From the author of Relish comes another delightful graphic novel. In this volume, Knisley recalls her trip to Europe in ...

The Furies

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by Natalie Haynes Alex Morris has left London to escape the pain. The pain of a murdered fiancé. She starts over in Edinburgh, thanks to...

A Sense of Entitlement

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by  Anna Loan-Wilsey Meet amateur sleuth, Hattie Davish, whose occupation appears to be typist. When her job takes her to Newport, Rhode ...

Andre the Giant: Life and Legend

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by Box Brown It’s a graphic novel! It’s a biography of Andre the Giant! For anyone who watched him wrestle on television, this graphic no...
Monday, January 05, 2015

Spirit of Steamboat

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by Craig Johnson It is Christmas Eve, and Sheriff Walt Longmire is engaging in an annual ritual: reading A Christmas Carol. A visitor ar...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Forty Days Without Shadow: An Arctic Thriller

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by Olivier Truc After 40 days without sunlight in the Arctic, detectives Klemet Nango and Nina Nansen have a case on their hands: theft a...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Gingerbread Cookie Murder

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by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, and Leslie Meier In this trio of Christmas mysteries, gingerbread cookies play a supporting role. In Fluke...

Candy Cane Murder

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by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, and Leslie Meier Candy canes take center stage in this collection of three holiday mysteries: •Fluke's ...

The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café

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by Alexander McCall Smith Precious Ramotswe is back and has a most interesting case on her hands: a woman who does not know her own ident...

The Magician's Land

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by Lev Grossman First, Quentin Coldwater was a magician-in-training. Next, he was king, a magician king. Now, he's down-and-out and...

The Wedding Bees: A Novel of Honey, Love, and Manners

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by Sarah-Kate Lynch As the subtitle states, this sweet novel concerns itself with honey, love, manners, and, sigh, New York City. It all b...

Bittersweet

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by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore This is the tale of two college roommates: Genevra "Ev" Winslow and Mabel Dagmar. Ev has everyth...

Small Blessings

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by Martha Woodroof Rose Callahan. What was life like before she came to campus to manage the bookstore? Whose life wasn't improved b...

Lizzy & Jane

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by Katherine Reay Lizzy and Jane are sisters. And, yes, they were named after those sisters in Pride and Prejudice . Lizzy (now Elizabeth...

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

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by Lena Dunham If I were in charge of giving this book a title, I would call it Lena Dunham's Sex Book . Enough said? Seriously, I enj...

I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting

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by Rebecca Harrington Harrington isn't just spoofing stunt journalism in this short, yet humorous book; she is also spoofing celebriti...

Pride, Prejudice and Cheese Grits

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by Mary Jane Hathaway What happens when you mix Jane Austen, the Civil War, and academia? You get the first novel in a series: Jane Aust...

Charlie Glass's Slippers: A Very Modern Fairy Tale

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by Holly McQueen Charlotte "Charlie" Glass is at loose ends: the father for whom she has been "carer" for years has d...

Wait for Signs

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by Craig Johnson Twelve short stories provide fans of Sheriff Longmire with a glimpse at his off-duty life. Readers are also given a peek...

Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

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by Maya Van Wagenen Who: Eighth grader Maya Van Wagenen What: Determined to discover the secret to popularity, Maya follows the advice o...

Smile

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by Raina Telgemeier A graphic novel for young people, Smile tells the story of the author's dental woes. Just as sixth-grader Raina i...

The Year We Left Home

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by Jean Thompson Meet the Erickson family of Grenada, Iowa: •Anita, the eldest daughter: the pretty girl whose only ambition is to get ma...

The Moment of Everything

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by Shelly King Oh, how I wanted to love this book, based on the cover alone! Alas, the cover is just that: a cover. It is a charming. ...

The Orphans of Race Point

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by Patry Francis Provincetown, MA sets the stage for the relationship between two orphans, Hallie Costa and Gus Silva. Hallie is being ra...

Cum Laude

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by Cecily von Ziegesar Though our story takes place in 1992, this novel was published in 2010. This may explain the puzzling references t...

The Secret of the Mansion

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by Julie Campbell I remember reading my sister Mary's paperback copy of this novel a long time ago. I read it several times, but I ne...

The Rosie Effect

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by Graeme Simsion Rosie and Don are back and now living in NYC. Don is working for Columbia, and Rosie is continuing her MD and PhD studi...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

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by Paula Danziger Ah, yet another classic YA novel from my childhood! Marcy Lewis hates her life. She hates her body (she’s fat). She ha...