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The Mapping of Love and Death: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
an excellent read (12/6/2014)
The Mapping of Love and Death is the seventh book in the Maisie Dobbs series by British-born American author, Jacqueline Winspear. Psychologist and investigator, Maisie Dobbs is engaged by a Boston couple, Edward and Martha Clifton, whose youngest son, Michael, died in themore
The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession
by Charlie Lovett
an excellent literary mystery (11/29/2014)
“Anticipation brought a cold sweat to the back of his neck. Why had he come? He could be safe in his sitting room with a cup of tea right now instead of standing on a cold street corner with a sense of dread settling into the pit of his stomach……he slipped through an openmore
Among the Mad: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
Another excellent instalment in the Maisie Dobbs series (11/25/2014)
“…inside the villain is a victim…”

Among The Mad is the sixth book in the Maisie Dobbs series by British-born American author, Jacqueline Winspear. After witnessing a suicide in the street near her office, Maisie is seconded by Special Branch to help investigate a case,more
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson
Another excellent Bryson offering. (11/22/2014)
“…centuries and centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping, having sex, endeavouring to be amused – ant it occurred to me….that that’s really what history is: masses of people doing ordinary things”

At Home: a short history of privatemore
Perfect
by Rachel Joyce
A moving and uplifting read. (11/16/2014)
“Sometimes it is easier, he thinks, to live out the mistakes we have made than to summon the energy and imagination to repair them”

Perfect is the second novel by bestselling British author, Rachel Joyce. In the heat of the 1972 English summer, Byron Hemmings, an intense andmore
The Miniaturist
by Jessie Burton
a brilliant read (11/14/2014)
The Miniaturist is the first novel by British author, Jessie Burton. Amsterdam in the late 1680s is a prosperous place for merchants of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). When eighteen-year-old Petronella Oortman, newly married to wealthy merchant, Johannes Brandt, arrivesmore
Serena: A Novel
by Ron Rash
a brilliant novel (11/3/2014)
“…the work bell rang. The men left so quickly their cast-down forks and spoons seemed to retain a slight vibration, like pond water rippling after a splash”

Serena is the fourth novel by American author, Ron Rash. The mountains of North Carolina in the early 1930s were themore
Home: A Novel
by Marilynne Robinson
a stirring read (10/29/2014)
“You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding”

Home is the second book in the Gilead series by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Marilynne Robinson, and is set in Gilead, Iowa at the same time as themore
Border Songs
by Jim Lynch
Original and utterly delightful. (10/27/2014)
Border Songs is the second novel by American journalist and author, Jim Lynch. After training to join the Border Patrol in New Mexico eight months ago, Brandon Vanderkool is glad to be back home in the familiar northwest corner of his native Washington State. Brandonmore
The Bone Clocks: A Novel
by David Mitchell
a brilliant novel (10/25/2014)
The Bone Clocks is the sixth novel by British author, David Mitchell. After an argument with her mother and an upsetting encounter with her unfaithful boyfriend, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes intends to get as far from Gravesend as possible. But Holly is no ordinary teen,more
The Imperfectionists: A Novel
by Tom Rachman
A brilliant debut. (10/9/2014)
“What I really fear is time. That’s the devil: whipping us on when we’d rather loll, so the present sprints by, impossible to grasp, and all is suddenly past, a past that won’t hold still, that slides into these inauthentic tales. My past – it doesn’t feel real in themore
Lila
by Marilynne Robinson
moving and thought-provoking novel (10/4/2014)
“She saw him standing in the parlor with his beautiful old head bowed down on his beautiful old chest……….Praying looks just like grief. Like shame. Like regret”
Lila is the fourth novel by prize-winning American author, Marilynne Robinson, and the third book in the Gileadmore
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson
completely contrived and utterly delightful. (9/27/2014)
The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared is the first novel by Swedish journalist, media consultant, television producer and author, Jonas Jonasson. On the spur of the moment, Allan Karlsson resolves to skip his hundredth birthday party at themore
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult
a brilliant read. (9/24/2014)
From and ARC kindly provided by Allen&Unwin and TheReadingRoom
Leaving Time is the twenty-first novel by popular American author, Jodi Picoult. Alice Metcalf is a scientist whose field of study is grief in elephants. Alice has been missing for ten years. Her thirteen-more
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
interesting, informative and ultimately, very moving (9/16/2014)
Code Name Verity is the sixth novel by British author, Elizabeth Wein. It tells the story of a pair of British women who crash-landed in France during World War Two. The first part is narrated by Queenie aka Scottie aka Eva Seiler aka….., a Special Operations Executivemore
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel
by Gabrielle Zevin
delightful read (8/26/2014)
The Collected Works of A.J.Fikry (aka The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry) is the fifth stand-alone novel by American author, Gabrielle Zevin. Alice Island, a New England summer destination requiring bus and ferry travel, boasts a main street book store. Island Books is owned bymore
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
by Marina Lewycka
A fun read with a happy ending (8/26/2014)
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is the first novel by British/Ukrainian author, Marina Lewycka. Two years after the death of his wife, Ludmilla, eighty-four year old Nikolai Mayevskyj announces to his youngest daughter, Nadezhda (Nadia) that he is going to marrymore
All the Birds, Singing
by Evie Wyld
A brilliant read (8/26/2014)
All The Birds, Singing is the second novel by British-Australian author, Evie Wyld, and winner of the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award. The first narrative starts with Jake Whyte, currently living on an unnamed British island, finding a second of her sheep dead andmore
The White Tiger: A Novel
by Aravind Adiga
not quite a quality read (8/26/2014)
The White Tiger is the first novel by Indian author, Aravind Adiga. The narrative takes the form of a series of eight rambling emails sent over the period of a week from Balram Halwai aka Munna aka The White Tiger to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the eve of his visit tomore
The Tiger's Wife: A Novel
by Téa Obreht
an amazing debut (7/28/2014)
The Tiger’s Wife is the first novel by Serbian-born American author, Tea Obrecht, and is the winner of the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction. Young doctor, Natalia Stefanovic is on an assignment with her life-long friend Zora to innoculate the children of a remote Balkanmore

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