Monday, September 30, 2013

Twerp

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Twerp by Mark Goldblatt Random House, 2013.  274 pgs. Young Adult When Julian Twerski (aka "Twerp") returns to school after ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Cinnamon and Gunpowder

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Cinnamon and Gunpowder By Eli Brown Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2013. 318 pgs. Historical Fiction Owen Wedgwood, famed chef, has been ...
Monday, September 16, 2013

The Tenth Witness

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The Tenth Witness by Leonard Rosen Permanent Press, 2013.  284 pgs.  Mystery In this prequel to Rosen's exemplary 2011 title All C...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

When She Woke

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When She Woke by Hilary Jordan Algonquin Books, 2012. 344 pgs. Fiction Jordan ( Mudbound , 2009) continues to write socially conscious...

Muck City

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Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town by Bryan Mealer Crown, 2012.  321 pgs. Nonfiction Belle Glade is an agr...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

Dead Iron

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Dead Iron by Devon Monk ROC, 2011.  337 pgs. Science Fiction What better way to end Beach Reading Season than with steampunk and werew...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Snow Hunters

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Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon Simon & Schuster, 2013.  194 pgs.  Fiction Snow Hunters has appeared on several Best Books of the Month ...
Monday, August 19, 2013

The Sound of Things Falling

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The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean Penguin, 2013. 270 pgs. Fiction Lots o...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Life After Life

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Life after Life by Kate Atkinson Little, Brown and Company, 2013. 529 pgs. Fiction. Ursula Todd no sooner dies than she is reborn on a...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

The Down and Dirty Guide to Camping With Kids

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The Down and Dirty Guide to Camping With Kids: How to Plan Memorable Family Adventures & Connect Kids to Nature By Helen Olsson Roos...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Far Far Away

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Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.  369 pgs. Young Adult In some respects, this is a dreadful story, grim in the manner...

Breaking Point

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Breaking Point by C. J. Box G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2013.  367 pgs. Mystery Joe Pickett, Box's Wyoming Fish and Game officer, hea...
Monday, July 22, 2013

Cotton Tenants: Three Families

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Cotton Tenants:  Three Families by James Agee, photographs by Walker Evans Melville House, 2013.  224 pgs. Nonfiction James Agee and W...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

A Serpent's Tooth

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A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson Viking, 2013.  335 pgs. Mystery In Johnson's latest Walt Longmire adventure, a "lost b...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo

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Italian Ways:  On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo by Tim Parks W. W. Norton, 2013.  261 pgs.  Nonfiction Tim Parks takes to th...
Friday, June 28, 2013

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman William Morrow, 2013. 181 pgs. Fiction The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a beautiful...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Reboot

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Reboot By Amy Tintera HarperTeen, 2013, 365 pgs. Young Adult Wren rebooted after being dead for 178 minutes. The reboots are controlle...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Wool 1-5

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Wool 1-5 by Hugh Howey Simon and Schuster, 2013. 508 pgs. Science Fiction   Whenever anyone talks about successful...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

As I Lay Dying

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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Modern Library, 2012. 231 pgs. Fiction Anyone planning on seeing James Franco's movie version o...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Clockwork Princess

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The Clockwork Princess By Cassandra Clare Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2013.  570 pgs. Young Adult There is great unrest at the Shadow...
Monday, June 17, 2013

His Majesty's Hope

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His Majesty’s Hope   by Susan Elia Macneal Bantam Books, 2013. 354 pgs. Mystery Maggie is off on her first foreign mission for ...