CarrieK | August 26, 2010
Title: Home Repair Author: Liz Rosenberg Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Avon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from the author First line: As garage sales go, this was a disaster from the start. Eve is the kind of woman who is continually reeling from the things that happen to her. Her first [...]
CarrieK | August 24, 2010
Title: Fragile Author: Lisa Unger Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Crown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy for Book Sparks tour; Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Nancy Linari First line: When Jones Cooper was younger, he didn’t believe in mistakes. Maggie Cooper is a wife, mother, and psychiatrist, working and raising [...]
CarrieK | August 23, 2010
Title: The Nobodies Album Author: Carolyn Parkhurst Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Doubleday Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my personal library; audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Kimberly Farr First line: There are some stories no one wants to hear. I have to give a huge thank you to Jen [...]
CarrieK | August 9, 2010
Title: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming Author: Joshilyn Jackson Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my personal library; audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Joshilyn Jackson First line: Until the drowned girl came to Laurel’s bedroom, ghosts had never walked in Victorianna. There [...]
CarrieK | August 3, 2010
Title: One Day Author: David Nicholls Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: ARC from Shelf Awareness First line: ‘I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she said. When an ARC copy of One Day showed up in my mailbox, I started to put [...]
CarrieK | July 6, 2010
Title: Tell Me a Secret Author: Holly Cupala Genre: YA contemporary fiction Publisher: Harper Teen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from the publisher First line: It’s tough, living in the shadow of a dead girl. Miranda “Rand” Mathison has been living in the shadow of her older sister Xanda since the [...]
CarrieK | July 5, 2010
Title: On Beauty Author: Zadie Smith Genre: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction Publisher: Penguin Press Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Peter Francis James First line: One may as well begin with Jerome’s e-mails to his father. Monty Kips and Howard Belsey are academic enemies – arguing opposing [...]
CarrieK | June 29, 2010
Title: The Map of True Places Author: Brunonia Barry Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: William Morrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: ARC from the publisher, audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Alyssa Bresnahan First line: In the years when her middle name was Trouble, Zee had a habit of stealing boats. Zee is [...]
