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Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch is Recommended. Jill Westfield should be happy with her life. She has the home of her dreams, a loving albeit distracted and insanely busy husband, and a beautiful toddler whom she adores. But lately, it’s just not working for her. Though she chose to give up her [...]
Horrid Henry, by Francesca Simon is published by Sourcebooks and is Recommended. Between re-visiting favorites from my childhood and reading books with and looking for books for my young cousin, I have definitely branched away from my normal fare. When I picked this up I was thinking that at nine years old, Horrid Henry might [...]
The Turnaround, by George Pelecanos Publisher: Back Bay Books Publication Date: April 7, 2009 Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages In A Nutshell: Recommended In the summer of 1972 three teenagers go into the unfamiliar neighborhood of Heathrow Heights. They are restless and looking for trouble, and boy do they find it. They cross paths with [...]
Reunion, by Therese Fowler Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication Date: March 24, 2009 Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Rating: Recommended Devastated by the end of her relationship with Mitch Forrester, Blue Kucharski went through a wild period in her life and as a result gave birth to a son whom she gave up for adoption. She emerges [...]
Mistress of the Sun, by Sandra Gulland Publisher: Touchstone Publication Date:April 7, 2009 Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages Mistress of the Sun follows the story of Louise de Valliere, nicknamed Petite. Petite’s story starts from her happy childhood. She is little girl who grows up loving and having a way with animals, horses especially, and [...]
The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It; How to Create It, by Laura Berman Fortgang Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Publication Date: April 30, 2009 Format: Uncorrected Advance Reader Copy, 222 pages Laura Berman Fortgang started life wanting to be a musical theater actress and spent most of her young adult life pursuing that [...]
The Light Across the River: A Novel, by Stephanie Reed Publisher: Kregel Publications Publication Date: April 30, 2008 Format: Trade Paperback, 216 pages As the seventh of thirteen children Johnny Rankin is eager to establish a place for himself in his large family, and wants to prove himself by helping in the family business of [...]
Sleepwalking in Daylight, by Elizabeth Flock Publisher: Mira Books Publication Date: February 24, 2009 Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Sleepwalking in Daylight is the story of mother-daughter duo Samantha & Cammy Friedman. Once a mother and daughter with a strong relationship and loving bond, the two have hit a rough patch. Samantha wakes up and finds [...]
Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: February 9, 2009 Format: Hardcover, 576 pages Honora Keely is a seventeen-year-old girl, living in Galway Bay and bound for the convent to become a nun when Michael Kelly walks into her life in the most novel of ways. Even though Michael had [...]
