Book Review Archive

2

• 22 Britannia Road, by Amanda Hodgkinson – Book Review

3

• 31 Hours, by Masha Hamilton – Book Review

A

• A Change In Altitude, by Anita Shreve – Book Review
• A Child’s Journey Out Of Autism, by Leeann Whiffen – Book Review
• A Discovery of Witches: A Novel, by Deborah Harkness – Book Review
• A Fierce Radiance, by Lauren Belfer – Book Review
• A Geography of Secrets, by Frederick Reuss – Book Review
• A Gift From Brittany: A Memoir of Love and Loss in the French Countryside, by Marjorie Price – Book Review
• A Quiet American by Graham Greene – Book Review
• A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear, by Atiq Rahimi – Book Review
• A Week in October, by Elizabeth Subercaseaux – Book Review
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith – Book Review
• Age Of Consent, by Geoffrey Wolf – Book Review
• Alice Bliss: A Novel, by Laura Harrington – Book Review
• Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Camille Garcia (Illustrator) – Book Review
• Almost Home, by Pam Jenoff – Book Review
• American Rust: A Novel, by Philipp Meyer – Book Review
• American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt, by Daniel Rasmussen – Book Review
• Among The Thugs by Bill Buford – Book Review
• An Exact Replica of A Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir, Elizabeth McCracken – Book Review
• An Old-Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott – Book Review
• An Unquiet Mind, by Kay Redfield Jamison – Book Review
• And A Dead Guy In A Pear Tree, by Leslie Kelly – Book Review
• And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie – Book Review
• Arcadia Falls, by Carol Goodman – Book Review
• Arranged by Catherine McKenzie – Book Review
• Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel, by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin – Book Review
• Ashenden by Elizabeth Wilhide – Book Review

B

• Backseat Saints, by Joshilyn Jackson – Book Review
• Bad Marie, by Marcy Dermansky – Book Review
• Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Book Review
• Before I Go To Sleep, by S.J. Watson – Book Review
• Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett – Book Review
• Black Mirror, by Nancy Werlin – Book Review
• Blood of My Brother, by James LePore – Book Review
• Book of Lies, by Brad Meltzer – Book Review
• Bookmaker, by Michael J. Agovino – Book Review
• Buried Secrets, by Joseph Finder – Book Review

C

• Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler – Book Review
• Castaways, by Elin Hilderbrand – Book Review
• Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins – Book Review
• Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol Pop Up Book, by Charles Fischer & Paper Engineer, Bruce Foster – Book Review
• Choker, by Elizabeth Woods – Book Review
• Chosen, by Chandra Hoffman – Book Review
• Chosing to Be: Lessons in Living from a Feline Zen Master, by Kat Tansey – Book Review
• Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty, by Camilla Morton – Book Review
• Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer – Book Review
• City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza – Book Review
• Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet, by Stephanie Cowell – Book Review
• Cold Light by Jenn Ashworth – Book Review
• Come In And Cover Me by Gin Phillips – Book Review
• Come Sunday, by Isla Morley – Book Review
• Comet’s Tale by Steven Wolf – Book Review
• Conscience Point, by Erica Abeel – Book Review
• Convenient Marriage, by Georgette Heyer – Book Review
• Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A Novel, by Tom Franklin – Book Review
• Cutting Loose, by Nadine Dajani – Book Review

D

• Daniel O’Thunder, by Ian Weir – Book Review
• Darcys and The Bingleys, Marsha Altman – Book Review
• Dare Me by Megan Abbott – Book Review
• Dark Lie by Nancy Springer – Book Review
• Dark Mirror: A Novel, by M.J. Putney – Book Review
• Dark Water by Laura McNeal – Book Review
• Dating da Vinci, Malena Lott – Book Review
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor – Book Review
• Daughters of the Witching Hill, by Mary Sharratt – Book Review
• Day The Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan – Book Review
• Defensive Wounds by Lisa Black – Book Review
• Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories, by Lauren Groff – Book Review
• Diets for Healthy Healing, Linda Page – Book Review
• Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee – Book Review
• Dive From Clausen’s Pier, by Ann Packer – Book Review
• Doors Open, by Ian Rankin – Book Review
• Double Fault: A Novel, by Lionel Shriver – Book Review
• Down to a Sunless Sea, by Mathias B. Freese – Book Review
• Dracula In Love, by Karen Essex – Book Review
• Dracula, My Love – The Secret Journals of Mina Harker: A Novel, by Syrie James – Book Review
• Dragon House by John Shors – Book Review
• Drood by Dan Simmons – Book Review

E

• Either You’re in or You’re in the Way, by Logan & Noah Miller – Book Review
• Evil? by Timothy Carter – Book Review

F

• Fables of Fortune by Richard Watts – Book Review
• Faithful Place, by Tana French – Book Review
• Fault Line, by Barry Eisler – Book Review
• Five Lost Days, William Petrick – Book Review
• Foe, by J.M. Coetzee – Book Review
• Follow Me, by Joanna Scott – Book Review
• Folly, by Marthe Jocelyn – Book Review
• For The King, by Catherine Delors – Book Review
• Fracture, by Megan Miranda – Book Review
• Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly – Book Review
• Frankenstein’s Monster, by Susan Heyboer O’Keefe – Book Review
• Frederica, by Georgette Heyer – Book Review & Classics Circuit Tour
• From The Memoirs of A Non-Enemy Combatant by Alex Gilvarry – Book Review

G

• Galore: A Novel, by Michael Crummey – Book Review
• Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly – Book Review
• Gideon’s Sword, by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Book Review
• Gothic Tales, by Elizabeth Gaskell
• Government Girl, by Stacy Parker Aab – Book Review
• Guilt by Association, by Marcia Clark – Book Review

H

• Hannah’s List, by Debbie Macomber – Book Review + Book & Visa Card Giveaway
• Hate List, by Jennifer Brown – Book Review
• Heads in Beds by Jacob Tomsky – Book Review
• Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger – Book Review
• Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent – Book Review
• Home Girl, Judith Matloff – Book Review
• Honey Badger Don’t Care: Randall’s Guide to Crazy Nastyass Animals by Randall – Book Review
• Horrid Henry, by Francesca Simon – Book Review
• House at Riverton, by Kate Morton – Book Review
• How to Read and Why, by Harold Bloom – Book Review
• Hurry Down Sunshine, by Michael Greenberg – Book Review

I

• I Thought You Were Dead: A Love Story, by Pete Nelson – Book Review
• If I Tell by Janet Gurtler – Book Review
• Impatient With Desire: A Novel, by Gabrielle Burton – Book Review
• In A Perfect World, by Laura Kasischke – Book Review
• In Hovering Flight, Joyce Hinnefeld – Book Review
• In The Woods, Tana French – Book Review
• Islands of the Divine Music, by John Addiego – Book Review

J

• Jane Austen: A Life, by Carol Shields – Book Review
• Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte – Book Review
• Jewel Trader of Pegu: A Novel, Jeffrey Hantover – Book Review

K

• Keeping the Feast: by Paula Butturini – Book Review
• Kindred, by Octavia Butler – Book Review

L

• Lamb by Bonnie Nadzam, Tavia Gilbert (Narrator) – Audiobook Review
• Last Dickens, by Matthew Pearl – Book Review
• Life After Genius, M. Ann Jacoby – Book Review
• Life After Yes, by Aidan Donnelley Rowley – Book Review
• Life Sentences, by Laura Lippman – Book Review
• Light Across The River, by Stephanie Reed – Book Review
• Little Book on Meaning, by Laura Berman Fortgang – Book Review
• Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman – Book Review
• Living Dead Girl, by Elizabeth Scott – Book Review
• Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk, by Robyn Okrant – Book Review
• Living Richly: Seizing the Potential of Inherited Wealth, by Myra Salzer – Book Review
• Locked In, by Marcia Muller – Book Review
• Long Gone, by Alafair Burke – Book Review
• Lost, by Cathy Ostlere – Book Review
• Lost, by Jacqueline Davies – Book Review
• Lovehampton, by Sherri Rifkin – Book Review

M

• Maman’s Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart In An American Kitchen by Donia Bijan – Book Review
• Man in the Picture, by Susan Hill – Book Review
• Man In The Woods, by Scott Spencer – Book Review
• Marmee and Louisa by Eve LaPlante – Book Review
• Master of Love by Catherine LaRoche – Book Review
• Mating Rituals of the North American Wasp, by Lauren Lipton – Book Review
• Me Before You by JoJo Moyes – Book Review
• Mermaid: A Twist On A Classic Tale, by Carolyn Turgeon – Book Review
• Midwife, by Jennifer Worth – Book Review
• Miles from Nowhere, by Nami Mun – Book Review
• Misadventures of Oliver Booth, by David Desmond – Book Review
• Mistress of the Sun, by Sandra Gulland – Book Review
• More of This World or Maybe Another, by Barb Johnson – Book Review
• My Lady Of Cleves, by Margaret Campbell Barnes – Book Review
• My Most Excellent Year, by Steve Kluger – Book Review
• My Name Is Mary Sutter, by Robin Oliveira – Book Review
• My Wife’s Affair: A Novel, by Nancy Woodruff – Book Review

N

• Neverland, by Douglas Clegg – Book Review
• Nightfall by Stephen Leather – Book Review
• Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans, by Dan Baum – Book Review

O

• Obama Revolution, by Alan Kennedy Shaffer – Book Review
• On Folly Beach, Karen White – Book Review
• On The Way Home, by Laura Ingalls Wilder – Book Review
• One Amazing Thing, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni – Book Review
• One Hundred Great French Books: From the Middle Ages to the Present, by Lance Donaldson-Evans – Book Review

P

• Path To My African Eyes, by Ermila Moodley – Book Review
• Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood – Book Review
• Peony In Love: A Novel, Lisa See – Book Review
• People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks – Book Review
• Perfect on Paper by Janet Goss – Book Review
• Perfect on Paper: The (mis)Adventures of Waverly Bryson, by Maria Murnane – Book Review
• Perfect Peace, by Daniel Black – Book Review
• Perfection, by Julie Metz – Book Review
• Picture the Dead, by Adele Griffin & Lisa Brown – Book Review
• Procession of the Dead, by Darren Shan – Book Review

R

• Rage Is Back, by Adam Mansbach – Book Review
• Recipes For Life: My Memories by Linda Evans – Book Review
• Reincarnationist, by M.J. Rose – Book Review
• Remembrance, by Jude Deveraux – Book Review
• Reunion, by Therese Fowler – Book Review
• Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly – Book Review
• Rowan The Strange, by Julie Hearn – Book Review
• Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles – Book Review
• Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron – Book Review

S

• Schroder by Amity Gaige – Book Review
• Secret Daughter: A Mixed Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away, by June Cross – Book Review
• Seven, by Jacqueline Leo – Book Review
• Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier – Book Review
• She’s So Dead To Us, by Kieran Scott – Book Review
• Sherry & Narcotics, by Nina-Marie Gardner – Book Review
• Shimmer, by Eric Barnes – Book Review
• Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater – Book Review
• Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane – Book Review
• Silas Marner, by George Eliot – Book Review
• Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones – Book Review
• Sisters Red, by Jackson Pearce – Book Review
• Sleepwalking in Daylight, by Elizabeth Flock – Book Review
• So Cold The River, by Michael Koryta – Book Review
• Song Yet Sung, by James McBride – Book Review
• Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before, by David Yoo – Book Review
• Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day by Ben Loory – Book Review
• Story of A Marriage, by Andrew Sean Greer – Book Review
• Stranger Here Below, by Joyce Hinnefeld – Book Review
• Sutton: A Novel by J.R. Moehringer, Dylan Baker (Narrator) – Audiobook Review
• Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwen – Book Review
• Sweethearts, by Sara Zarr – Book Review
• Sweetsmoke, by David Fuller – Book Review

T

• Tell Me Something True, by Leila Cobo – Book Review
• Ten Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer – Book Review
• Testimony, Anita Shreve – Book Review
• The Alchemist/ Monique and the Mango Rains – Book Review
• The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro – Book Review
• The Bayou Trilogy – Under The Bright Lights, by Daniel Woodrell – Book Review
• The Beginners: A Novel, by Rebecca Wolff – Book Review
• The Blood Keeper by Tessa Gratton – Book Review
• The Blue Notebook, by James A. Levine – Book Review
• The Book of Neil by Frank Turner Hellon – Mini Review
• The Book of Night Women, by Marlon James – Book Review
• The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner Chandler – Book Review
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz – Book Review
• The Carnivore, by Mark Sinnett – Book Review
• The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty – Book Review
• The Child’s Child by Barbara Vine – Book Review
• The Color Purple, by Alice Walker – Book Review
• The Colour of Milk by Nell Leyshon
• The Confessions of Max Tivoli, by Andrew Sean Greer – Book Review
• The Cradle, by Patrick Somerville – Book Review
• The Crime of Julian Wells by Thomas H. Cook – Book Review
• The Cypress House, by Michael Koryta – Book Review
• The Dark Rose by Erin Kelly – Book Review
• The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell – Book Review
• The Demands by Mark Billingham – Book Review
• The Demi-Monde Winter by Rod Rees – Book Review
• The Demon of River Heights, by Stefan Petrucha & Sho Murase – Book Review
• The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos, by Margaret Mascarenhas – Book Review
• The Emperor’s Conspiracy by Michelle Diener – Book Review
• The Eternal Ones, by Kirsten Miller – Book Review
• The Evolution of Shadows, Jason Quinn Malott – Book Review & Spotlight Series Tour
• The First Husband, by Laura Dave – Book Review
• The Girl In The Green Raincoat, by Laura Lippman – Book Review
• The Girl on Legare Street, by Karen White – Book Review
• The Girl Who Became A Beatle, by Greg Taylor – Book Review
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson – Book Review
• The Heart Is Not A Size, by Beth Kephart – Book Review & Giveaway
• The Hidden, by Tobias Hill – Book Review
• The Hound of The Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle – Book Review
• The House of Moreys, by Phyllis Bentley – Book Review
• The House on The Strand, by Daphne Du Maurier – Book Review
• The House on Tradd Street, Karen White – Book Review
• The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins – Book Review
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot – Book Review
• The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove, by Susan Gregg Gilmore – Book Review
• The Invasion, by K.A. Applegate – Book Review
• The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney – Book Review
• The Karma Club, by Jessica Brody – Book Review
• The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn – Book Review
• The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson – Book Review
• The Last Brother, by Nathacha Appanah (Translated by Geoffrey Strachan) – Book Review
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving & Field Trip – Book Review
• The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters – Book Review
• The Little Russian by Susan Sherman – Book Review
• The Local News: A Novel, by Miriam Gershow – Book Review
• The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, by Kelly O’Connor McNees – Book Review
• The Magician King, by Lev Grossman – Book Review
• The Man In The Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise And Spectacular Fall Of A Serial Imposter, by Mark Seal – Book Review
• The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman – Book Review
• The Night Bookmobile, by Audrey Niffenegger – Book Review
• The Night Circus, by Erin Morganstern – Book Review
• The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan – Book Review
• The Poison Tree: A Novel, by Erin Kelly – Book Review
• The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake – Book Review
• The Postmortal by Drew Magary – Book Review
• The Proof of the Honey, by Salwa Al Neimi (Translation by Cal Perkins) – Book Review
• The Psychopath Test, by Jon Ronson – Book Review
• The Redbreast, by Joe Nesbo – Book Review
• The Reluctant Widow, Georgette Heyer – Book Review
• The Revisionists by Thomas Mullen – Book Review
• The Ridge, by Michael Koryta – Book Review
• The Road of Lost Innocence, by Somaly Mam – Book Review
• The Season of Second Chances, by Diane Meier – Book Review
• The Sherlockian, by Graham Moore – Book Review
• The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – Book Review
• The Snow Globe, by Sheila Roberts – Book Review
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – Book Review
• The Space Between Trees, by Katie Williams – Book Review
• The Stand: Captain Trips, by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Mike Perkins, Laura Martin & Stephen King – Book Review
• The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann – Book Review
• The Strain, by Chuck Hogan & Guillermo del Toro – Book Review
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson – Book Review
• The Summer of Skinny Dipping, by Amanda Howells – Book Review
• The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova – Book Review
• The Taker, by Alma Katsu – Book Review
• The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate – Book Review
• The Threadbare Heart: A Novel, by Jennie Nash – Book Review & Special Mother’s Day Giveaway
• The Turn of The Screw, by Henry James – Book Review
• The Uncoupling: A Novel, by Meg Wolitzer – Book Review
• The Violets of March, by Sarah Jio – Book Review
• The Virgin Widow, by Anne O’Brien – Book Review
• The Walnut Tree: A Holiday Tale by Charles Todd – Book Review
• The Water Wars, by Cameron Stracher – Book Review
• The Wednesday Witch, by Ruth Chew – Book Review
• The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown – Book Review
• The White Devil, by Justin Evans – Book Review
• The Whole Story of Half A Girl by Veera Hiranandani – Book Review
• The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer – Book Review
• The Wolves of Andover: A Novel, by Kathleen Kent – Book Review
• This One is Mine, by Maria Semple – Book Review
• Those Across The River, by Christopher Buehlman – Book Review
• Three Act Tragedy: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie – Book Review
• Three Hens and a Peacock, by Lester L. Laminack and Harry Cole (Illustrations) – Book Review
• Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch – Book Review
• To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee – Book Review
• Turnaround, by George Pelecanos – Book Review
• Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer – Book Review
• Two Guys Read Jane Austen, by Steve Chandler & Terry Hill – Book Review

U

• Uncharted Depths, by Taylor Nash – Book Review
• Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett – Book Review

V

• Virtuousity, by Jessica Martinez – Book Review

W

• Wait For Me, by An Na – Review
• Walks With Men, by Ann Beattie – Book Review
• What The Witch Left, by Ruth Chew – Book Review
• When She Flew, by Jennie Shortridge ~ Book Review & Giveaway
• Where The Mountain Meets The Moon, by Grace Lin – Book Review
• Where We Going, Daddy?: Life With Two Sons Unlike Any Other, by Jean-Louis Fournier (Translation by Adriana Hunter)– Book Review
• Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick – Book Review
• Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys – Book Review
• Wife of the Gods, by Kwei Quartey – Book Review
• Will Marry For Food, Sex and Laundry, by Simon Oaks – Book Review
• Willow, by Julia Hoban – Book Review
• Winter’s Bone, by Daniel Woodrell – Book Review
• Wise Men, by Stuart Nadler – Book Review
• Witches of East End, by Melissa de la Cruz – Book Review
• With My Body by Nikki Gemmell – Book Review

Y

• Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, by Geraldine Brooks – Book Review [TSS]
• You Are My Only, by Beth Kephart – Book Review
• You Know When The Men Are Gone, by Siobhan Fallon – Book Review
• Your Roots Are Showing, Elise Chidley – Book Review
• Yummy: The Last Days of A Southside Shorty, by G. Neri & Randy Duburke – Book Review

Z

• Zora Neale Hurston: Stories – Book Review & Classics Circuit Tour