HOW TO BE LOST by Amanda Eyre Ward ISBN: 0345483170 Format: Paperback, 320pp Publisher: Random House Publishing Group The moment I discovered that this story was about the disappearance of a five-year-old sister named Ellie, I was ready to close… Continue Reading
COME CLOSER by Sara Gran ISBN: 0425210316 ISBN-13: 9780425210314 Format: Paperback, 192pp Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) A great read for the spooky Halloween season. We came across this book, which was originally published in hardcover in 2003 and rereleased in… Continue Reading
THE GUY NOT TAKEN by Jennifer Weiner ISBN: 1416535209 Format: Hardcover, 292pp Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group After writing a short story for Glamour Magazine entitled, THE GUY NOT TAKEN, celebrated “chick lit” author Jennifer Weiner was advised… Continue Reading
SEE JANE WRITE by Sarah Mlynowski & Farrin Jacobs ISBN: 1594741158 ISBN-13: 9781594741159 Format: Paperback, 191pp Publisher: Quirk Publishing Chick Lit has been taking quite a beating lately and it is an absolute shame. What is Chick Lit? Essentially it… Continue Reading
SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT by Meg Cabot ISBN: 0060525118 ISBN-13: 9780060525118 Format: Paperback, 368pp Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Heather Wells is a 28-year-old, ex-pop star, turned Resident Advisor for a New York college dorm. After two college co-eds turn up… Continue Reading
PAINT IT BLACK by Janet Fitch ISBN: 0316182745 ISBN-13: 9780316182744 Format: Hardcover, 387pp Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Brilliant, heartbreaking and transcendent. These are just a few words to describe Janet Fitch’s second novel PAINT IT BLACK. It is not… Continue Reading
THE KEEP by Jennifer Egan ISBN: 1400043921 ISBN-13: 9781400043927 Format: Hardcover, 256pp Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group Jennifer Egan (LOOK AT ME, THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS) continues to impress us with her beautiful prose and engaging plots. In this novel of psychological… Continue Reading
THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT by Heidi Julavits ISBN: 0385513232 ISBN-13: 9780385513234 Format: Hardcover, 368pp Publisher: Doubleday Publishing Julavits tackles teenage sexuality, family dynamics, an alleged rape and abduction, Freud’s Dora and the traps of psychotherapy in THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT. … Continue Reading
ATTENTION. DEFICIT. DISORDER. by Brad Listi ISBN:1416912363 ISBN13: 9781416912361 Format:Paperback,304pp Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Brad Listi’s inventive debut novel, Attention Deficit Disorder, tells the story of aspiring filmmaker and pizza boy, Wayne Fencer, taking a road… Continue Reading
