by Site Owner | Sep 5, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
By Karin Slaughter Delacorte Press Hardcover, $27.00, 434 pages While many view the 1970s as a progressive era in terms of women’s lib and civil rights, author Karin Slaughter reveals how this decade still wasn’t easy for women or minorities navigating the work...
by Site Owner | Aug 6, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Nell Freudenberger Alfred A. Knopf, $25.95, 337 pages In The Newlyweds, Nell Freudenberger offers a nuanced portrait of marriage, family and culture in the 21st century. Amina Mazid, a young woman from Dhaka, Bangladesh, meets her American husband George Stillman...
by Site Owner | Aug 6, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Maggie Shipstead Alfred A. Knopf, $25.95, 300 pages Maggie Shipstead’s debut novel Seating Arrangements is a delightful romantic satire that takes place at the Van Meter vacation home on the fictional New England island of Waskeke. The setting, of course, is a...
by Site Owner | Jun 18, 2012 | Tweens
By R.J. Palacio Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 320 pages Wonder by R.J. Palacio is simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting story about August (“Auggie”), a young boy with a facial deformity. For that reason until recently Auggie has been...
by Site Owner | Jun 9, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Susan Mallery Mira Books, $14.95, 365 pages Barefoot Season, the first book in the new Blackberry Island series from popular romance novelist Susan Mallery, explores the damaged friendship between Michelle Sanderson and Carly Williams. After ten years in Iraq and...
