*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: A Long Way from Home Author: Peter Carey Publication Date: October 30, 2017 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group ISBN: 9780525520177 Synopsis from Goodreads: Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in south eastern Australia. Together they enterContinue reading “Review: A Long Way from Home by Peter Carey”
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Review: The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
Title: The Child Finder Author: Rene Denfeld Publisher: Harper Publication Date: September 5, 2017 ISBN: 9780062659071 Synopsis from Goodreads: Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someoneContinue reading “Review: The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld”
Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Cruel Prince Author: Holly Black Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2, 2018 ISBN: 9780316310277 Synopsis from Goodreads: Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen awayContinue reading “Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black”
Review: Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Uncommon Type Author: Tom Hanks Publisher: Knopf Publication Date: October 17, 2017 ISBN: 978110194615 Synopsis from Goodreads: A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country’s civilContinue reading “Review: Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks”
Review: Strange Fire by Tommy Wallach
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Strange Fire Author: Tommy Wallach Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: October 3, 2017 ISBN: 9781481468381 Synopsis from Goodreads: They said that the first generation of man was brought low by its appetites: for knowledge, for wealth, forContinue reading “Review: Strange Fire by Tommy Wallach”
Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Title: Kafka on the Shore Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: First published in 2002 ISBN: 9781400079278 Synopsis from Goodreads: Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing motherContinue reading “Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami”
Review: Blame by Jeff Abbott
* I received this book in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Blame Author: Jeff Abbott Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: July 18, 2017 ISBN: 9781455558438 Synopsis from Goodreads: The crash that killed him Two years ago, Jane Norton crashed her car on a lonely road, killing her friend David and leaving her with amnesia.Continue reading “Review: Blame by Jeff Abbott”
Review: The Blood Miracles by Lisa McInerney
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Blood Miracles Author: Lisa McInerney Publisher: John Murray, a Hachette UK Company Publication Date: April 6, 2017 ISBN: 9781444798890 Synopsis from Goodreads: Like all twenty-year-olds, Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is. This is not aContinue reading “Review: The Blood Miracles by Lisa McInerney”
Review: A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Title: A Complicated Kindness Author: Miriam Toews Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication Date: 2004 ISBN: 9780676978568 Synopsis from Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel longs to hang out with Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull in New York City’s East Village. Instead she’s trapped in East Village, Manitoba, a small town whose population is Mennonite: “the most embarrassing sub-sect ofContinue reading “Review: A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews”
Review: The Flying Troumans by Miriam Toews
Title: The Flying Troutman Author: Miriam Toews Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication Date: ISBN: 9780307397492 Synopsis from Goodreads: Hattie hears her sister Min has been checked into a psychiatric hospital, and finds herself flying back to Winnipeg to take care of Thebes and Logan, her niece and nephew. Not knowing what else to do, she loads theContinue reading “Review: The Flying Troumans by Miriam Toews”
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