Review: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Eleanor & Park Author: Rainbow Rowell Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9781250012579 Synopsis from Goodreads: Two misfits. One extraordinary love. Eleanor… Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough…Eleanor. Park… He knows she’llContinue reading “Review: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell”

Review: Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan

Title: Daughter of Deep Silence Author: Carrie Ryan Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Publication Date: May 2015 ISBN: 9780525426509   Synopsis from Goodreads: In the wake of the devastating destruction of the luxury yacht, Persephone, just three souls remain to tell its story—and two of them are lying. Only Frances Mace knows the terrifying truth, andContinue reading “Review: Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan”

Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

Title: A Thousand Pieces of You Author: Claudia Gray Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: November 2014 ISBN: 9780062278968   Synopsis from Goodreads: Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite’s father isContinue reading “Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray”

Review: Nightfall by Richard B. Wright

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Nightfall Author: Richard B. Wright Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Publication Date: May 3, 2016 ISBN: 9781476785370 Synopsis from Goodreads: James Hillyer, a retired university professor whose life was evocatively described in Wright’s novel October, is now barely existing after the deathContinue reading “Review: Nightfall by Richard B. Wright”

Book Club 6: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Titles: Life After Life Author: Kate Atkinson Publisher: Bond Street Books Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9780385671378 Synopsis from Goodreads: What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take herContinue reading “Book Club 6: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson”

Review: At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for and honest review.* Title: At the Water’s Edge Author: Sarah Gruen Publisher: March 31, 2015 Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau ISBN: 9780385523233 Synopsis from Goodreads: After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve of 1942, Maddie andContinue reading “Review: At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen”

Review: The Night Stages by Jane Urquhart

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Night Stages Author: Jane Urquhart Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Publication Date: April 7, 2015 ISBN: 9780771094422 Synopsis from Goodreads: Set mainly in a remote area of County Kerry in the ’40s and ’50s, Jane Urquhart’s stunning new novel is at onceContinue reading “Review: The Night Stages by Jane Urquhart”

Review: The Half-Brother

Title: The Half-Brother Author: Holly LeCraw Publisher: Doubleday Canada, a division of Random House Canada Publication Date:  February 17, 2015 ISBN: 9780385531955 Synopsis from Goodreads: When Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the shabby-yet-genteel Abbott School, he finds a world steeped in privilege and tradition. Fresh out of college and barely older than theContinue reading “Review: The Half-Brother”

Review: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

Title: The House We Grew Up In Author: Lisa Jewell Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: August 12, 2014 ISBN: 9781476702995  Synopsis from Goodreads: Meet the Bird family. They live in a honey-colored house in a picture-perfect Cotswolds village, with rambling, unkempt gardens stretching beyond. Pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and tow-headed twins Rory and Rhys all attend theContinue reading “Review: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell”

Review: Every Day by David Levithan

Title: Every Day Author: David Levithan Publisher: Knopf Date Published: 2012 ISBN: 9780307931887 Synopsis from Goodreads: There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It’s allContinue reading “Review: Every Day by David Levithan”