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One of Our Thursdays Is Missing: Thursday Next Series #6
by Jasper Fforde
a brilliant read (7/14/2013)
One Of Our Thursdays Is Missing is the sixth novel in the popular Thursday Next series by Welsh author, Jasper Fforde. Not long after the Remake of BookWorld, it seems that Real World Thursday Next is missing. Written Thursday (Thursday 1-4 from First Among Sequels, themore
The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
by Margot L. Stedman
brilliant novel (7/14/2013)
The Light Between Oceans is the first novel by Australian-born author, M.L.Stedman. A veteran of the First World War, 27-year-old Tom Sherbourne takes a position with the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service and finds himself on a remote island off the West Australian coast, atmore
The Austere Academy: Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 5
by Lemony Snicket
often hilarious (6/23/2013)
The Austere Academy is the fifth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events by American author, Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler). As we once again join the unlucky Baudelaire orphans, Mr Poe deposits the siblings at a boarding school, the Prufrock Preparatory School, with anmore
11/22/63: A Novel
by Stephen King
King at the top of his game: (6/23/2013)
11/22/63 is the 34th stand-alone novel by popular American author, Stephen King. This time, the master craftsman of storytelling turns his prodigious talents to time travel. In 2011, schoolteacher and budding novelist, Jake Epping is shown a portal into the past, into 1958,more
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel
by David Mitchell
a brilliant read (6/23/2013)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the fifth novel by award-winning British author, David Mitchell, who classifies it as historical fiction. Jacob de Zoet is a young Dutch clerk, a Zeelander working for the Dutch East India Company, on a five-year clerical post tomore
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (13)
by Alexander McCall Smith
Another delightful novel. (6/9/2013)
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection is the thirteenth in the Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith. In this installment, Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi find themselves investigating not for clients, but rather, for themselves and their friends.more
The Children's Book: A Novel
by A.S. Byatt
A magical read (6/9/2013)
The Children’s Book is the fifth stand-alone novel by British author, Antonia S. Byatt. This novel spans about a quarter of a century, starting in 1895, and tells the story of children’s author, Olive Wellwood, her extended family, friends and acquaintances. Against amore
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
A charming read (5/22/2013)
The Alchemist is the first novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho and this edition is translated by Alan. R. Clarke. It is the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearning to travel motivates him to take a chance and search for his destiny. Along the way hemore
Two Lives
by Vikram Seth
Well worth reading (5/22/2013)
Two Lives is a memoir written by international best-selling author, Vikram Seth. In this interesting and engaging book, Seth writes about his great uncle Shanti Behari Seth (Shanti Uncle), born in Biswan, and his German Jewish great aunt, Hennerle Caro (Aunty Henny), bornmore
Sweet Tooth: A Novel
by Ian McEwan
brilliant (5/11/2013)
Sweet Tooth is the 14th book by British author, Ian McEwan. Serena Frome’s story is narrated in detail essentially from the time she first gets involved with the man who will usher her into a position in MI5, in the early 70’s Britain. Serena is a compulsive reader ofmore
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel
by Helen Simonson
excellent first novel (5/11/2013)
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand is the first novel of British-born American author, Helen Simonson. Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) lives in the charming English village of Edgecombe St Mary. Some six years after the death of his wife Nancy, it takes the events surroundingmore
The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Novel
by Debbie Macomber
Sweet and enjoyable (4/24/2013)
The Inn at Rose Harbor is the first book (apart from the prequel eShort, When First They Met) in the Rose Harbor series by popular American author, Debbie Macomber. This is a new series but is set in Cedar Cove, Washington, so fans of the long-running Cedar Cove series willmore
Red Mist: A Scarpetta Novel (#19)
by Patricia Cornwell
too long! (4/8/2013)
Red Mist is the 19th book in the Kay Scarpetta series by American author, Patricia D. Cornwell. Forensic pathologist, Kay Scarpetta visits an inmate at the Georgia Prison For Women, a woman who sexually assaulted Scarpetta’s now-deceased deputy chief, Jack Fielding, in hismore
On Canaan's Side: A Novel
by Sebastian Barry
wonderful story beautifully written (3/27/2013)
On Canaan’s Side is the 7th novel by Irish author Sebastian Barry and is, deservedly, winner of the 2012 Walter Scott Prize. It was also long-listed for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. Lilly Bere (whom fans of Barry’s work will recognise as the youngest daughter of Thomas Dunnemore
Gone Girl: A Novel
by Gillian Flynn
witty, scary, funny, brilliant (3/18/2013)
Gone Girl is the third novel by American author, Gillian Flynn. “She was the girl that every girl wanted to be: beautiful, brilliant, inspiring and very wealthy. He was the guy that all men admired: handsome, funny, bright and charming. But on July fifth, their seeminglymore
Never Knowing
by Chevy Stevens
another page-turner (3/2/2013)
Never Knowing is the second novel by Canadian author, Chevy Stevens. Like her last book, this is a gripping psychological thriller that will have the reader on the edge of the seat until the last chapter. Sara Gallagher, 34 and mother to six-year-old Ally, is engaged to bemore
Murder in Montparnasse: A Phryne Fisher Mystery
by Kerry Greenwood
Phryne fans will love it! (3/2/2013)
Murder in Montparnasse is the twelfth book in the popular Phryne Fisher series by Australian author, Kerry Greenwood. A request from the French chef/owner of Café Anatole to locate a missing prospective young bride has Phryne thinking back to her time in Paris in 1918.more
Disgrace
by J M Coetzee
unappealing (3/1/2013)
Disgrace is the eighth stand-alone novel by award-winning author, J.M.Coetzee. After a short-lived, impulsive affair with a student, Romance poetry teacher, David Lurie resigns his position at Cape Town Technical University and retreats to his daughter’s farm in the Southmore
Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel
by Janet Evanovich
plenty of laughs (2/10/2013)
Smokin’ Seventeen is the seventeenth full-length novel in the Stephanie Plum series by American author, Janet Evanovich. De rigeur for each Stephanie Plum novel is: Lula needing food at every moment; Grandma Mazur attending at least one funeral home viewing; Stephaniemore
Wicked Appetite
by Janet Evanovich
funny but slow (2/10/2013)
Wicked Appetite is the first book in the Lizzy and Diesel series by Janet Evanovich. Lizzy Tucker doesn’t know that she is a human with special abilities, an Unmentionable, until Diesel turns up in her life. (Diesel first appears in each of the Between the Numbers BTNmore

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