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Evie is a lonely girl, who hangs on the fringes at school, making up stories about Jonah Luks, an older guy on whom she has a crush and encounters every weekend on her paper route. Evie’s life takes a different turn when Zabet McCabe, an elementary school acquaintance is found murdered in the woods, and [...]
Set in 1960′s Nashville, The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove, follows the aforementioned Bezellia as she navigates her sometimes treacherous adolescence. Burdened by the weight of her illustrious family name, and the heft of traditional southern society, which she at times finds onerous, Bezellia is one trying to find her own way. Her relationship with [...]
In So Cold The River, by Michael Koryta, Eric Shaw is a failed filmmaker, newly separated from his wife, and in the process of establishing himself as a videographer of the deceased- creating short pieces to show at their funerals. He has always had the knack for sussing out hidden truths, and that talent calls [...]
I think it was this series, 5 Paintings in Edinburgh That Might Make Ian Rankin Pull Off A Heist, on the Reagan Arthur Books Blog that finally pushed me to track down a copy of his book and give it to read. Though normally not a seasonal reader, late summer and fall have seem me [...]
Abbe Deighton is a woman on the edge. Struggling with her role as mother to an active toddler, and wife to an embattled pastor in Hawaii (who is intent on running programs which do not endear him to church leaders), she is increasingly at the end of her rope with everyone. When Abbe and Greg’s [...]
Mikael Blomqvist is a respected reporter and publisher of Millenium, a moderately successful financial reporting magazine that he owns with his long time lover Erika Berger. His career and all of their prospects take a nose dive after he is convicted of making libelous statements against business magnate Hans Erik Wennerstrom. Blomqvist is offered the [...]
Chandra Hoffman’s Chosen arrived as an unsolicited review copy a few weeks ago from Harper Collins, and I wasn’t sure when I would get to it. Any book that promises to examine the adoption issue from all angles is definitely high on my list of books to be read, but it was this review of Chosen [...]
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker Harvest Books – May 28, 2003 (Original Publication 1982) – Paperback – 290 pages Source: Personal Copy Celie writes letters to God, and her sister Nettie after circumstances separate them, leading to them experiencing vastly different lives. Celie suffers to find her place in a family and then a [...]
Man In The Woods, by Scott Spencer Ecco – September 14, 2010 – Hardcover – 320 pages Source: Sent by the publisher for review Paul has lived a rootless existence for most of his life but recently has found the love of a good woman in best-selling inspirational author and recovered alcoholic, Kate, and has [...]
Crooked Letter Crooked Letter, by Tom Franklin William Morrow – October 5, 2010 – Hardcover – 320 pages Source: Sent by the publisher for review A few weeks ago Harper Collins hosted a party for Tom Franklin in a bar on the Lower East Side to celebrate his (to me) oddly, and emphatically titled Crooked Letter, [...]
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